G.K. QUIZ On Current Affairs 1. Recently who among the following has been appointed as the new Judge of the prestigious US court of Appeals? (1) Sashi Kant Sharma (2) Bobby Jindal (3) Srikanth Srinivasan (4) Avinash Chander (5) None of these 2. Recently Indo – Swiss Bilateral meeting was held, with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. A bilateral meeting was held in____? (1) New Delhi (2) Geneva (3) Basel (4) Mumbai (5) None of these 3. Who among the following has appointed as the new Chairman of the LIC (Life Insurance Cooperation of India)? (1) Deepak Singh (2) Kaushak Saxena (3) Thomas Mathew (4) D.K. Mehrotra (5) None of these 4. Recently which among the following organization approved a concessional loan of $ 100 million for the National Housing Bank (NHB) for the implementation of a low income housing programme? (1) RBI (2) Govt. of India (3) World Bank (4) ADB (5) IMF 5. Recently Union Cabinet has approved key changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aiming to eradicate poverty in villages by empowering women and ensuring that they shall avail loans up to Rs. three lakh at an interest rate of _____per cent per annum? (1) 5% (2) 3% (3) 6% (4) 7% (5) None of these 6. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chief CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)? (1) Poonam Saxena (2) Rishi Mathur (3) Viviek Agarwal (4) Sudha Sharma (5) None of these 7. Recently Indian National Defence University (INDU) is being set up at ___? (1) Gurgaon (2) Pune (3) Lucknow (4) Mumbai (5) None of these 8. Name the 3rd anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette which was launched in Kolkata? (1) Vaibhav (2) Sudarshani (3) Kiltan (4) Chetak (5) None of these 9. Recently Sajjan Singh Kothari was in news. He is a ____? (1) New Lokayukta of Rajasthan (2) Governor of Goa (3) Governor of Utrakhand (4) New Lokayukta of Goa (5) None of these 10. Which among the following country has won the Sudirman Cup In Badminton? (1) India (2) China (3) Malaysia (4) South Korea (5) None of these Answers with Explanations: 1. (3) The United States Senate appoint Srikanth Srinivasan as a Judge of the prestigious US Court of Appeals. It is the highest judicial appointment to an Indian-American. Born in Chandigarh, India, Sri spent nearly two decades as litigator before serving as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. 2. (2) A bilateral meeting was held in World Health Assembly at Geneva. An MOU in the field of health is being signed to promote bilateral cooperation between the two countries. 3. (3) The government has appointed Thomas Mathew as chairman of Life Insurance Corp of India. Mathew holds the position of managing director in LIC since 2006. He succeeded D K Mehrotra, who retired on 31 May. 4. (3) The World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $ 100 million for theNational Housing Bank (NHB) for the implementation of a low-income housing programme. This is for the first-time ever that NHB is availing a line of credit from the World Bank. It will also mark the re-entry of the World Bank to the housing finance sector after a long time. 5. (4) The Union Cabinet on May 1 approved the provision of interest subvention for Women SHGs operating under the NRLM, ensuring that they shall avail loans up to Rs. three lakh at an interest rate of seven per cent per annum. 6. (4) Sudha Sharma, 1976 batch IRS Officer, has been appointed the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. She took over as Poonam Kishore Saxena retired on 31 May. 7. (1) Indian National Defence University (INDU) is being set up at Gurgaon (Haryana). Constituted under an Act of Parliament, it will be a dedicated first-of-its-kind institution for training and research in military studies in India. 8. (3) The 3rd anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette ‘Kiltan’ was launched in Kolkata. It was designed under the ambitious Project-28 (P-28) by the Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design. It is built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), it has been named after an island — Kiltan — in the Lakshwadweep archipelago of India. 9. (1) Former judge of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Sajjan Singh Kothari was sworn in as Lokayukta of Rajashtan. The post had been lying vacant since May last year after the retirement of G L Gupta. 10. (2) China won their fifth consecutive Sudirman Cup and ninth overall, defeating South Korea. -State Bank of India—Mumbai -Allahabad Bank—Kolkata -Bank of India—Mumbai -Bank of Maharashtra— Pune -Canara Bank— Bangalore -Central Bank of India—Mumbai -Corporation Bank—Mangalore -Dena Bank—Mumbai -Indian Bank—Chennai -Indian Overseas Bank—Chennai -Oriental Bank of Commerce—New Delhi -Punjab National Bank—New Delhi -Punjab & Sind Bank— New Delhi -Syndicate Bank—Manipal -UCO Bank—Kolkata -Union Bank of India—Mumbai -United Bank of India— Kolkata -Vijaya Bank—Bangalore -Andhra Bank—Hyderabad -Bank of Baroda—Mumbai
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