Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk, Canara Bank PO- Set 142

1. RBI has directed banks to provide PCE to bonds issued by systematically important NBFC’s and housing finance companies. What does PCE stands for?
   Per Capita Expenditure
   Partial Cost Equalization
   Partial Credit Enhancement
   Permanent Cost Exchange
   Personal Consumption Expenditure
   Option C
   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed banks to provide partial credit enhancement (PCE) to bonds issued by systemically important non-deposit taking non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) registered with the RBI and housing finance companies (HFCs) registered with the National Housing Bank.

    

2. Prathamesh Maulingkar has become the first Indian to win the Mister Supranational 2018. He hails from which state?
   Goa
   Tripura
   West Bengal
   Maharashtra
   Himachal Pradesh
   Option A
   Goa’s Prathamesh Maulingkar has become the first Indian to win the title of Mister Supranational 2018.

    

3. India’s first interactive credit card with buttons has been launched by which bank?
   HDFC Bank
   Axis Bank
   Kotak Mahindra Bank
   IndusInd Bank
   ICICI Bank
   Option D
   IndusInd Bank launches India’s first interactive credit card with buttons. It is named Nexxt Credit Card having choice of payment options such as EMI, Reward Points or Credit at the push of a button, on the card, at the point of sale (POS).

    

4. The first ever combined guided weapons firing exercise CROSS BOW – 18 was conducted by the Indian Air Force for which of these types of missiles?
   Air-to-Air
   Surface-to-Air
   Surface-to-Surface
   Air-to-Surface
   Both B & C
   Option B
   The Indian Air Force successfully conducted Exercise CROSS BOW-18, combined guided weapons firing exercise of Surface-to-Air Missiles from the Air Force Station at Suryalanka in Andhra Pradesh. This was a first of its kind Exercise undertaken by the Indian Air Force in which firing of four different class of missiles – AKASH, SPYDER, OSA-AK-M and IGLA was successfully carried from December 4-8, 2018

    

5. The Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 was held in which city?
   Pune
   Gurugram
   Mumbai
   New Delhi
   Chandigarh
   Option E
   

    

6. Name of the app launched by NSE for retail investors to buy government securities
   NSE Bid
   NSE goBID
   NSE SecBid
   NSE Instant-Sec
   BidOn NSE
   Option B
   

    

7. Mohammad Asrarul Haque passed away recently. He was a __________
   Author
   Economist
   Journalist
   Politician
   Singer
   Option D
   Senior Congress MP Mohammad Asrarul Haque passed away following a heart attack. He was 76.

    

8. Chitra Mudgal has been honored with the 2018 Sahitya Academy Award in which language?
   Assamese
   Bengali
   Hindi
   Sanskrit
   Santali
   Option C
   Novel – Post Box No- 203 Naala Sopara

    

9. How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and ADB to upgrade state highways in Bihar?
   USD 100 million
   USD 250 million
   USD 300 million
   USD 150 million
   USD 200 million
   Option E
   The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $200 million loan to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 Kilometers State Highways in Bihar

    

10. Who is the new Chairman of the SWIFT INDIA?
    Arundhati Bhattacharya
    Raghuram Rajan
    Rajiv Gauba
    Rajnish Kumar
    Arvind Subramanian
    Option A
    SWIFT India has appointed former SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya as the new Chairman of its board.

     

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