GA Revision Questions for RBI Grade B 2018, SBI PO/Clerk 2018, Bank of India, Dena Bank PO 2018, NABARD 2018 and other upcoming exams.
- Militaries of India and Pakistan will be part of a mega anti-terror drill named “Peace Mission”in August 2018.It will be held in which country?
A)Pakistan
B)India
C)USA
D)Russia
E)United Kingdom
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Option D
Explanation:
Militaries of India and Pakistan will be part of a mega anti-terror drill in Russia named “Peace Mission” in August 2018 which is being organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
- Where is the HQ of NABARD?
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)New Delhi
D)Hyderabad
E)Banglore
- Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) launched which application to serve and connect the farmers digitally?
A)iDigitalMandi
B)iDigital
C)iFarmer
D) iFasal
E) iMandi
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Option E
Explanation:
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a large-scale fertiliser cooperative federation has taken another step to serve and connect the farmers digitally by launching a social e-commerce app and web portal,”iMandi”.
- 3rd BRICS Media Forum is to be held in which city?
A)Mumbai
B)Cape Town
C)Beijing
D)New delhi
E)London
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Option B
Explanation:
The 3rd BRICS Media Forum under the theme of “BRICS Media Cooperation-Fostering an inclusive ,just World Order” will be held on July 18-19 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Recently,MN Vyasa Rao passed away.He was a poet of which language?
A)Marathi
B)Kannada
C)Odia
D)Hindi
E)Telugu
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Option B
Explanation:
Kannada poet and film song lyricist M.N. Vyasa Rao has passed away at the age of 73 years. Mr. Rao entered the Kannada film industry as a lyricist in 1975 in the hit film Shubhamangala, directed by Puttanna Kanagal.
- According to Travel+Leisure ,which Indian city ranked 3rd among world’s best cities?
A)Udaipur
B)Mumbai
C)Lucknow
D)Kolkata
E)Jaipur
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Option A
Explanation:
The top 2 cities are both in Mexico: San Miguel de Allende and Oaxaca.
- Who was appointed as ICICI Bank Non executive chairman?
A)B Sriram
B)Mahesh Kumar Jain
C)Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
D)Chanda Kochhar
E)Viral Acharya
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Option
Explanation:
ICICI Bank said that RBI has approved the appointment of Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as ICICI Bank Non executive chairman till June 30, 2021.
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a 10 Member Committee to review the Companies Act 2013.Who will be heading this committee?
A)Injeti Srinivas
B)Ravindra H Dholakia
C)Randeep Gularia
D)Rajesh Bindal
E)Piyush Goyal
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Option A
Explanation:
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a 10 Member Committee to review the Companies Act 2013. According to an official release, certain offences of the act may require to be decriminalised. It will also allow the trial courts to pay more attention on offences of serious nature.
- Who was appointed as sports ambassador of Assam?
A)PV Sindhu
B)Hima Das
C)Vinesh Phogat
D)Saina Nehwal
E)Dipa Karmakar
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Option B
Explanation:
The announcement came after Hima Das recently became the first Indian woman to win gold at IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
- Where is the HQ of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)?
A)New York
B)London
C)Virginia
D)Paris
E)Canberra
- Who won gold medal in Sottevile Athletics meet held in Sotteville, France?
A)Annu Rani
B)Vipin Kasana
C)Neeraj Chopra
D)Anil Singh
E) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
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Option C
Explanation:
India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in Sottevile Athletics meet held in Sotteville, France. The 20-year-old covered a distance of 85.17 meters to finish on top of the podium.
- Who won Wimbledon title(Women)?
A)Maria Sharapova
B)Venus Williams
C)Angelique Kerber
D)Serena Williams
E)Sunita Williams
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Option C
Explanation:
The German 11th seed, 30, beat the 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6-3 6-3 to add this title to her 2016 Australian Open and US Open crowns.
- 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships held in which country?
A)India
B)Japan
C)Finland
D)France
E)Ireland
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Option C
Explanation:
The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, are an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which took place at Tampere Stadium in Tampere,Finland from 10–15 July 2018.Kenya topped the list.
- 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) begins in which city?
A)New Delhi
B)KathMandu
C)Kabul
D)Muscat
E)Dhaka
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Option D
Explanation:
The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu co-chaired 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along with Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy of Oman, Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy.
- In the six metro locations a bank has to provide minimum of how many free transactions to customers of other bank at its ATM?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
E) 7
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Option A
Explanation:
Transactions at any other banks’ ATMs at Metro locations:In case of ATMs located in six metro locations, viz. Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, banks must offer their savings bank account holders a minimum of three free transactions (including both financial and non-financial transactions) in a month. * RBI has mandated only the minimum number of free transactions at ATMs. Banks may offer more number of transactions free of cost to their customers.
- Who won Thailand Open 2018?
A)Tai Tzu Ying
B)Nozomi Okuhara
C)PV Sindhu
D)Akane Yamaguchi
E) Marc Marquez
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Option B
Explanation:
India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu (seeded second) suffered a defeat to fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight games inside 50 minutes to settle for runners-up spot in the Thailand Open at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok.
- Who won Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid?
A)Abhinav Bindra
B)Vinesh Phogat
C)Babita Kumari
D)Yogeshwar Dutt
E)Geeta Phogat
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Option B
Explanation:
Vinesh won the gold medal in the women’s freestyle 50kg category in dominating fashion which saw her give up only one point during her five bouts.
- Recently which former Indian paceman retired from all forms of cricket?
A)Jasprit Bumrah
B)Kamlesh Nagarkoti
C)Parvinder Awana
D)Shivam Mavi
E)Yusouf Pathan
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Option C
Explanation:
The pacer represented Delhi for nine years and played two Twenty20 Internationals against England in 2012, but failed to pick up any international wicket.
- IRDAI approved LIC proposal to increase its stake to 51% in which bank from 10.8% ?
A)Corporation Bank
B)Indian Bank
C)Bank of Maharashtra
D)IDBI Bank
E)Bank of Baroda
- 42nd World Heritage Committee held in which city?
A)Siberia
B)Vienna
C)Bahrain
D)Copenhagen
E)Rome
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Option C
Explanation:
Mount Fanjingshan,situated in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou, was inscribed to the World Heritage List at the 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting in Bahrain. A total of five natural sites were nominated to the World Heritage List in 2018.
