QUESTION DISCUSSION – 11.10.2017 TO 17.10.2017

1. US has decided to withdraw from which UN body over its anti Israel bias? A) UNICEF B) UNESCO C) UNwomen D) WHO 2. Which city has topped the Global Power City Index? A) Mumbai B) New York C) London D) Tokyo 3. 7% stake of SIDBI has been purchased by which agency from IDBI? A) SBI B) NABARD C) MUDRA D) LIC 4. Which scheme was recently approved by the Union Cabinet to boost Skill ? A) SANKALP B) STRIVE C) SWAYAM D) Both A & B 5. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the FTII? A) Gajendra Chauhan B) C) D) Jaya Bachchan 6. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academic & Management 2017 has been given to? A) Anna Hazare B) Medha Patekar C) Bindeshwar Pathak D) Swami Agnivesh 7. Which country became the smallest to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup? A) Iceland B) Montenegro C) Vatican D) Palau 8. World Post Day is observed on? A) 8th October B) 9th October C) 10 th October D) 12 th October 9. As per recent RBI the bad loans of NBFC has increased by what percentage by end March 2017? A) 5% B) 7% C) 3% D) 11% 10. The central govt. has launched the Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana under A) RRB B) Cooperative Bank C) Indian Post D) All of these 11. Joint Millitary Training Exercise Mitra Shakti 2017 on terrorism was held recently between India and? A) Afghanistan B) Sri Lanka C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar 12. Dreamnation “Uniting a country with Handwritten Dreams” is a book recently relased on A) Pranab Mukherjee B) APJ Abdul Kalam C) Ramnath Kobind D) Rajiv Gandhi 13. ‘What is the rank of Indian Football Team in FIFA ranking? A) 95 B) 100 C) 105 D) 110 14. Which of the following became the first state to have cut value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel in tandem with the central government’s decision? A) Haryana B) Gujarat C) Rajasthan D) Assam 15. Which among the following state become the first state to incorporate skill development programme in the higher education? A) Haryana B) Gujarat C) Rajasthan D) Assam 16. Where in Mumbai is the State Bank of India going to built at the largest innovation centre by any financial services company in the country? A) Kamothe B) Airoli C) Belapur D) Kopar 17. According to World Economic Outlook by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), what is the forecast for India’s growth for the year 2017? A) 6.9% B) 6.8% C) 6.7% D) 6.5% 18. According to South Asia Economic Focus (Fall 2017) by the World Bank, what is the India GDP growth forecast for 2017-18? A) 6.9% B) 7.0% C) 6.5% D) 6.7% 19. Who among the following will host Ranji Trophy for the season 2017-18? A) Shimla B) Bhopal C) Ranchi D) Dehradun 20. What is the theme of India Water Week – 2017? A) Water for all: Striving together B) Water, Energy and Food Security: Call for Solutions C) Water and Energy for Inclusive Growth D) Water Management for Sustainable Development 21. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? A) Farhan Akhtar B) Prasoon Joshi C) Sanjay Leela Bhansali D) Anupam Kher 22. Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) suspended which country team from international football because of undue third-party interference? A) Guyana B) Oslo C) Pakistan D) Maldives

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23. How much amount has been approved by the union government specifically for setting up Aadhaar centres in post offices? A) Rs 1,000 crore B) Rs 2,000 crore C) Rs 3,000 crore D) Rs 4,000 crore 24. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s study group headed by whom has recently submitted its report on an external benchmark rate for banks, has revealed several startling and “disconcerting” banking practices? A) Krishan Iyer B) PV Reddi C) Janak Raj D) Somil Gaba 25. Which of the folloiwng state government launched Sankalp Seva bus service of 50 buses to connect the villages in the state? A) Uttarakhand B) Chhattisgarh C) Jharkhand D) Uttar Pradesh 26. Which of the following countries will assist Indian Railways to make country’s existing rail corridors semi high speed with trains running at 200 km per hour? A) USA B) Japan C) China D) Germany 27. Name the head of the Standing Committee on External Affairs formed to examine the whole gamut of Sino-Indian relations, including the border situation? A) P Chidambaram B) Shashi Tharoor C) Rakesh Yadav D) Rupesh Sinha 28. What is the rank of India among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2017 according to report by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)? A) 105 B) 98 C) 100 D) 102 29. According to World Payment Report 2017, digital payments in India will grow at a compound annual growth rate of how much percent during 2016 to 2020? A) 25.4% B) 26.2% C) 26.7% D) 25.8% 30. Which of the following Indian city will host the 12th World Sudoku Championship and the 26th World Puzzle Championship in October 2017? A) Hyderabad B) Chennai C) Mumbai D) Bengaluru 31. Which country has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest ice cream producer? A) India B) China C) UK D) Myanmar 32. Which of the following banks has launched a mobile app – Trade Transaction Tracker – to help customers track the status of their trade transactions on a real-time basis? A) DBS Bank B) Barclays Bank C) HSBC Bank D) Deutsche Bank 33. According to a set of fresh guidelines given by the Reserve Bank of India in October 2017, what is the limit on minimum KYC mobile wallets that they can hold? A) Rs 5,000 B) Rs 10,000 C) Rs 12,000 D) Rs 15,000 34. “The Coalition Years — 1996-2012” whose third volume was released recently is the autobiography of whom? A) Prakash Javadekar B) Pranab Mukherjee C) Mohammad Hamid Ansari D) Jairam Ramesh 35. Who among the following actors was honoured with ‘Shivarama Karanth Huttura Prashasti’ in October 2017? A) Prakash Raj B) Kamal Haasan C) Manoj Bajpai D) Irrfan Khan 36. Who has been appointed as the next ambassador to China in October 2017? A) Gautam H. Bambawale B) Vijay Gokhale C) Sirish N. Bambawale D) Ajay Kumar Bhagaria 37. Which of the following state government announced financial assistance of Rs. 2 lakh for remarriage of widows in the state? A) Kerala B) Odisha C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh 38. Which of the following banks has started a new initiative called SME Assist to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME clients? A) State Bank of India B) ICICI Bank C) Axis Bank D) Bank of Baroda 39. Which of the following banks has launched SmartUp zones in its branches across India to collaborate with the start- up community in the country? A) ICICI Bank B) HDFC Bank C) Yes Bank D) Axis Bank 40. According to a Crisil report, banks are likely to need nearly what amount this fiscal as provisioning for large NPA accounts in the current financial year. A) Rs 3.3 lakh crore B) Rs 4.2 lakh crore C) Rs 2.4 lakh crore D) Rs 4.8 lakh crore

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ANSWER KEYS 1 B 21 D 2 C 22 C 3 B 23 B 4 D 24 C 5 C 25 D 6 C 26 D 7 A 27 B 8 B 28 C 9 A 29 B 10 C 30 D 11 B 31 B 12 B 32 C 13 C 33 B 14 B 34 B 15 C 35 A 16 C 36 A 17 C 37 D 18 B 38 A 19 D 39 B 20 C 40 A

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