1. Who among the following took charge as the new Chief
Executive Officer of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) recently?
1) VG Kannan
2) Ashwani Kumar
3) Vijay Kumar Sharma
4) Rajeev Rishi
5) Rakesh Sethi
2. Which of the following gulf countries formally announced the
end of its controversial “kafala” system recently?
1) Bahrain
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Iran
5) Qatar
3. India will contribute _______ to the UN Central Emergency
Response Fund (CERF) for the year 2016-17.
1) $100,000
2) $200,000
3) $500,000
4) $800,000
5) $10,00,000
4. The 2017 Bobsleigh and Skeleton world championships were
taken away from Sochi amid the growing threat of a boycott. Sochi is a city in
1) Germany
2) South Korea
3) Latvia
4) Russia
5) China
5. The Union Cabinet has approved the amending of the agreement
with Tajikistan for prevention of tax evasion. The capital city of Tajikistan is
1) Kiev
2) Ashgabat
3) Tashkent
4) Dushanbe
5) Manama
6. The govt has announced the Lucky Grahak Yojna under which,
15,000 winners will be eligible daily for a prize worth Rs 1,000 each for the
next 100 days starting
1) Dec 25
2) Dec 31
3) Jan 01
4) Jan 26
5) Jan 31
7. Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvellous City, officially
entered the UN’s list of world heritage sites recently. Rio is a city located in
1) Russia
2) Brazil
3) Mongolia
4) Ukraine
5) Zambia
8. _______ has launched “each one, teach one” initiative to
increase digital inclusion in the country.
1) Flipkart
2) Snapdeal
3) Amazon
4) Mobikwik
5) Paytm
9. The Forbes magazine has ranked PM Narendra Modi at which of
the following places in its annual World’s Most Powerful People list?
1) 2nd
2) 4th
3) 5th
4) 9th
5) 10th
10. The Wholesale Price Index inflation for Nov 2016 was
1) 3.15 per cent
2) 3.25 per cent
3) 3.36 per cent
4) 3.40 per cent
5) 3.60 per cent
