Latest Quiz for Bank and SSC Exams

1.    Identify the city in which the Mission Innovation was launched on 30 November 2015 by world leaders for accelerating clean energy revolution.
a)    London
b)    New York
c)    Paris
d)    New Delhi

2.    The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) elite reserve currency basket went up to what number with inclusion of Chinese Yuan into it on 30 November 2015. 
a)    Three
b)    Four
c)    Five
d)    Six

3.    What was the theme of the World AIDS Day that was observed on 1 December 2015?
a)    Zero Tolerance to AIDS
b)    Achieve sustainable goals to end epidemic by 2030
c)    Getting to zero, End AIDS by 2030
d)    The time to act eradicate AIDS is now

4.    Which initiative was launched by India and France jointly on 30 November 2015?
a)    Mission Innovation
b)    International Solar Alliance
c)    Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape
d)    Together We Go!

5.     The United Nations climate change conference (COP21) began on 30 November 2015 at which place?
a)    Copenhagen
b)    Paris
c)    Bali
d)    Geneva

6.    Name the one of the most popular Russian film directors of the Soviet era who died on 30 November 2015.
a)    Eldar Ryazanov
b)    Andrei Konchalovsky
c)    Gustave Flaubert
d)    Sergei Eisenstein

7.     NATO on 1 December 2015 agreed to maintain 12000 troops in the year 2016 in which country?
a)    Turkey
b)    Syria
c)    Afghanistan
d)    Iraq

8.     The Legislative Assembly of which state/UT on 1 December 2015 passed three major education bills that aim at reining in private schools?
a)    Maharashtra
b)    Uttar Pradesh
c)    Tamil Nadu
d)    Delhi

9.     Name the renowned violinist who will be awarded with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 which will commence on 4 December 2015 in Kolkata.
a)    Ambi Subramaniam
b)    Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
c)    Johar Ali Khan
d)    Nandini Muthuswamy

10.    Identify the renowned sarangi player belonging to Sainia Gharana who died on 30 November 2015 in New Delhi.
a)    Ustad Sabri Khan
b)    Ustad Bundu Khan
c)    Allah Rakha
d)    Sabir Khan

11.     In which country the second season of the International Premier Tennis League was inaugurated on 1 December 2015?
a)    South Korea
b)    China
c)    Japan
d)    Australia

12.     Which Latin American country on 1 December 2015 announced that it is facing the longest recession since the 1930s?
a)    Argentina
b)    Chile
c)    Columbia
d)    Brazil

13.    President Pranab Mukherjee on 1 December 2015 gave assent to Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to allow women to work in night shifts. Which of the following state legislatures passed the bill?
a)    Karnataka
b)    Maharashtra
c)    Telangana
d)    Karnataka

14.    Who among the following on 1 December 2015 assumed the presidency of the Royal Society in London?
a)    Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
b)    Professor Kamal Bawa
c)    Professor Ajay Sood
d)    Professor John Kuriyan

15.    By what percentage India grew between July and September 2015 making it the fastest growing economy in the world?
a)    7.4%
b)    6.4%
c)    5.4%
d)    4.4%

1-(c)    6-(a)    11-(c)
2-(c)    7-(c)    12-(d)
3-(c)    8-(d)    13-(b)
4-(b)    9-(b)    14-(a)
5-(b)    10-(a)    15-(a)

Latest Currents Affairs for SSC and BANK Exam

Union Cabinet gives nod to 3 new AIIMS

Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its nod to establish 3 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). These 3 AIIMS will be established at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Manglagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani in West Bengal. They will be established under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana with the cost nearly 5,000 crore rupees.

Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics

Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur B. McDonald (Canada) have jointly won the prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected them for their key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities. They individually have discovered neutrino oscillations and shown that neutrinos have mass.

Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Tomas Lindahl (United Kingdom), Paul Modrich (US) and Aziz Sancar (US) have jointly won 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen them for their research on mechanistic studies of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) repair. Their work has provided fundamental knowledge of functioning of living cell functions and its application for the development of new cancer treatments

NGT orders to levy environmental tax on trucks entering Delhi

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all commercial vehicles entering Delhi to pay environmental compensation charge in addition to the toll tax. This decision to levy environmental compensation charges dubbed as environmental tax was taken by NGT as a tough measure to curb air pollution in Delhi. The green panel has observed that vehicular pollution is one of the main sources of inferior quality of air in Delhi.

RBI relaxed norms of FPI investment in Government Securities

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 6 October 2015 relaxed the norms of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) of government debt and also announced higher investment limits in rupee terms in government securities with a view to bring in an additional 1.2 lakh crore rupees by March 2018.

The RBI fixed the FPI investment limits in rupee terms and raised the limits in phases to reach 5 percent of the outstanding stock by March 2018.

Latest Current Affairs 2015 for Competitive Exams by Experts

Top of Form

1) Which state has recently become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)?

(A) Kerala

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Gujarat

(D) Maharashtra

2) Union Government has recently announced to extend e-Tourist Visa Scheme to ___ more countries?

(A) 15

(B) 35

(C) 37

(D) 51

3) Inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia named AUSINDEX15, commenced on 13 Sept 2015 at?

(A) Kochi

(B) Goa

(C) Visakhapatnam

(D) New Delhi

4) Who among the following has topped 2015 Fortune’s business list of powerful women?

(A) Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM

(B) Indra Nooyi, CEO Pepsico

(C) Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

(D) Mary Barra, CEO General Motors

5) In recently concluded 2015 Singapore General Elections which party led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has emerged victorious?

(A) National Solidarity Party

(B) Singapore People's Party

(C) Singapore Democratic Alliance

(D) People’s Action Party

6) Tenth World Hindi Conference on 11 September begun at?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha

(C) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

(D) Nagpur, Maharashtra

7) Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently given its approval to constitute the ____ Law Commission of India (LCI)?

(A) 21st

(B) 25th

(C) 16th

(D) 31st

8) Who was recently appointed as new the Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank?

(A) Rakesh Sharma

(B) Vivek Krishnan

(C) Sampath Mohan

(D) Manish Gupta

9) Indian Railways have recently collaborated with which company to create ‘Project Nilgiri’ that will deliver Wi-fi access to around 400 railway stations across India?

(A) Google

(B) BSNL

(C) Airtel

(D) Microsoft

10) Leander Paes along with whom has won US Open Mixed Doubles Title 2015?

(A) Roberta Vinci

(B) Martina Hingis

(C) Cara Black

(D) Martina Navaratilova