Current Affairs MCQ 29th June 2018
The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs.Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.
Q1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, si
Q1. Name the world’s largest multilateral naval exercise that has begun recently in Hawaii in the Western Pacific Ocean.
(a) Rampage
(b) RIMAC
(c) RIMPAC
(d) INDOPAC
(e) PACIND
S1. Ans.(c)
Q2. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth granted royal assent Brexit legislation, ending months of debate over the legislation that will formally end the country’s European Union membership. Who is the Prime Minister of Britain?
(a) Jeremy Corbyn
(b) Theresa May
(c) David Cameron
(d) Boris Johnson
(e) Angela Merkel
S2. Ans.(b)
Q3. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched the new Passport Seva App on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas in New Delhi. Passport Seva Divas is celebrated in India on _____________.
(a) 21 June
(b) 27 June
(c) 23 June
(d) 26 June
(e) 17 June
S3. Ans.(d)
Q4. Centre has released ______________ for flood relief work in Assam, as per the announcement of Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh.
(a) Rs 500 crore
(b) Rs 430 crore
(c) Rs 340 crore
(d) Rs 520 crore
(e) Rs 570 crore
S4. Ans.(c)
Q5. Name the US Ambassador to the UN who is in India for the 2-day visit to meet with senior Indian government officials, NGO leaders, and the interfaith community to underscore the United States’ shared values and strong alliance with the people of India.
(a) Edward Stettinius Jr.
(b) Michele J. Sison
(c) Samantha Power
(d) Rosemary DiCarlo
(e) Nikki Haley
S5. Ans.(e)
Q6. In which of the following city, the 15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) was held?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Sydney
(c) Canberra
(d) New Delhi
(e) Brisbane
S6. Ans.(c)
Q7. Name the senior bureaucrat who has been appointed as chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
(a) T Suvarna Raju
(b) M K Sarna
(c) Praveen Koti
(d) S Ramesh
(e) Ratnesh Giri
S7. Ans.(d)
Q8. The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to study issues related to the development of a 1,000-MW floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district. The committee will be headed by ___________.
(a) K S Juyal
(b) Satish Chavan
(c) Manoj Malhotra
(d) Arjun Khatri
(e) Randeep Chhetri
S8. Ans.(b)
Q9. Name the two personalities who were named the 2018 World Food Prize recipients in a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.
(a) Dr Maria Andrade, Dr Robert Mwanga
(b) Dr Robert Mwanga, Dr Jan Low
(c) Lawrence Haddad, Dr David Nabarro
(d) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Lawrence Haddad
(e) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, Lawrence Haddad
S9. Ans.(c)
Q10. The 222nd meeting of the Central Board of Trustees, EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) was held recently in New Delhi. The Central Board approved the proposal for insertion of Paragraph 68HH in EPF Scheme, 1952 provisioning Advance from the fund to a member who ceases to be in employment for a continuous period not less than one month. Under this proposal, a member can avail what percent of the total fund (including employee as well as employer share) standing to the member’s credit with interest thereon?
(a) 75%
(b) 85%
(c) 65%
(d) 55%
(e) 45%
S10. Ans.(a)
