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March 2020 Assignment 01 Current GK march 2020 Assignment 01 Bank PO Current GK Mar Test 01 DIRECTIONS for questions 1-25: Mark the best option: 1. Name the Indian state which prohibits the online supply of food from Food Business Operators (FBOs) who don’t possess hygiene rating. A) Punjab B) Haryana C) Gujarat D) Goa 2. American credit rating agency, Fitch has lowered the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India for the Fiscal Year 20 (FY20) from 5.1% to ______. A) 4.6% B) 5% C) 4.4% D) 4.9% 3. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has launched Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme (TNHSRP) on March 2020 which will be funded by______? A) World bank B) UN C) IMF D) WHO 4. Which Indian digital payment platform’s subsidiary has received the Brokerage License from Insurance Regulatory and Authority of India (IRDAI)? A) PhoenPe B) PayU C) Paytm D) BitPay 1 5. Name the Public Sector Bank which has launched Risk Intel email service to advise the business units about rating actions in respect of units it has funded. A) Andhra Bank B) State Bank of India C) Bank of Maharashtra D) Allahabad Bank 6. Name the Private Sector Bank which ties-up with online food ordering and delivery app Zomato to launch co-branded credit card powered by MasterCard? A) RBL Bank B) ICICI Bank C) HDFC Bank D) CUB Bank 7. With which Asian country, India has sigend MoU for Cooperation on Combating Timber Trafficking, and Conservation of Tigers and other Wildlife? A) Bangladesh B) South Korea C) Sri Lanka D) Myanmar 8. Name the airline company which could be 1st in India to provide in-flight Wi-Fi facilities to its passengers (March 2020). A) Alliance Air B) Go Air C) Spice Jet D) Vistara 2 9. Name the Indian state which has decided to provide Rs. 900 as monthly grant for the farmers who adopts a stray cattle. A) Andhra Pradesh B) Odisha C) Punjab D) Uttar Pradesh 10. As per US based Global Financial Integrity’s (GFI) report titled ‘Trade-Related Illicit Financial Flows in 135 Developing Countries: 2008-2017’, what is India’s rank in the list of Illicit financial flow? A)7 B)12 C)5 D)3 11. Name the Indian cricketer who has become No.1 Batswomen in latest International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20I ranking 2020 (as on 4th March 2020). A) Poonam Yadav B) Shafali Verma C) Mithali Raj D) Smriti Mandhana 12. ICICI Prudential AMC (Asset Management Company) has signed pact with which Co-operative bank, to distribute its product to rural market A) Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Ltd B) Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd C) Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd D) Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd 3 13. Name the Person who has been resigned as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor in the month of March 2020. A) Michael Patra B) BP Kanungo C) N.S Vishwanathan D) BP Kanungo 14. Name the Organisation which released the report “Impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) on the convenience, safety and self-respect of women in rural India” along with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). A) World Bank (WB) B) International Labour Organization (ILO) C) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) D) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 15. Under which section of Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Ministry of Finance has imposed moratorium on Yes Bank (March 5, 2020 till April 3, 2020). A) Section 47 B) Section 35 C) Section 49 D) Section 45 4 16. Name the Insurance company which re-appoints Sanjeev Nautiyal as MD & CEO. A) SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. B) Life Insurance Corporation of India C) PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd. D) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 17. Which country has collaborated with India for Research & Development Programme on smart grid at the cost of $5Million announced on India Smart Utility Week (ISUW) 2020. A) Netherlands B) Sweden C) Germany D) Belgium 18. According to the ‘Freedom in the world 2020’ report released by US based Freedom House, what is India’s rank in ‘Free’ category, which was topped by Finland? A) 78 B) 58 C) 86 D) 83 19. Name the Mobile Application launched by SEBI for the investors to lodge grievances. A) Sebi Complaint B) Sebi MONEY C) Sebi SCORES D) Sebi Grievance 5 20. Name the Life Insurance company, which is going to provide football coaching to the under-privileged girls under ‘Bachhpan Ka Rakshakaran’ programme in association with ‘Oscar Foundation’. A) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance B) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance C) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance D) TATA AIA Life Insurance 21. As per United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) India study, India’s female labour-force participation declined from 34% in 2006 to ______% in 2020. A) 30.6 B) 24.8 C) 32.4 D) 28.2 22. Which among the following places has been approved as authorized land immigration check posts to enter and exit India – by Government of India (GoI) in March 2020. A) Agartala B) Ghojadanga C) Guwahati D) Both A) and B) 6 23. Name the Indian state which launched the Chief Minister’s Employment Generation Scheme for educated employed people (bears 75% due to them during their training period in new industry). A) Madhya Pradesh B) Odisha C) Telangana D) Maharashtra 24. As per the Report titled “A New Era for Girls: Taking stock on 25 years of progress”, The global participation of female youth aged 15–24 years in the labour force has declined from 47% in 1995 to ____% in 2020. A) 37 B) 33 C) 42 D) 29 25. Indian Coastal Guard ‘s 9th edition of rescue exercise “SAREX-2019”, conducted at which Indian state? A) Karnataka B) Kerala C) Goa D) Tamil Nadu 7 Answer Keys Q. No. Key Q. No. Key 1. A 16. A 2. D 17. B 3. A 18. D 4. C 19. C 5. B 20. D 6. A 21. B 7. D 22. D 8. D 23. D 9. D 24. B 10. C 25. C 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. D 8 .
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