Current Affairs Quiz Q1.The 5th National Voters Day will be celebrated in India on _____. A. 24th January’15. B. 25th January’15. C. 26th January’15. D. 27th January’15. ANSWER: B. 25th January’15. The Election Commission of India is celebrating 5th National Voters’ Day ( NVD) across the country and the theme for the 5th NVD is ‘Easy Registration, Easy Correction’. Q2. Foundation Day of the Election Commission will be observed on _____. A. 28th January’15. B. 27th January’15. C. 26th January’15. D. 25th January’15. ANSWER: D. 25th January’15. 25th January is also the foundation day of the Commission, which came into being on this day in 1950. Q3. With which country India signed a Joint Declaration of Intent for Cooperation in the Field of Information & Communications Technology and Electronics (ICTE) on 23rd Jan’15? A. United Kingdom B. United States C. Myanmar D. Japan ANSWER: B. United States This Joint Declaration of intent made for a period of next five years would help in strengthening industrial, technological, research & innovation and economic cooperation between India and U.S. in the ICTE sector. Q4. On which day, has India decided to observe one day national mourning on death of Saudi King? A. 23rd Jan’15 B. 24th Jan’15 C. 25th Jan’15 D. 26th Jan’15 ANSWER: B. 24th Jan’15 The national flag will be flown at half mast on 24.01.2015 throughout India and there will be no official entertainment on the day. Q5. In which year were the National Bravery Awards instituted in India? A. 1950 B. 1957 C.1965 D. 1975 ANSWER: B. 1957 This Award is given annually by the Government of India and Indian Council of Child Welfare. This year, 24 children selected for the awards include 4 awardees who have been rewarded posthumously for their acts of bravery. Q6. Name the tennis player who defeated four time champion Roger Federer in the Australian Open on 23rd Jan’15? A. Dudi Sela B. Andy Murray C. Rafael Nadal D. Andreas Seppi ANSWER: D. Andreas Seppi It was the Italian player Seppi’s first win against Federer in 11 matches. Q7. Name the new South Korean Prime Minister appointed on 23rd January 2015? A. Lee Wan Koo B. Chung Hong-Won C. Park Geun Hye D. None of these ANSWER: A. Lee Wan Koo He succeeds Chung Hong-Won. Chung Hong-Won had offered to resign over a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people in Apr’14. Q8. After Sep’2011, In which year India’s foreign exchange reserves touched an all-time high of $322.135 billion on account of a surge in foreign currency assets? A. 2012 B. 2013 C. 2014 D. 2015 ANSWER: D. 2015. Indias foreign exchange reserves touched an all time high of 322.135 billion US Dollars for the week ended 16thJanuary’15. Strong FII inflows and reduction in import burden due to a record fall in oil prices have led to accumulation of the record forex reserves. Q9. Who directed all the banks on 22nd Jan’15 to display all costs associated with loans on their website? A. SEBI B. NABARD C. RBI D. Ministry of Finance ANSWER: C. RBI. Reserve bank of India made it compulsory for banks to set out every possible cost in respect of the loan in a fact sheet at the processing stage and they also have to publish the ‘annual percentage rate’ representing the total cost of credit to an individual borrower. Q10. Name the bank that launched the 1 trillion Euros Bond Buying Programme on 22nd Jan’15 to revive Euro Zone Economy? A. Central bank B. Federal bank C. European Central Bank D. None of these ANSWER: C. European Central Bank. ECB would purchase sovereign debt starting from March 2015 until the end of September 2016 in an effort to release €60 billion euros ($68 billion) a month into the European economy. Q11. In which state, was ‘Chota ATM’ launched by SBI and Ezetap on 23rd Jan’15? A. Karnataka B. Punjab C. Maharashtra D. Kerala ANSWER: D. Kerala Chota ATM enables kirana store owners, taxi drivers, small businessmen, traders who are dealing with customers to turn their mobile device into both a cash withdrawal point as well as a credit/debit card payment terminal.
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