Current Affairs Progress Test – Set 11 for upcoming exams

Current Affairs Progress Test - Set 11
Progress Test is an initiative from ByScoop to help candidates in revising the Current Affairs for upcoming banking exams. The questions covered are selected from last 3 month current events and will be extremely helpful in upcoming exams like SBI PO mains, SBI Clerk mains, RBI Grade B and various other exams.
Instructions:
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No. of Questions: 20
Time Limit: 05 minutes
  1. GC Chaturvedi has been appointed as the non executive Chairman of which bank?
    Axis Bank
    HDFC Bank
    ICICI Bank
    IDBI Bank
    Kotak Mahindra Bank
    Option C
    ICICI Bank appointed former IAS officer GC Chaturvedi as an independent director. He has been appointed for the post of non-executive part-time Chairman.

     

  2. Who is the President designate of the Commonwealth Nations?
    Theresa May
    Prince Charles
    Patricia Scotland
    Elizabeth II
    John Curtin
    Option B

     

  3. Which among the given works is the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2018.
    The Vegetarian
    A Horse Walks Into a Bar
    Flights
    Human Acts: A Novel
    The White Book
    Option C
    Polish Author: Olga Tokarczuk English Translator: Jennifer Croft

     

  4. What is the currency of Ireland?
    Dollar
    Peso
    Pound
    Euro
    Rupiya
    Option D
    Capital: Dublin

     

  5. The Government of India has approved green license plate to promote electric vehicles. These plate would bear fonts in which color for private e-vehicles?
    White
    Yellow
    Blue
    Red
    Black
    Option A
    To promote electric vehicles in India, the government has approved green license plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis.

     

  6. When is International Day of Parliamentarism celebrated? A) June 30 B) July 1 C) June 25 D) June 29
    June 30
    July 1
    May 31
    April 1
    June 1
    Option A
    For the first time, 30 June this year is celebrated as the International Day of Parliamentarism. It is also the date, in 1889, on which the Inter-Parliamentary Union — the global organization of parliaments — was established.

     

  7. the 1st International SME Convention 2018 was held in which city?
    Mumbai
    Hyderabad
    New Delhi
    Kolkata
    Noida
    Option C
    Theme: Business Beyond Borders

     

  8. YAMIL is the newly launched Mutual Fund Unit of which Bank?
    YES Bank
    AXIS Bank
    HDFC Bank
    Kotak Mahindra Bank
    ICICI Bank
    Option A
    YES BANK has received the final regulatory approval (Certificate of Registration) from the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to commence its Mutual Fund business. Yes Asset Management (India) Limited (YAMIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of YES BANK, will launch fund offerings across the spectrum of both debt and equity markets over the next 6-12 months.

     

  9. Bamako is the capital of which country?
    Lithuania
    Namibia
    Mali
    Saint Lucia
    Uganda
    Option C

     

  10. What is the state animal of Andhra Pradesh?
    Nilgai
    Chital
    Barasingha
    Blackbuck
    Asiatic lion
    Option D
    State Animal: Blackbuck (antilope cervicapra) or Krishna Jinka State Bird: Rama Chiluka (psittacula krameri) or Rose Ringed Parakeet State Tree: Neem (azadirachta indica) or Vepa Chettu State Flower: Jasmine (jasminum officinale)

     

  11. Manu Bhaker is related to which sports?
    Football
    Hockey
    Sprint
    Shooting
    Archery
    Option D

     

  12. Planet-hunting spacecraft, Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) belongs to which country?
    India
    United States of America
    China
    Russia
    Japan
    Option B
    NASA has launched its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral in Florida to find thousands of new worlds beyond our Solar System.

     

  13. The Jatayu Earth’s Centre which will have world’s largest bird sculpture is being set up in which state?
    Andhra Oradesh
    West Bengal
    Gujarat
    Meghalaya
    Kerala
    Option E
    The Kerala Government will inaugurate the world’s largest bird sculpture, Jatayu Earth’s Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on July 4. The sculpture of replica of the bird ‘Jatayu’ built at a cost of Rs 100 crore is 200 feet long, 150 feet wide, 65 feet tall and is positioned right at the top of a rock situated 1,000 feet above sea level.

     

  14. The Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is situated in which state?
    Bihar
    Goa
    Uttarakhand
    Haryana
    Andhra Pradesh
    Option B

     

  15. The foundation stone for the Southern Campus of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) has been laid in which state?
    Karnataka
    Tamil Nadu
    Andhra Pradesh
    Kerala
    Telangana
    Option C
    Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Southern Campus of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) at Kondapavuluru in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh.

     

  16. Israel has recently gifted 100 digital farming units to which Indian state?
    Maharashtra
    Telangana
    Andhra Pradesh
    Gujarat
    Haryana
    Option D
    Israel will gift 100 units of digital farming on an experimental basis in Gujarat. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani met Netafim CEO Ran Maidan and discussed with him the potential of digital farming in Gujarat.

     

  17. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tied with MEA for development of Kalay Airport as green airport. The airport is situated in which country?
    Malaysia
    Bhutan
    Israel
    Sri lanka
    Myanmar
    Option E
    The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of External Affairs, for preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) on the first phase for development of the Kalay Airport as a green airport in Myanmar.

     

  18. India has agreed a joint venture with Sri Lanka to operate which Sri Lankan Airport?
    Batticaloa Airport
    Hingurakgoda Airport
    Bandaranaike International Airport
    Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
    None of These
    Option D
    The Indian Government has expressed the willingness to operate Sri Lanka’s loss-making Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota. The airport would operate as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture that would see India gain a major stake of the airport.

     

  19. The Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant is located in________________
    Madhya Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Himachal Pradesh
    Arunachal Pradesh
    West Bengal
    Option A

     

  20. Financial Action Task Force has recently added which county to its ‘grey list’?
    Afghanistan
    Syria
    Pakistan
    Iraq
    Bangladesh
    Option C

     


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