Current Affairs & GK Questions-13

Current Affairs & GK Questions-13

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Q1. Which of the following legislatures is universally acclaimed as the ‘Mother of Parliaments’?

[A]Congress Of The United States

[B]British Parliament

[C]Federal Assembly Of Switzerland

[D]Canadian Parliament

Ans. [B]British Parliament

Q2. Chanda Kochhar is the persent MD & CEO of

[A]HDFC Bank

[B]ICICI Bank

[C]HSBC Bank

[D]Citibank India

Ans. [B]ICICI Bank

Q3. Where did the first Youth Olympic Games held in 2010?

[A]Sydney

[B]Singapore

[C]Beijing

[D]Munich

Ans. [B]Singapore

Q4. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Universe title in 1994?

[A]Lara Dutta

[B]Reita Faria

[C]Aishwarya Rai

[D]Sushmita Sen

Ans. [D]Sushmita Sen

Q5. Who is popularly known as the "Metro Man" of India?

[A] M K Jadhav

[B] S K Adhikari

[C] G L Bajaj

[D] E Sreedharan

Ans. [D] E Sreedharan

Q6. Name the smallest ocean in the world?

[A] Arctic Ocean

[B] Pacific Ocean

[C] Indian Ocean

[D] Atlantic Ocean

Ans. [A] Arctic Ocean

Q7. What is Phishing?

[A] A Govt. plan

[B] A stem cell

[C] Fraudulent way of acquiring PIN and bank passwords using email

[D] None of these

Ans. [C] Fraudulent way of acquiring PIN and bank passwords using email

Q8. What is the full form of NBFC?

[A]Non-Banking Financial Company.

[B]Non-Banking Financial Crisis.

[C]New Banking and Financial Companies.

[D]New Banks with Financial Crisis

Ans. [A]Non-Banking Financial Company.

Q9. Which of the following personalities is the chairman of India’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India?

[A] S. C. Gupta

[B] O. P. Bhatt

[C] Pratip Chaudhuri

[D] Deepak Parekh

Ans. [C] Pratip Chaudhuri

Q10. World Trade Organization came into existence in

[A]1992

[B]1993

[C]1994

[D]1995

Ans. [D]1995

Q11. Which of the following time periods represents the duration of the 12th Financial Plan?

[A]2011-2016

[B]2012-2017

[C]2013-2018

[D]2014-2019

Ans. [B]2012-2017

Q12. ‘High Performance Delivered’, is the punch line associated with ...

[A]Hewitt Associates

[B]Ernst & Young

[C]Accenture

[D]Honda

Ans. [C]Accenture

Q13. Who authored the book titled A View From The Outside: Why Good Economics Works For Everyone?

[A]N. K. Singh

[B]Shankar J. Acharya

[C]Montek Singh Ahluwalia

[D]P. Chidambaram

Ans. [D]P. Chidambaram

Q14. What is the capital of Philippines?

[A] Tunis

[B] Manila

[C] Dili

[D] Doha

Ans. [B] Manila