Current Affairs Questions for Canara Bank PO, IBPS Clerk- Set 131

Current Affairs Progress Test - Set 131
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 the 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. Which country will chair the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) from 2019?
    Russia
    India
    Botswana
    China
    Japan
    Option B
    Further, EU handed over the Chairmanship of KPCS to India to take charge from 1, January, 2019. Botswana and the Russian Federation will serve as Vice-Chair during the period of 2019-2020.

     

  2. Exercise Cope India is between Air Force of India and Air force of which country?
    Japan
    Nepal
    France
    Russia
    United States
    Option E
    The Indian Air Force and the Air forces of the United States will participate in a 12-day joint exercise ‘Cope India 2018’ from December 3 to 14 in West Bengal. This is the 4th edition.

     

  3. Name the bidding platform launched by BSE for Retail Investor in G-secs .
    BSE-Gsec
    BSE-Onine
    BSE-Direct
    G-Online
    GSec-Online
    Option C
    Leading exchange BSE has announced to launch an online bidding platform ‘BSE-Direct’ for retail investors in non-competitive bidding of government securities (G-secs) and Treasury bills (T-bills) from December 03, 2018. BSE-Direct platform will offer easy access to participants and act as an efficient mechanism for delivering government securities to retail client.

     

  4. European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a pan-eurozone instant payment service called TIPS system. What does T stands for in TIPS?
    TECHNICAL
    TERM
    TIME
    TARGET
    TREND
    Option D
    TARGET instant payment settlement (TIPS) service will allow consumers and businesses across the 19-nation euro area to send and receive money in mere seconds, without the usual lags associated with online and real-world transactions.The service is a direct challenge to the “digital wallets” provided by the likes of Google, Apple, Amazon or China’s Alibaba and Tencent, which offer contactless, super-fast online payments and have exploded in popularity.

     

  5. The 2nd ‘RIC’ Trilateral Summit was held after a gap of how many years?
    5 years
    7 years
    10 years
    12 years
    14 years
    Option D
    India, Russia, China held a trilateral meeting, the second among the three countries after a gap of 12 years, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “2nd Russia-India-China ‘RIC’ Trilateral Summit took place in Buenos Aires and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese premier Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were the part of it.

     

  6. Who will head the committee to oversee rejuvenation work of the Ganga river?
    U C Dhyani
    Arun Tandon
    Abhinav Ghosh
    Abhijeet Bhatacharya
    V K Mishra
    Option A
    The National Green Tribunal has appointed former Uttarakhand High Court judge, Justice U C Dhyani, as head of the three-member committee to oversee rejuvenation work of the Ganga river. Earlier Justice Arun Tandon was appointed as the head of the panel which was set up on August 6. However as he would be busy with the upcoming Kumbh event at Allahabad, he has been replaced by Justice UC Dhyani.

     

  7. Which Indian has been conferred with ISSF’s Blue Cross award?
    Raninder Singh
    Abhinav Bindra
    Jitu Rai
    Apurvi Chandela
    Vijay Kumar
    Option B

     

  8. When is World AIDS Day observed?
    December 01
    December 02
    December 03
    December 04
    December 05
    Option A

     

  9. Who is the author of the book “There’s a Monster Under My Bed! And Other Terrible Terrors”?
    Ritu Bhagat
    Twinkle Khanna
    Maneka Gandhi
    Anita Nair
    Kamala das
    Option C

     

  10. Asia Pacific Summit-2018 was held in which country?
    China
    Nepal
    India
    Sri Lanka
    Japan
    Option B
    The Asia Pacific Summit-2018 began in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 1, 2018. The theme of two-day Summit is “Addressing the Critical Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values”. The Asia Pacific Summit 2018-Nepal, has been organised by the controversial South Korea-based Universal Peace Federation and supported by the Government of Nepal.

     


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