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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