Current Affairs Based on "The Hindu" for RBI/IBPS Exams |

Q1. To curb illegal and unauthorised pooling of funds by unscrupulous firms, the Reserve Bank of India launched a website, which will help people obtain information about entities allowed to collect deposits. What is the address of portal?

a) sachet.rbi.org.in

b) cheque.rbi.org.in

c) clean.rbi.org.in

d) sampark.rbi.org.in

e) None of the above

Q2. Ministry of Urban Development has approved an investment of how much crore in augmenting water supply, sewerage networks, drainage, urban transport and public and green spaces in urban areas in 8 States and UTs under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for the current financial year?

a) Rs. 8,702 crore

b) Rs. 4,404 crore

c) Rs. 5,000 crore

d) Rs. 15,276 crore

e) Rs. 10,404 crore

Q3. Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje laid the foundation of 14 projects worth Rs 2,229 Crore of which of the following cities and will be a ‘wonder city’ in next two years?

a) Jodhpur

b) Bikaner

c) Jaipur

d) Ajmer

e) Udaipur

Q4. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and which of the following countries?

a) South Sudan

b) Kenya

c) Peru

d) Laos

e) Bhutan

Q5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a committee to look at the various facets of household finance in India and to benchmark India’s position vis-à-vis both the peer countries and advanced countries. The Committee will be chaired by…….?

a) Vijay Kelkar

b) Deepak Mohanty

c) RM Lodha

d) Bibek Debroy

e) Dr. Tarun Ramadorai

Q6. Name the boy, who has set the Guinness world record for covering longest distance by limbo-skating under cars?

a) Rishi Nath

b) Ganesan Ramachandran

c) Arun Singh

d) Vaibhav Acharya

e) Swaroop Gowda

Q7. ONGC and Oil India Ltd made a payment of Rs.300.64 crore and Rs.1,149.24 crore respectively to which of the following states Government?

a) Odisha

b) Bihar

c) Kerala

d) Assam

e) Madhya Pradesh

Q8. Retail company Future Group has tied up with mobile payments and commerce platform ___________ to enable Paytm users to shop for Big Bazaar merchandise on the online marketplace and get it delivered to their homes.

a) Freecharge

b) Google Wallet

c) Paytm

d) Google Wallet

e) None of the above

Q9. Who was elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Nita Ambani

c) Anurag Thakur

d) Abhinav Bindra

e) N Srinivasan

Q10. Which of the following banks has launched ‘KBL POS Manager’ mobile app to provide ease and convenience for its point-of-sale (POS) merchant establishments.

a) Karnataka Bank Ltd

b) Karur Vysya Bank

c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) Axis Bank