Current Affairs Progress Test - Set 146
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.
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No. of Questions: 10
Time Limit: 02 minutes
Instructions:
Click on START button to start the timer/exam. Click on SUBMIT button to end the exam.
No. of Questions: 10
Time Limit: 02 minutes
- Which among the following companies has executed India’s 1st letter of credit (LC) payment via Blockchain?
HSBC Holdings PlcStandard Chartered PLCJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co.BNP ParibasBarclays PlcOption A
In a first for India, HSBC Holdings Plc has executed a trade finance transaction using blockchain for an export by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to US-based Tricon Energy. The blockchain-enabled letter of credit (LC) transaction substantially reduced the time taken for such deals. - Who is the CMD of New India Assurance?
Swapna BarmanA. N. JhaKrishnamurthy SubramanianArundhati BhattacharyaAtul SahaiOption E
New India Assurance Appoints Atul Sahai as CMD for a 5 year term - Who has been honored with the Turner Prize 2018?
Luke Willis ThompsonCharlotte ProdgerNaeem MohaiemenKunsthalle BaselBoth A & BOption B
Glasgow-based British artist Charlotte Prodger has won the prestigious Turner Prize for 2018, awarded for “an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the preceding year”. - How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and ADB to improve skill development eco-system in Odisha?
USD 50 millionUSD 65 millionUSD 85 millionUSD 60 millionUSD 75 millionOption C
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a USD 85 million loan to improve skill development eco-system in Odisha and establish an advanced skill training centre at Bhubaneswar. - The first ever Indian airline to have 200 planes in its fleet is___________
Jet AirwaysAirIndiaSpiceJetIndiGoGoAirOption D
IndiGo becomes first Indian airline to have 200 planes - The Asia Pacific Summit-2018 was held in which city?
BeijingJakartaBangkokNew DelhiKathmanduOption E
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”. - Indian Navy Day is held on________________
December 4December 1December 7December 10December 8Option A
Theme for 2018 Navy Day: ‘Indian Navy, Mission-deployed and Combat-ready.’ - Which among the following exercises is conducted by Indian Navy to test robustness of coastal security apparatus?
Exercise SLINEXExercise TROPEXExercise CORPATExercise SIMBEXExercise MALABAROption B
Indian Navy to Conduct ‘Exercise TROPEX’ From January 2019 to test robustness of coastal security apparatus. As part of TROPEX, the Indian Navy would also be conducting a large-scale coastal defence exercise‘Exercise Sea Vigil’ which will involve all stakeholders across mainland and island territories. - “Heart Attack Rewind” campaign by FSSAI aims to eliminate trans fat by which year?
20252023202120222019Option D
FSSAI launches “Heart Attack Rewind” campaign to eliminate trans fats by 2022 - Ama Gaon Ama Bikas is a flagship scheme of which state of India?
West BengalKeralaOdishaAndhra PradeshTamil NaduOption C
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Peoples Empowerment – Enabling Transparency and Accountability of Odisha (PEETHA) Initiatives to create awareness about the government’s welfare schemes, and improving transparency in the implementation of the same. The initiative is a subscheme of the government’s flagship “Ama Gaon Ama Bikas” scheme.