GA Quiz on Current Affairs For IBPS PO Exam 

1. Recently Japan has promised to give _____ to India thorugh public and private funding over the next 5 years for development projects.
(1) $30 billion
(2) $33 billion
(3) $35 billion
(4) $36 billion
(5) None of these




2. In Union Budget 2014-15, target for Agriculture Growth rate is ____.
(1) 4%
(2) 4.7%
(3) 5%
(4) 3.5%
(5) None of these
3. Who among the following has appointed as the new Chief Justice of India?
(1) Justice Krishna Acharya
(2) Justice H.L. Dattu
(3) Justice T.S Thakur
(4) Justice Deepak Bhatia
(5) None of these
4. Many times, we read in newspapers about the “Indian Depository Receipts”. Which among the following is not correct about the Indian
Depository Receipts?
(1) They are derivative instruments
(2) They have shares as the underlying assets
(3) They are non-negotiable financial instruments
(4) They are regulated by the RBI as well as SEBI
(5) All the above are correct




5. In periods of depression when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) desires to encourage the banking system to create more credit, what it does?
(1) Reduces the Bank Rate
(2) Raises the Bank Rate
(3) Permits the Bank Rate to be decided by market forces
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
6. EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization) decided to keep interest rate on PF at what percent ?
(1) 8%
(2) 8.75%
(3) 9%
(4) 8.5%
(5) None of these
7. Recently RBI permits NBFCs to work as Business Correspondents of banks. The RBI took into account recommendations of which among the following committees?
(1) Deepak Mohanty Committee
(2) K.K. Mehrotra Committee
(3) Nachiket Mor Committee
(4) PJ Nayak Committee
(5) None of these
8. Swachh Bharat Mission at fulfilling the dream of clean India of Mahatma Gandhi by his 150th birth anniversary in ______.
(1) 2016
(2) 2017
(3) 2018
(4) 2019
(4) 2020
9. Which among the following countries will help India in 100 smart cities project?
(1) Singapore
(2) Switzerland
(3) US
(4) Japan
(5) None of these
10. Who is the Brand ambassador of 35th national games?
(1) Sachin Tendulkar
(2) Amitabh Bacchan
(3) Aamir Khan
(4) Saina Nehwal
(5) MS Dhoni

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Current Affairs Quiz for IBPS PO Test-1 

1. Recently Gujarat government has set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to promote ______as the state's cultural capital and encourage tourism in the city.
(1) Vadodara
(2) Ahmadabad
(3) Surat
(4) Porbandar
(5) Kutch




2. Recently the United Nations owes India $110 million, the second highest outstanding payment to any country, for costs relating to eacekeeping
operations. Which among the following countries was owed the largest amount?

(1) Ethiopia
(2) Pakistan
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Afghanistan
(5) Iraq

3. Recently Willliam E. Moerner is one of the winners of the Chemistry 2014 Nobel Prize. He is associated with which university?

(1) University of California
(2) Stanford University
(3) Howard University
(4) Oxford University
(5) None of these

4. Commodities markets are regulated by?

(1) IRDA
(2) TRAI
(3) SEBI
(4) FMC
(5) CII


5. Which is the first bank to launch EMI facilities on debit cards?

(1) SBI
(2) Axis
(3) ICICI
(4) HDFC
(5) HSBC




6. Recently Anant Geethey is in news. He is a _____.

(1) Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
(2) Minister of Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
(3) Minister of Civil Aviation
(4) Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterpriese
(5) Minister of Food Processing Industries

7. As per the 2011 Census, which states of India have registered the highest increase in population in percentage terms?

(1) Bihar
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(5) None of these

8. By which rate is the domestic current rate of currency converted in Foreign Currency?

(1) Exchange rate
(2) Bank rate
(3) Stock exchange rate
(4) Repo rate
(5) CRR

9. Recently Dr. Kaushal Kumar Verma has got the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in which field ____.

(1) Medical Science
(2) Biological Science
(3) Mathematical Science
(4) Planetary Science
(5) None of these




10. Recently Union Ministry of Science & Technology announces “KIRAN” scheme for _____.

(1) Poor Children
(2) Women Scientists
(3) Rural Labour
(4) BPL people
(5) Senior Citizen

11. India first Skill development centre will be open at _____.

(1) Panipat
(2) Udaipur
(3) Tumkur
(4) Chandigarh
(5) Vadodara

12. Recently which university has appointed Pratima Dharm, first Hindu woman priest to serve the religious needs of its Hindu students at.

