Current Affairs Progress Test – Set 89

Current Affairs Progress Test - Set 89
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 1 month current events and will be extremely helpful in upcoming competitive exams like SBI PO mains, SBI Clerk mains, RBI Grade B and various other exams.
Instructions:
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No. of Questions: 10
Time Limit: 02 minutes
  1. India recently signed a deal with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for LRSAM air and missile defence systems. What was the cost of this deal?
    $476 million
    $777 million
    $477 million
    $746 million
    $817 million
    Option B
    State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won an additional $777 million contract to supply LRSAM air and missile defence systems to seven ships in the Indian navy. The contract is with the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), which is the main contractor in the project.

     

  2. Who has won the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018?
    Narendra Modi
    Azim Premji
    Subramanyam Swami
    Sachin Tendulkar
    Amitabh Bacchan
    Option A
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth. The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul.

     

  3. Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 was held in which city?
    Patna
    Delhi
    Mumbai
    Banglore
    Amritsar
    Option B
    The Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 opened in New Delhi. The theme of the 2-day summit is, ‘Connecting Farmers to Market’.

     

  4. Who was the head of the supreme court bench which ruled that no Bharat Stage-IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020.
    Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
    Justice Ashok Bhushan
    Justice Madan B Lokur
    Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
    Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly
    Option C
    The Supreme Court ruled that no Bharat Stage-IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020. The Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norm would come into force from April 1, 2020 across the country. The ruling was made by a three-judge bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur. The bench clarified that only BS-VI compliant vehicle will be sold in India from April 1, 2020.

     

  5. Which country recently tested ‘World’s Largest’ Cargo Drone FH-98?
    Japan
    China
    Russia
    India
    US
    Option B
    A Chinese company has tested the ‘world’s largest’ cargo drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes (1,500kg).

     

  6. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank?
    Susheel Kumar Gupta
    Lakshay Mahesh Ganesh
    Satish Kumar Gupta
    Vineet Kumar Dubey
    Renu Satti
    Option C
    Paytm Payments Bank has appointed veteran banker Satish Kumar Gupta as its new Managing Director and CEO. The post was lying vacant after Renu Satti stepped down in July 2018. Satti now heads the company’s new retail business.

     

  7. Pooja Dhanda is related to which sports?
    Badminton
    Tennis
    Shooting
    Wrestling
    Cricket
    Option D
    In Wrestling World Championships, Pooja Dhanda won a bronze medal in the women’s freestyle 57kg weight class in Budapest, Hungar

     

  8. Michael D Higgins is the president of which country?
    Iceland
    Greenland
    Ireland
    Switzerland
    Germany
    Option C
    Michael D Higgins has been re-elected as the President of Ireland after receiving 56 percent of the country’s votes in the elections. Businessman Peter Casey came second with 23.1 per cent votes.

     

  9. 5th National Summit on Public Health Care was held in which state?
    Maharashtra
    New Delhi
    Assam
    Tamil Nadu
    Andhra Pradesh
    Option C
    The 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India has begun at Kaziranga in Assam.

     

  10. World’s Largest Airport ‘Under One Roof’ has opened in which city?
    Berlin
    Delhi
    Paris
    Istanbul
    Sydney
    Option D

     


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