Important Current Affairs GK Quiz for IBPS PO/Clerk Exams (26th August 2016):
Dear Readers, Here we have given the Current Affairs GK questions based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS PO/Clerk exam and all other Banking exams can use these questions.
1).Women's Equality Day is observed on
a) August 26th
b) August 25th
c) August 23rd
d) August 7th
e) August 28th
Answer: a)
Explanation: Women's Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country. This resolution was passed in 1971 designating August 26 of each year as Women's Equality Day.
2).The Odisha government investors' meet is recently held in which among the following cities?
a) Bhubaneswar
b) Ahmadabad
c) Bangalore
e) New Delhi
Answer: c)
Explanation: The Odisha government is holding an investors' meet in Bengaluru. It is part of the celebrations to mark 80 years of Odisha and birth centenary of its former Chief Minister BijuPatnaik.
3).In which state, Laptops worth Rs. 75 crore have been distributed as a reward in the last six years to over 39,000 meritorious students for performing excellently in 12th class?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) None of these
Answer: d)
Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, Laptops worth Rs. 75 crore have been distributed as a reward in the last six years to over 39,000 meritorious students for performing excellently in 12th class. The number of meritorious students was 472 in the year 2009-10 which now has gone up to 18, 000. About 9200 students of government schools and 8500 students of private schools have got laptops under the scheme.
4).Which Cabinet Ministry has launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi?
a) Health and Family welfare
b) Social Justice and Empowerment
c) Women and Child Development
d) Home Affairs
e) None of these
Answer: c)
Explanation: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi today launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi. POCSO e-box is a platform where a child victim of sexual abuse can report such cases online.
5).RBI asks banks to provide loans to women self-help groups in rural areas at what per-cent per annum
Answer: b)
Explanation: The Reserve Bank said in a notification that all women self-help groups (SHGs) will be eligible for interest subvention on credit up to three lakh rupees at 7 per cent per annum under the DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission in 250 districts.
6).Name the person, who will be rewarded as Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?
a) Silvanus Dungdung
b) Teemu Selanne
c) Doug Harvey
d) Claude Lemieux
e) None of these
Answer: a)
Explanation: Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award will be conferred with the Jharkhand Dungdung Former Olympian Silvanus Dungdung Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award will be rewarded.
7). __________ is the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone.
a) Kepler-186f
b) Kepler 62f
c) Proxima
d) Gliese 832 c
Answer: a)
Explanation: Kepler-186f is the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone— the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can support liquid water given sufficient atmospheric pressure.
8).Who has been named Chairman of a five-member review committee to probe the shooters failure in Rio Games?
a) Jitu Rai
b) Abhinav Bindra
c) Gagan Narang
d) Ronjan Sodhi
e) Anjali Bhagwat
Answer: b)
Explanation: India's first and only individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra has been named Chairman of a five-member review committee to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle.
9).Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who formally announced that he will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia.
a) Angelo Mathews
b) Tillakaratne Dilshan
c) Dinesh Chandimal
d) Rangana Herath
e) None of these
Answer: b)
Explanation: Sri Lanka's TillakaratneDilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia.
10).Who submitted BCCI’s compliance report to the Supreme Court authorised Lodha Committee on August 25th?
a) Vineet Motwani
b) Sanjay Patil
c) P.David
d) Manoj Kumar
e) Ajay Sirke
Answer: e)
Explanation: Ajay Shirke, a top officer bearer of BCCI, has submitted the first compliance report to the Supreme Court authorised Lodha Committee. The BCCI wasn’t expected to submit this compliance report. Some members of the Board had suggested, off the record, that the Board would instead wait for the review petition to be heard.
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