Current Affairs Quiz: December 30, 2018

Current Affairs 30 December 2018 Quiz

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  1. By which date and year, all motor vehicles will come fitted with tamper proof high security registration plates?
    A)April 30,2019
    B)April 1,2019
    C)March 30,2019
    D)Oct 30,2019
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    All motor vehicles will come fitted with tamper proof high security registration plates from April 1 to protect against counterfeiting.

  2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 6th IRRI South Asia Regional Centre in which city?
    A)Varanasi
    B)Pune
    C)Kolkata
    D)Lucknow
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre at the campus of National Seed Research and Training Centre in Varanasi.

  3. Which country’s airline introduced world’s first single use plastic free passenger flight?
    A)India
    B)NewZealand
    C)Australia
    D)Portugal
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    Portuguese airline Hi Fly decided to bring about a change by introducing single use plastic free flight. The flight took off from Lisbon to Natale, Brazil, without a single piece of single-use plastic on board.

  4. Which state owned bank recently got Rs 2159 crore infusion from the government?
    A)United Bank of india
    B)IDBI Bank
    C)Punjab National Bank
    D)Indian Overseas Bank
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:
    State-owned United Bank of India said the government has decided to infuse Rs 2159 crore in the bank as part of Rs 28,615 crore capital infusion to be done in about half a dozen banks.

  5. RBI allowed SIDBI to use existing how much amount corpus for lending to Micro Financial Institutions(MFI)?
    A)Rs 1100 cr
    B)Rs 1000 cr
    C)Rs 1200 cr
    D)Rs 1500 cr
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    India’s institutional framework to support microfinance would get a boost with RBI clearing a proposal to dig in an existing Rs 1000 crore corpus for funding micro lenders. The development bank will now use the money to offer soft loans to Micro Financial Institutions(MFI) on a condition that end borrowers should get loans at 15-17 % rate, which is significantly lower than the prevailing 20-22% market rate.

  6. The RBI has increased the withdrawal limit for depositors of City Co-operative Bank ,Mumbai to how much amount?
    A)Rs 1000
    B)Rs 5000
    C)Rs 10000
    D)Rs 2500
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    The RBI has increased the withdrawal limit for depositors of City Co-operative Bank ,Mumbai to Rs 5000.
  7. Which bank tops the list of most employees caught in fraud?
    A)Nainital bank
    B)Kotak Mahindra Bank
    C)HDFC Bank
    D)ICICI Bank
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    ICICI Bank has topped the list of banks with maximum number of employees on whom action has been taken in the last three years for involvement in frauds. In the last three years, action has been taken against 13,949 bank officials belonging to 60 PSU banks and private banks.

  8. Which country pipped China in FDI inflows for the first time in 20 years?
    A)Japan
    B)Russia
    C)Pakistan
    D)India
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    For the first time in two decades, India has been getting more foreign investments that China.In 2018, India saw more than $38 billion of inbound deals compared with China’s $32 billion.

  9. RBI extended the enhanced single borrower limit facility for NBFCs sector to which date?
    A)Jan 30,2019
    B)Dec 31,2018
    C)March 30,2019
    D)Dec 30,2018
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    RBI extended the enhanced single borrower limit facility for NBFCs sector by another 3 months to provide much needed liquidity support. This facility was valid till December 31, 2018.

  10. Who was named the Balkan Athlete of the Year?
    A)Neymar
    B)Lionel Messi
    C)Christiano Ronaldo
    D)Luka Modric
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    Croatia captain Luka Modric was named Balkan Athlete of the Year becoming only the second soccer player to scoop the prize after Bulgaria’s former European Footballer of the Year Hristo Stoichkov in 1994.

  11. Who was named America’s most admired man for 11th year in a row?
    A)Terry Branstad
    B)Richard R Verma
    C)Donald Trump
    D)Barack Obama
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    Former President of USA Barack Obama has been voted the man most admired by Americans.
  12. Who won the inaugural “Digital Transformation Hackathon” at Cornell University“for designing a device to detect the actual pain level of a patient during a diagnosis?
    A)Tanya Bhateja
    B)Abhinav Rai
    C)Mahum Siddique
    D)Roshni Nair
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:
    An Indian American teenager Mahum Siddique has won the inaugural “Digital Transformation Hackathon” at Cornell University“for designing a device to detect the actual pain level of a patient during a diagnosis.

  13. Former President Shehu Shagari passed away.He was the former President of which country?
    A)Nigeria
    B)Uganda
    C)Ukraine
    D)Australia
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:
    Former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari passed away in the country’s capital city of Abuja at the age of 93.

STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

  1. Where is the HQ of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services?
    A)Chennai
    B)New Delhi
    C)Pune
    D)Mumbai
    View Answer
    Option D

  2. Where is the HQ of ICICI Bank?
    A)Mumbai
    B)Chennai
    C)Bangalore
    D)Nashik
    View Answer
    Option A

  3. Where is the HQ of SIDBI?
    A)Ahmedabad
    B)Pune
    C)Lucknow
    D)Mumbai
    View Answer
    Option C

  4. Where is the HQ of United Bank of India?
    A)Kolkata
    B)Mumbai
    C)Chennai
    D)Lucknow
    View Answer
    Option A

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