Current Affairs Quiz – 29 March 2019

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1. What is the new limit set by RBI for FPIs to invest in G-Secs?
   A) 4%
   B) 5%
   C) 6%
   D) 7%
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit for foreign portfolio investors (FPI) in Central government securities (G-Secs) to 6 percent of outstanding stock of securities for FY2019-20 against as against 5.5 percent in FY2018-19.
2. What is the interest rate on Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts for the quarter April-June 2019?
   A) 8.5%
   B) 7.9%
   C) 8.2%
   D) 8.0%
   
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   Option A
   
3. The upcoming census will be held in which year?
   A) 2023
   B) 2020
   C) 2022
   D) 2021
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Home Ministry has announced that the next census of India will be carried out in 2021. March 01, 2021 will be the reference date for the census. However, for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and snowbound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be October 01, 2020.
4. Which among the following companies has bought the government held shares of PSU Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to become its holding company?
   A) Power Finance Corporation (PFC)
   B) Power Grid Corporation of India
   C) NHPC Limited
   D) SJVN Limited
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has completed the process of buyout of shares of PSU Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). PFC has acquired 103.94 crore shares held by the government in REC at for ₹14,500 crore. The price of each share of REC was ₹139.50.Now, PFC will be the holding company of REC and also its promoter.
5. Who among the following has won the 2019 Bodley Medal by Oxford University?
   A) V. S. Naipaul
   B) Amartya Sen
   C) Kailash Satyarthi
   D) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Indian economist and philosopher, Amartya Sen has been awarded with the prestigious Bodley Medal for the year 2019 by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University
6. The world’s longest cave named Malham Cave has been discovered in which country?
   A) Indonesia
   B) Iran
   C) Israel
   D) Australia
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: A team of cave researchers have discovered the world’s longest salt cave “Malham Cave” in the Negev Desert of Israel.
7. The interest rate on Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) for April-June quarter of 2019 has been fixed at___________
   A) 8.9%
   B) 8.5%
   C) 8.2%
   D) 8.7%
   
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   Option D
   
8. Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in which year?
   A) 1998
   B) 1992
   C) 1995
   D) 1997
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The 85-year-old, Mr. Sen, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998
9. Mount Sodom is the largest mountain of which country?
   A) Qatar
   B) State of Palestine
   C) Israel
   D) Russia
   
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   Option C
   
10. The Cave of the Three Nudes (3N Cave) is located in which country?
    A) Poland
    B) Iran
    C) South Korea
    D) Syria
    
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    Option B
    Explanation:  Cave of the Three Nudes (3N Cave) was the world’s largest salt cave since 2006 till 2018. It is a 6.85 km (four miles) salt cave in Iran’s Qeshm Island.

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