GK Quiz: For RBI Grade B Officer Exams

Ques.1.  Which of the following countries has become the first country in South Asia to ban cosmetic testing on animals?

1) China           

2) Japan

3) India

4) Thailand

5) None of these

India

Ques.2.  Which country has given its nod to the world’s first clinical trial for ‘induced pluripotent stem’ cells, known as ‘iPS cells’ which uses stem cells harvested from a patient’s own body?

1) South Korea 

2) UK

3) Japan          

4) US

5) None of these

Japan

Ques. 3.  The US space agency NASA has launched Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft recently aimed at studying

1) The Mars       2) The Sun

3) The Jupiter    4) The Moon

5) None of these

The Sun

Ques.4. The United Nations has adopted ‘Marrakesh Treaty’ recently. This treaty is related to

1) Increasing access to higher education for blinds        

2) Increasing access to books for blinds

3) Increasing access to books for blinds           

4) Increasing access to employment opportunities

5) None of these

Increasing access to books for blinds

Ques. 5.  Who among the following has won the British Grand Prix 2013 recently?           

1) Felipe Massa

2) Sebastian Vettel

3) Lewis Hamilton         

4) Nico Rosberg

5) None of these

Nico Rosberg

 Ques. 6.  Who is the vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) at present? The Prime Minister is the chairman of the authority.

1) KM Singh     

2) JK SINHA

3) B Bhattacharjee        

4) Shashidhar Reddy

5) None of these

Shashidhar Reddy

Ques. 7.  Narendra Modi has asked farmers from across the country to contribute iron blocks for construction of a huge statue of Sardar Patel at Sardar Sarovar Dam. It will be name

1) Statue of Unity         

2) Statue of Integrity

3) Statue of Sovereignty

4) Lauh Purush

5) None of these

Statue of Unity

 Ques. 8.  Parimarjan Negi is associated with which of the following games?       

1) Wrestling       2) Badminton

3) Table Tennis  4) Chess

5) None of these

Chess

Ques. 9.  The Union Cabinet has granted a special one-time dispensation of Rs 710 crore recently for land acquisition for expansion and upgradation of rural roads network in which of the following states?

1) Uttarakhand   2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Jharkhand     4) Jammu & Kashmir

5) None of these

Jammu and Kashmir

Ques.10.  The Finance Minister has advised banks to reduce base rates to provide a powerful stimulus to credit growth for the economy. What is base rate?

1) The minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge from RBI for its deposits.

2) The minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge from other banks.

3) The minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge from its customers.

4) The minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge on industrial loans.

5) None of these

The minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge from its customers.