Current Affairs Quiz --------------------------------------------- 1. Right now, the screening of new banking license is in progress. Who heads this overall? (a) RBI Governor (b) RBI Dy. Governor (c) Bimal Jalan (d) Finance Minister (e) None of these 2. Expand CCDs. It is a kind of debenture. (a) Compulsory Convertible Debentures (b) Complimentary Convertible Debentures (c) Complimentary & Closed Debentures (d) Cross Convertible Debentures (e) None of these 3. The trio, who won Nobel Prize 2013 for chemistry ______ (a) John B. Fenn, Frederic Joliot, and Michael Levitt (b) Michael Levitt, Martin Karplus, and Frederic Joliot (c) Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arien Warshel (d) Martin Karplus, Frederic Joliot and John B. Fenn (e) None of these 4. What is RTS, S? It was in news recently. (a) A Probe to be used with Chandrayan Solar mission (b) A malaria Vaccine (c) A Talking Robot (d) New Visa form for EU countries (e) None of these 5. Expand NRLM. (a) National Rural Livelihood Mission (b) National Rural Level Merchants (c) National Rural Level Monitors (d) National Rehabilitation & Logistics Mission (e) None of these 6. What is JENVAC? (a) It is the first vaccine to be manufactured in PPP (Public-Private Partnership) mode. (b) It is a vaccine to protect from Japanese Encephalitis. (c) It is a vero cell-derived purified inactivated JE vaccine. (d) All of above are correct. (e) None of above is correct. Answers 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. As per a recent report released by World Bank, which country notched the top destination for global remittances? (a) China (b) India (c) Japan (d) Indonesia (e) Pakistan 8. Where will the Winter Olympics, 2014 take place? (a) Sochi (b) London (c) Vancouver (d) Falkland Island (e) None of these 9. Who won Japanese Grand Prix, recently? (a) Sebastian Vettel (b) Alonso (c) Raikkonen (d) Hamilton (e) None of these 10. Eleanor Catton from New Zealand won Man Booker Prize, 2013 recently. She also happens to be the youngest one to win this prestigious prize. What is the name of that novel? (a) The lowland (b) The Good Road (c) The curve and Plain (d) The Luminaries (e) None of these 11. Who won EU’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize? (a) Neha Bajpeyi (b) Snowden (c) Malala Yousafzai (d) Jullain Assangie (e) None of these 12. In the first week of Oct this year, IMF in its economic outlook report pegged India’s economy growth rate at 4.25%, whereas World Bank estimated it at _____%, recently. (a) 4.0 (b) 4.2 (c) 4.4 (d) 4.7 (e) None of these Answers 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D
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