Current Affairs MCQ 4th April 2019
Q1. Valery Bykovsky passed away at the age of 84 years. He was a_____________.
- CIA Agent
- American Cosmonaut
- Russian Spy
- Russian Cosmonaut
S1. Ans. {d}
Sol. Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, passed away at the age of 84 years.
Q2. Who among the following will be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries?
- Arun Jaitley
- Raghuram Rajan
- Amratya Sen
- Geoffrey Hinton
S2. Ans. {c}
Sol. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries.
Q3. Who among the following has/have been honored with the Turing Award?
- Geoffrey Hinton
- Yoshua Bengio
- Yann Lecun
- All a, b and c
S3. Ans. {d}
Sol. Three pioneers in AI, University of Toronto faculty member and Google Brain researcher Geoffrey Hinton, Facebook chief AI scientist and NYU professor Yann LeCun, and Element AI founder and University of Montreal professor Yoshua Bengio has been honored with the Turing Award.
Q4. Name the first Indian port operator that has recorded cargo movement of more than 200 million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine ports along the east and west coasts.
- Mody Ports
- Adani Ports
- TATA Ports
- Birla Ports
S4. Ans. {b}
Sol. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) announced that it has recorded cargo movement of more than 200 million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine ports along the east and west coasts, becoming the first Indian port operator to achieve the milestone.
Q5. Who among the following is the author of the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism”?
- Amartya Sen
- P Chidambaram
- Y V Reddy
- Arun Jeitley
S5. Ans. {c}
Sol. The book “Indian Fiscal Federalism” has been written by Dr. Y. V. Reddy, former Governor of RBI and Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India along with Dr. G. R. Reddy, Advisor (Finance) to the Government of Telangana.
Q6. Which of the following organisation has unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing?
- UNSC
- IMF
- NATO
- BRICS
S6. Ans. {a}
Sol. The UN Security Council has unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing.
Q7. State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and Varde Partners for___________.
- Rs. 1,851 crore
- Rs. 1,551 crore
- Rs. 1,735 crore
- Rs. 1,331 crore
S7. Ans. {a}
Sol. State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and VardePartners for Rs 1,851 crore at Rs 850 per share.
Q8. Name the Himachal Pradesh village that has become the highest polling station in the world.
- Thalan
- Manglapur
- Tashigang
- Chopta
S8. Ans. {c}
Sol. Tashigang, a Himachal Pradesh village at an altitude of 15,256 feet has now become the highest polling station in the world. Situated about 29 km from the India-China border, the polling station covers two villages, Tashigang and Gate.
Q9. Who among the following will now serve as the Ethics Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc basis?
- A K Goel
- D K Jain
- Amitabh Kant
- Ramesh Goel
S9. Ans. {b}
Sol. Supreme Court-appointed BCCI Ombudsman Justice D K Jain (retd) will now serve as the Ethics Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc basis.
Q10. The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse _____ into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB.
- Rs. 1,042 crore
- Rs. 5,042 crore
- Rs. 2,075 crore
- Rs. 1,875 crore
S10. Ans. {b}
Sol. The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse Rs 5,042 crore into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB.
