GA Revision for IBPS Clerk and RBI Exams — Set 60

GA Revision Questions for upcoming IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main 2017, IBPS PO Main 2017, OICL AO Main 2017, RBI Assistant Main 2017 and other upcoming exams.

1. Who among the given has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Paytm Payments Bank (PPB)?
   A) Hemant Mishra
   B) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
   C) Renu Satti
   D) Sudhanshu Jain
   
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     Option D
   Explanation: Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) has appointed former ICICI Bank executive, Sudhanshu Jain as its Chief Financial Officer. He will play a key role in overseeing its finances and expansion plans.
2. The Mithivirdi nuclear power plant is situated in which state?
   A) Gujarat
   B) Madhya Pradesh
   C) Himachal Pradesh
   D) Kerala
   
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     Option A
3. Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of the newly constituted National Anti-Profiteering Authority?
   A) Sushil Chandra
   B) Arun Goyal
   C) Santosh Kumar
   D) B.N. Sharma
   
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     Option D
   Explanation: Following the Union Cabinet’s approval for the creation of the National Anti-profiteering Authority under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act, the Centre appointed senior IAS officer B.N. Sharma as the first chairman of the apex body
4. A financial contract whose value depends on the values of one or more underlying assets or indices of assets value is known as ______
   A) Share
   B) Debenture
   C) IPO
   D) Derivatives
   
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     Option D
5. Which among the given is the constituency of Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan?
   A) Deogarh
   B) Nagpur
   C) Deoria
   D) Raigad
   
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     Option A
6. Who among the given is the newly appointed Finance Secretary of India?
   A) Kamal Pande
   B) B. K. Chaturvedi
   C) Hasmukh Adhia
   D) Ajit Seth
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has been designated as the new Finance Secretary. Adhia is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre
7. Which among the following is not a part of Direct Tax?
   A) Corporate Tax
   B) Fringe Benefit Tax
   C) Entertainment Tax
   D) Wealth Tax
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: Entertainment Tax is an indirect tax
8. Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by the Ministry of External Affairs?
   A) Raunak Sahu
   B) Gautam Bambawale
   C) Ajay Bisaria
   D) Dilip Parmar
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: Ajay Bisaria has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Bisaria is the present Ambassador of India to Republic of Poland. He will be replacing current envoy Gautam Bambawale, who has been appointed as next Indian Ambassdor to China.
9. Who has been appointed as the Ombudsmen of All India Football Federation (AIFF) to formulate the constitution?
   A) Narayan Das
   B) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
   C) Bhaskar Ganguly
   D) Nikhil Pujari
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: The Supreme court of India has appointed former Indian goal-keeper and captain Bhaskar Ganguly as the ombudsman along with S Y Qureshi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, who has also served as Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India to formulate the AIFF Constitution within eight weeks.
10. The headquarters of International Hockey Federation (FIH) is situated in____?
    A) Singapore
    B) Moscow, Russia
    C) Lausanne, Switzerland
    D) Rome, Italy
    
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      Option C
11. Who has been appointed as the ambassador of World Packaging Organisation recently?
    A) Ron Linssen
    B) Iwan Heynen
    C) Marijn Utteren
    D) AVPS Chakravarthi
    
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      Option D
    Explanation: Ecobliss India managing director AVPS Chakravarthi has been appointed as the ambassador of World Packaging Organisation at its 99th board meeting held in Rio de Geneiro, Brazil recently.
12. What does FCCB stands for with respect to capital market?
    A) Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
    B) Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds
    C) Full Credit and Consortium Bureau
    D) Financial Cover and Consortium Bureau
    
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      Option A
13. Who among the following will head the 15th Finance Commission constituted by the Indian Government?
    A) Shaktikanta Das
    B) Anoop Singh
    C) Ramesh Chand
    D) N K Singh
    
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      Option D
    Explanation: The 15th Finance Commission to recommend on the sharing of revenue between the Centre and states for a five-year period was constituted by the government on 27th November, 2017. The Commission will be headed by former Union Secretary and ex-MP NK.Singh. Other members include former Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das and Anoop Singh.
14. Where is the iconic Rambagh Palace situated?
    A) Jaipur, Rajasthan
    B) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
    C) Kolkata, West Bengal
    D) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
    
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      Option A
15. The first Regional Rural Bank established in India was______
    A) Prathama Bank
    B) Anyonya Bank
    C) Grameen Bank
    D) Aadhar Bank
    
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      Option A
16. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the newly reconstituted Inter-State Council which is responsible to investigate and advise on disputes between states?
    A) Rajnath Singh
    B) Arun Jaitley
    C) Narendra Modi
    D) Sushma Swaraj
    
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      Option C
    Explanation: The Inter-State Council, which is mandated to investigate and advise on disputes between states, has been reconstituted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its chairman and six Union ministers and all chief ministers as members.
17. Which among the following is not included in the core sector?
    A) Crude Oil
    B) Iron
    C) Steel
    D) Electricity
    
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      Option B
18. Who is the newly appointed President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA)?
    A) Subhash Bhamre
    B) Nirmala Sitharaman
    C) Manohar Parrikar
    D) Arun Jaitley
    
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      Option B
    Explanation: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been elected President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
19. What is capital city of Bolivia?
    A) Buenos Aires
    B) Bogota
    C) Lima
    D) Sucre
    
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      Option D
    Explanation: Currency- Boliviano
20. Name the newly appointed director general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
    A) P. Chidambaram
    B) Yogesh Chander  Modi
    C) Sharad Kumar
    D) Radha Vinod Raju
    
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      Option B
    Explanation: Yogesh Chander  Modi, a 1984-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer, took over the charge of the country’s premier anti-terror organisation — the National Investigation Agency (NIA) — as its new Director-General. Mr. Modi succeeds Sharad Kumar

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