(1) Boston
(2) Callifornia
(3) Stanford
(4) Oxford
(5) Georgetown

13. Rays Experts announced to set up 50 mw Solar power generation park in _____.

(1) Kerala
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Rajasthan
(5) None of these

14. Recently China has topped in the medal tally in 2014 Asian Games. How many Gold medals China won?

(1) 164
(2) 133
(3) 142
(4) 151
(5) None of these

15. India along with four other countries to build the world’s biggestTelescope in Hawaii Island. Besides India, other nations involved in the project are ______.

(1) U.S., China, Russia, France
(2) Japan, Canada, US, Russia
(3) China, Russia, South Korea, U.K.
(4) China, U.S., Japan, Canada
(5) U.K., Germany, U.S., Canada

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Current Affairs Quiz-2(Feb-2015) 

1. Which of the following banks has launched ‘Pocket’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phones? 
[A]Axis Bank 
[B]HDFC Bank 
[C]ICICI Bank 
[D]Corporation Bank 




2. Which among the following cities is the venue for the first national tribal festival “VANAJ”? 
[A]Kolkata 
[B]Dispur 
[C]Guwahati 
[D]New Delhi 



3. Which one of the following committees has recently submitted its interim report on the corporate bankruptcy legal framework in India? 
[A]Shashidharan Committee 
[B]T K Vishwanathan Committee 
[C]Shyam Sundar Committee 
[D]Mukesh Verma Committee 

4. In which of the following years Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Puraskar scheme was launched? 
[A]2005 
[B]2009 
[C]2008 
[D]2011 




5.Recently, Facebook and which one of the following mobile operators have partnered to start internet.org that provide free internet to mobile users in India? 
[A]Bharati Airtel 
[B]Reliance 
[C]Vodafone 
[D]Idea 

6. The bald eagle is found predominantly in __? 
[A]North America 
[B]South America 
[C]Australia 
[D]Asia 

7. Who is the head of the panel constituted to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities? 
[A]Kiran Karnik 
[B]Deepak Nayyar 
[C]Anil Bajaj 
[D]Onkar S Kanwar 




8. The Vembanad Kol Lake which is South India’s largest wetland ecosystem, is located in which of the following states? 
[A]Kerala 
[B]Goa 
[C]Tamil Nadu 
[D]Andhra Pradesh 

9. What is India’s ranking in the recently released international intellectual property (IP) index? 
[A]24 
[B]29 
[C]30 
[D]28 

10. The Wohlwill process is an electrolytic process used to refine ____? 
[A]Silver 
[B]Copper 
[C]Gold 
[D]Iron 


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Current Affairs Quiz-1 (Feb -2015) 

1.Who among the following have won the women’s and men’s single titles, respectively at Australia Open-2015? 
[A]Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray 
[B]Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic 
[C]Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic 
[D]Serena Williams and Andy Murray 




2.Carl Djerassi, who passed away recently, was the chemist widely known as father of ____? 
[A]Liposuction 
[B]Birth control pill 
[C]Plastic surgery 
[D]Blood transplant 

3.Which state has set up a fenced, forested elephant sanctuary? 
[A]Madhya Pradesh 
[B]Tamil Nadu 
[C]Karnataka 
[D]Kerala 

4.Which among the following are primary components of Syngas, or synthesis gas? 
[A]Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen 
[B]Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen 
[C]Methane, Hydrogen 
[D]Carbon Monoxide, Methane 




5.Boll rot is an important fungal disease that has been affecting which one of the following crops? 
[A]Maize 
[B]Cotton 
[C]Paddy 
[D]Wheat 

6.Who among the following has become the youngest world number one in golf history by reaching the top of the women’s ranking? 
[A]Inbee Park 
[B]Lydia Ko 
[C]Stacy Lewis 
[D]Shashan Feng 

7.The Hero India Open tournament is related to which among the following sports? 
[A]Cricket 
[B]Hockey 
[C]Golf 
[D]Football 




8.The Maranjab desert is located in which one of the following countries? 
[A]Saudi Arabia 
[B]Iran 
[C]Mali 
[D]South Africa 

9.The only licensed flag production unit in India in located at which among the following places? 
[A]Mysuru 
[B]Hubli 
[C]Dharwad 
[D]Nagpur 

10.India recently carried out its first canister-based trial of which among the following missiles? 
[A]Agni II 
[B]Agni II Prime 
[C]Agni III 
[D]Agni V 



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