Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 04 November 2017

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 04 November 2017

1. Punjab National Bank has introduced biometric attendance in the place of the existing system of signing attendance in the attendance register. The headquarter of PNB is in _________.

1. Punjab
2. Bengaluru
3. New Delhi
4. Mumbai
5. None of these

2. Who is appointed World Bank as the Executive Director on the Board of IBRD, IFC & IDA and Director on the Board of MIGA?

1.  Dr. Emil Salim
2. Joaquim Levy
3. Jim Yong Kim
4. Aparna Subramani 
5. None of these

3. Who is appointed as chief executive of NPCI?

1. Dilip Asbe
2. G. Padmanabhan 
3. Rajeev Rishi
4. Ashwani Kumar
5. Sunil Mehta

4. BitBay, one of the top ten cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world, has launched a dedicated platform for trade and exchange of digital currencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ether, Lisk, monero, dash and gamecredits. The headquarter of BitBay is located in which of the following country?

1. Japan
2. Austria
3. China
4. France
5. Poland

5. According to RBI’s third Bi-monthly Monetary Policy review, the Marginal Standing Facility Rate is:

1. 5.25 %
2. 6.25 %
3. 6 %
4. 6.5 %
5. 5.5 %

6. Recently, which of the following PSBs launched its first ‘Digital Banking Branch’ at Spencer Towers in MG Road, Bengaluru to  provide an end-to-end digital experience to customers?

1. PNB
2. Canara Bank
3. Bank of India
4. Bank of Baroda
5. Vijaya Bank

7. Soft-Bank, the world’s largest technology investment firm, has bought a fifth of India’s most valuable startup — Flipkart — for a mammoth $2.5 billion, in a deal that marks the biggest private investment in the country’s consumer technology sector. Where is the headquarter of Soft-Bank?

1. Japan
2. Australlia
3. France
4. China
5. None of these

8. Which of the following private sector lender, launched instant credit cards enabling its savings account customers to get a credit card instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner?

1. Axis Bank
2. ICICI Bank
3. HDFC Bank
4. Dena Bank
5. None of these

9. The Union Finance Ministry has launched second ETF, named Bharat 22, which will help to speed up Government’s disinvestment programme budgeted to raise a record Rs 72,500 crore in the FY 2018. The word ETF stands for.

1. exchange-traded fund
2. exchange-traded frame
3. external-traded fund
4. external-traded frame
5. None of these

10.  World Bank has allowed India to construct Kishanganga, Ratle hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the _______and  ________  rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

1. Jhelum, Chenab
2. Chenab, Sutlaj
3. Kaveri Sutlaj
4. Jhelam, Kavari
5. None of these

Answers:

1. 3
2. 4
3. 1
4. 5
5. 2
6. 2
7. 1
8. 2
9. 1
10. 1