Current Affairs Quiz

1. Inida launched IRNSS-1G by PSLV-C33 into a sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (sub GTO) on April 28, 2016 at 12:50 hrs (IST) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. It is ........ and last/final of the satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment.

 Sixth

 Fourth

 Seventh

 Tenth

 Fifth

2. President Pranab Mukherjee reached Papua New Guinea on the first leg of his two-nation tour. Capital city of Papua New Guinea is?

 Port Moresby

 Port Louis

 Brussels

 Wellington

 None of the above

3. Which government has approved five per cent interest subvention to flood-hit traders with effect from 1st April this year?

 Haryana

 Madhya Pradesh

 Assam

 Bihar

 Jammu & Kashmir

4. Name the bank which has launched the "mobile only bank" in India?

 State Bank of India

 DBS Bank

 Axis Bank

 Standard Chartered Bank

 ICICI Bank

5. The Election Commission has launched an innovative mobile application titled 'e-voter' with comprehensive details about the forthcoming Assembly polls in?

 Tamil Nadu

 Kerala

 West Bengal

 Assam

 Puducherry

6. Name the person who bagged Gold Medal at Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship?

 Charlene Lanzel

 Sudarsan Pattnaik

 Nitish Bharti

 Rahul Arya

 None of the above

7. What is the name of the Indian academician who is among 12 people appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the global body's University Council to formulate it's principles and policies, consider and approve biennial budget and work programme?

 Bobby Jindal

 Rajiv Shah

 Richard Verma

 Anjli Jain

 Radha Kumar

8. Name the petroleum company which has got the approval to invest Rs.3,000 crore in BORL Bharat Oman Refineries Limited?

 BPCL

 IOC

 HPCL

 GAIL

 None of the above

9. To check debit card frauds, which bank has launched a facility under SMS and Missed Call Banking’ service whereby the customer can choose to activate or deactivate their cards using various platforms, like ATM, and Point of Sale (POS)?

 ‘SBI Quick'

 'PNB Quick'

 'IOB Quick'

 'BOB'Quick'

 None of the above

10. The minimum wage for contract workers has been increased to how much per month?

 Rs.12000/-

 Rs.17000/-

 Rs.15000/-

 Rs.10000/-

 None of the above