Current Affairs Questions For NIACL AO And IBPS Clerk Mains: 16th January 2019 |

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Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Main 2018-19:

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Most of the questions in GA appear from Current Affairs section. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the interviewee’s simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

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Q1. Who has set up a world record in indoor rowing by completing 1 lakh meters in above-40 years category?

Shahrukh Shaikh

Shakil Ahmed

Umesh Kumar

Shonu Mishra

Mansoor Ahmed

Solution:

Asian Cup gold medallist Shakil Ahmed has set up a world record in indoor rowing by completing 1 lakh meters in above-40 years category in Kolkata.

Q2. Which of the following bank inducted former SBI Managing Director B. Sriram and management consultant Rama Bijapurkar on its board as independent director?

IndusInd Bank

Punjab National Bank

IDFC First Bank

HDFC Bank

ICICI Bank

Solution:

Private sector ICICI Bank inducted former SBI Managing Director B Sriram and management consultant Rama Bijapurkar on its board as independent director.

Q3. Ananth Narayanan has stepped down as CEO of Myntra and Jabong. Who has been named as new head of these two firms?

M Narayanmurthy

Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Amar Nagaram

Kalyan Nagaram

Suresh Chandra

Solution:

Ananth Narayanan has stepped down as CEO of Myntra and Jabong to pursue external opportunities. Amar Nagaram has been named as Head, Myntra and Jabong, reporting to Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart Group.

Q4. Government e Marketplace (GeM) has launched “Womaniya on GeM” initiative. GeM is a 100% government owned company set up under the aegis of ____________.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Solution:

The initiative seeks to develop women entrepreneurship on the margins of society to achieve gender-inclusive economic growth. Government e-Marketplace is a 100% government owned company set up under the aegis of Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Q5. Sir Michael Atiyah passed away at the age of 89. He was a well-known_______.

Politician

Mathematician

Scientist

Social activist

Actor

Solution:

Sir Michael Atiyah, a British mathematician who received the 1966 Fields Medal, also known as the ‘Nobel for Mathematics,’ passed away at the age of 89.

Q6. The Parliament of Macedonia has passed the resolution to amend the constitution of the country to rename it as the Republic of Northern Macedonia. What is the capital of this country?

Praia

Tunis

Dili

Skopje

Kinshasa

Solution:

Skopje is the capital of Macedonia.

Q7. The Madras High Court has set up an expert committee to find a solution to root out invasive species of plants from the Western Ghats. The committee shall be headed by __________.

UK Sinha

MP Bezbaruah

Shankar De

D Raghavendra Nayyar

Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu

Solution:

The Madras High Court has set up an expert committee to find a solution to root out invasive species of plants from the Western Ghats. The committee shall be headed by Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu, the chairman of the expert committee on invasive species in Chennai National Biodiversity Authority.

Q8. Who has won the under-8 category at the Kids’ Golf World Championship organized by US kids Golf in Malaysia?

Kartik Singh

Mangal Singh

Rohit Kapoor

Abhishek Arya

Kamal Rana

Solution:

Gurgaon’s 8-year-old Kartik Singh has won the under-8 category at the Kids’ Golf World Championship organized by US kids Golf in Malaysia, which makes him the youngest Indian to win the title.

Q9. The theme of the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 is_______________.

Be the Voice of Developing India

New India and Finding solutions for contribution in policy making

Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions and contribute to policy

New India and your contribution toward its making

None of the above option is the right answer.

Solution:

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Col Rajyavardhan Rathore launched the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 at a function in New Delhi. The theme of the festival is- ‘Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions and contribute to policy’.

Q10. Indian army day is celebrated on ________.

15 January

12 January

14 January

18 January

20 January

Solution:

Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year to mark the day when (then) Lieutenant General KM Cariappa took over from General Sir Francis Butcher as Commander-in-Chief of India on January 15, 1949.

Q11. National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 held at ________.

Mumbai

New Delhi

Chennai

Pune

Nagpur

Solution:

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Col Rajyavardhan Rathore launched the National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 at a function in New Delhi.

Q12.In which state India got its largest startup ecosystem recently?

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Goa

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Solution:

India got its largest startup ecosystem when Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated a 1.8-lakh-square-feet facility housing incubation set-up across a string of segments in modern technology.

Q13. Macedonia has renamed it as the Republic of Northern Macedonia. Who is the Prime Minister of this country?

Gjorge Ivanov

Nikola Gruevski

Zoran Zaev

Talat Xhaferi

Ali Ahmeti

Solution:

Zoran Zaev is the Prime Minister of Macedonia.

Q14. A 2+2 Inter-Sessional meeting between the United States and India took recently place in ___________.

Washington DC

Delhi

New York

Paris

Mumbai

Solution:

A 2+2 Inter-Sessional meeting between the United States and India took place in New Delhi, focusing on the progress of defence and foreign policy issues between the two countries.

Q15. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) along with Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati today launched two science communication initiatives, __________ and _________.

Science Today, Science Now

DD Science, India Science

Sense & Science, DD Science

Science Today, Sense of Science

Science India, Science Universe

Solution:

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) along with Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati today launched two science communication initiatives, DD Science and India Science.

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