Current Affairs Questions for IBSP Clerk, ESIC, Canara bank PO- Set 126

Current Affairs Progress Test - Set X
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
  1. Who is the head of the committee formed by Supreme Court to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country?
    R. Banumathi
    Ruma Pal
    A K Mishra
    Amitava Roy
    C. S. Karnan
    Option D
    The Supreme Court has formed a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.

     

  2. Who has won the Best FIFA Men’s Player at FIFA Awards 2018?
    David de Gea
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    Luka Modric
    Lionel Messi
    Sergio Ramos
    Option C
    Best FIFA Men’s Player: Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia) Best FIFA Women’s Player: Marta (Orlando Pride, Brazil) Best Goal of the Year: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt) Best Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Chelsea) Best Men’s Coach: Didier Deschamps (France) Best Women’s Coach: Reynald Pedros (Lyon) Best Fan Award: Peru fans, who travelled to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia FIFA Fair Play Award: Lennart Thy (VVV-Vento)

     

  3. The GSTN board will have how many directors after 100% ownership is acquired by the Government?
    09
    10
    11
    12
    14
    Option C
    Chairman – 1 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – 1 Central Government nominated directors – 3 State Government nominated directors – 3 Independent directors nominated by the board of directors – 3

     

  4. Smart City Expo India-2018 was held in which city?
    Delhi
    Mumbai
    Jaipur
    Hyderabad
    Bengaluru
    Option C
    Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Smart City Expo India-2018 in Jaipur.

     

  5. The Annual Financial Inclusion Index (FII) will have how many measurement dimensions?
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    Option B
    The Annual Financial Inclusion Index (FII) will be released by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance in January, 2019.. The index will have three measurement dimensions namely Access to financial services Usage of financial services Quality.

     

  6. Which country has topped the Human Capital Index 2018?
    Iceland
    Denmark
    Finland
    US
    China
    Option C
    Top 3 nations in the rankings are: Finland Iceland Denmark

     

  7. What is India’s GDP growth rate prediction for 2019-20 by ADB?
    7.3 %
    7.6 %
    7.8 %
    7.5 %
    7.2 %
    Option B
    For Indian Economy the GDP growth is predicted at 7.3 percent in 2018-19 and 7.6 percent in 2019-20 respectively.

     

  8. Jasdev Singh who passed away recently was a/an ____
    Hockey Player
    Sports Commentator
    Author
    Actor
    Politician
    Option B
    Renowned Hindi sports commentator Jasdev Singh passed away after prolonged illness. He was 87. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1985 and Padma Bhushan in 2008. Over the years, he had covered nine Olympics, eight hockey World Cups and six Asian Games, and was awarded the Olympic Order, the highest award of the Olympic movement, by Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC president.

     

  9. When is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons observed?
    October 24
    December 02
    September 26
    July 25
    August 13
    Option C

     

  10. Recently the Parakram Parv was held in which city?
    Jaipur
    Udaipur
    Jodhpur
    Ajmer
    Bikaner
    Option C
    Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on a day long visit to Jodhpur where he inaugurated ‘Parakram Parv’ — an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in 2016.

     


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