CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 9

CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 9

1. Recently, which one of the following country decided to allow banks to set their own lending rates to improve falling economy?

[A]China                                 [B]Greece

[C]Mexico                               [D]Norway

2. United Nations has recognized which of the following dates as “World Toilet Day”?

[A]August 19                           [B]November 19

[C]July 25                               [D]October 5

3. India's first textile park dedicated to hand block printing and craft has been inaugurated at which place? [A]Bagru, Rajasthan                  [B]Nasik,Maharastra

[C]Patna, Bihar                         [D]Methi, Haryana

4. Recently (July 2013), RBI opened a special liquidity window for commercial banks to meet the cash requirement of mutual funds. What is the limit

of this window?

[A]25000 crore                        [B]50000 crore

[C]30000 crore                         [D]40000 crore

5. At what position India did finish in the Archery World Cup stage 3 held in Columbia recently (July 2013)?

[A]Second       [B]Fourth       [C]Third         [D]Fifth

6. Recently (July 2013), which of the following has become the first High Court in India to introduce to online payment of court fee?

[A]Delhi High Court               [B]Mumbai High Court 

[C]Madras High Court           [D]Karnataka High Court

7. The term “Abenomics” refers to the economic policies advocated by Shinzo Abe. Shinzo Abe is the current (July 2013) Prime Minister of __?

[A]Japan                      [B]South Korea

[C]Singapore               [D]Indonesia

8. Who among the following has been appointed as director of Bureau of Police Research and Development?

[A]Rajat Gupta            [B]Anandswarup Gupta

[C]KN Sharma            [D]Rajiv Chandra

9. As per the latest data on India’s poverty, which of the following states have shown biggest drop in percentage of poor?

[A]Bihar and Madhya Pradesh                              [B]Odisha and Bihar

[C]Odisha and Jharkhand                                      [D]Jharkhand and Bihar

10. Who among the following has won 13th IPCA World Women’s Individual Chess Championship title for India?

[A]Pragahi Chala                    [B]K Jennitha Anto

[C]Sushmita Patel                   [D]Surabhi Bharadwaj

11. Who among the following has been appointed as new United States Defence Secretary?

[A]John McCain         [B]John Kerry

[C]Chuck Hagel          [D]Robert Gates

12. Which among the following department is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget to the Parliament?

[A]Department of Economic Affairs                           [B]Department of Revenue

[C]Department of Expenditure                                   [D]Department of Financial Services

13. Recently, who among the following Indian-origin writer has won the inaugural British Physics Journalism Prize?

[A]Anita Sengupta                  [B]Ashwin Vasavda

[C]Jitendra Mehta                   [D]Anil Ananthaswamy

14. Medellin, which is named as the World's most innovative city is located in ___________?

[A]Canada                  [B]Colombia

[C]Brazil                     [D]Mexico

15. Which among the following countries is set to launch first solid fuel rocket by 2016?

[A]United States                     [B]China

[C]Japan                                  [D]Russia

16. Babli project, which is recently making in news is present in ___________?

[A]Andhra Pradesh                 [B]Madhya Pradesh

[C]Karnataka                          [D]Maharashtra

17. The Sampriti-III is the Joint Special Forces Exercise of India and __________?

[A]Nepal                                 [B]Bhutan

[C]Sri Lanka                           [D]Bangladesh

18. The Spratly Islands, which are under dispute are located in ____________?

[A]East China Sea                  [B]South China Sea

[C]Sea of Japan                       [D]North Pacific ocean

19. Who among the following has created history by becoming the first Indian on a solo non-stop trip across the world in a sail boat?

[A]Vamsi Krishna                   [B]Anurag Kumar

[C]Abhilash Tomy                  [D]Ankit Yadav

20. Which among the following States has the highest decadal (2001-11) growth rate of population?

[A]Gujarat                               [B]Haryana

[C]Kerala                                [D]Bihar

                                 ANSWER 

1	A	6	A	11	C	16	D
2	B	7	A	12	A	17	D
3	A	8	A	13	D	18	B
4	A	9	B	14	B	19	C
5	B	10	B	15	B	20	D