IBPS Clerk 2013: Expected Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions- Part 8
Friends…here is the
Part-8 of our Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam
2013….
1. India’s core
sector growth stood at ___________ in August as published in Oct 2013)?
(A) 3.7%
(B) 3.1%
(C) 6.5%
(D) 2.3%
Ans. (A) 3.7%
2. Who took over
charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited (BPCL) in Oct 2013?
(A) SB Nayar
(B) S Varadarajan
(C) R K Singhon
(D) B Ashok
Ans. (B) S Varadarajan
3. Which IT
Services Company acquired the Equinox Consulting, a financial services
consulting firm based in France, in Oct 2013?
(A) Cognizant
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) Wipro
Ans. (A) Cognizant
4. Which country
has topped the global chart of remittances with a whopping USD 71 billion in
remittances in 2013?
(A) China
(B) Philippines
(C) Mexico
(D) India
Ans. (D) India
5. ECB has kept its
benchmark interest rate on hold at ________ in Oct 2013.
(A) 0.5%
(B) 0.25%
(C) 0.75%
(D) 1%
Ans. (A) 0.5%
6. Who has been
appointed chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional rural
bank sponsored by Syndicate Bank, in Oct 2013?
(A) Ashok Reddy
Nukala
(B) S.R. Bansal
(C) Rajendra Kumar
Saraf
(D) Umesh Chand
Asawa
Ans. (A) Ashok Reddy Nukala
7. Which IT Company
acquire ValueSource NV, a subsidiary of Belgium-based integrated bank insurance
group KBC, as part of a five-year contract with the group in Oct 2013?
(A) Cognizant
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) Wipro
Ans. (A) Cognizant
8. India has been
ranked at ______ position out of 122 countries on global Human Capital Index
published by the World Economic Forum in Oct 2013.
(A) 78th
(B) 85th
(C) 88th
(D) 66th
Ans. (A) 78th
9. Government of
India has appointed a four member committee headed by whom to clear the
ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional
Investment (FII) terms in Oct 2013?
(A) Bimal Jalan
(B) Mukul Mudgal
(C) Arvind Mayaram
(D) A.P. Shah
Ans. (C) Arvind Mayaram
10. The Government
of India launched a unique project to put 100 most important Indian heritage
sites online in collaboration with which IT/Internet giant in Oct 2013?
(A) Google
(B) Yahoo
(C) Microsoft
(D) Amazon
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