GK Quiz: Current Affairs for Bank Exams

Ques. 1.  Name the first health insurance company in India that has come up with ‘swipe to claim’ facility that will provide on the spot cashless approval solution to customers?

1) Max Bupa    

2) L&T Insurance

3) Star Health   

4) ICICI Lombard

5) None of these

L & T Insurance

Ques. 2. The insurance companies in India do not provide insurance cover for which of the following as of now?

1) Illness          

2) Accident

3) Retirement    

4) Wedding

5) None of these

None of these

Ques. 3.  The UN has urged nations to step up efforts to achieve the eight anti-poverty targets named Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What is the deadline set to achieve these goals?

1) 2013

2) 2014

3) 2015

4) 2020

5) None of these

2015

Ques. 4.  According to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, in cheque bouncing case for a cheque issued from a joint account, who can be prosecuted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act?

1) Only the person who signed the cheque         

2) All the persons named in the joint account collectively

3) Any one of the individuals named in the joint account 

4) Only the firm that issued the cheque and not any+ individual

5) None of these

Only the person who signed the cheque

Ques. 5.  Which of the following countries has given its approval to the controversial IVF technique that would lead to the creation of babies with three parents? This technique is aimed at checking the genetic diseases.

1) Japan           2) Singapore

3) China            4) UK

5) None of these

UK

Ques. 6.  The Indian Post has applied for bank licence along with 25 other applicants. Its vast presence in rural areas goes in its favour but which of the following may hinder its efforts?

1) Its being a loss making enterprise     

2) Its being a govt enterprise

3) Its lacking in IT infrastructure 

4) Its lacking in customer services

5) None of these

Its being a govt. enterprises

Ques. 7.  Which of the following companies in India provides credit information of individuals?

1) CRISIL         

2) CIBIL

3) ICRA

4) CARE

5) None of these

CIBIL

Ques. 8.  Expand the term RCEP.

1) Regional Co-operation for Economic Partnership       

2) Regional Comprehensive Economic Pact

3) Regional Comprehensive Economic  Partnership

4) Regional Confederation for Economic Partnership

5) None of these

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Ques. 9.  Which of the following days in India has been designated by the govt as the National Statistical Day? It marks the birth anniversary of Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the doyen of Indian statistics and founder of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

1) Jun 29           2) Jul 29

3) Aug 29          4) Sep 29

5) None of these

June 29

Ques.10.  Name the Indian woman entrepreneur, who has received UAE’s prestigious ‘Emirates Woman Award 2013’.

1) Naina Lal Kidwai       

2) Vandana Gandhi

3) Indira Nooyi  

4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

5) None of these

Vandana Gandhi