Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 14 August 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 14 August 2018

1. Which international bank has recently got the licence by the India’s banking regulatory body to set up its branches in the country?

1) Doha Bank
2) China Construction Bank
3) Bank of China
4) Royal Bank Canada
5) Bank of Communications

2. Project Sashakt was proposed by the panel led by PNB chairman Sunil Mehta to address 

1) Bancassurance
2) NPA
3) Loan
4) Frauds
5) Banking Ombudsman

3. Who has been appointed the first ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) BP Kanungo
2) Dilip S. Shanghvi
3) N S Vishwanathan
4) Dr. Ashok Gulati
5) Sudha Balakrishnan

4. The country’s first e-waste recycling unit is going to come up in which city?

1) Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Panji
4) Bengaluru
5) Chennai

5. What corpus of amount has been allocated in 2018-19 budget to promote Micro-irrigation?

1) Rs. 5000 cr
2) Rs. 5500 cr
3) Rs. 6000 cr
4) Rs. 7520 cr
5) Rs. 9000 cr

6. The Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) has been launched to promote

1) regulate use of urea
2) enhance availability of nitrogen
3) organic farming
4) e-marketing
5) cropping technology

7. The RBI has rolled out a coin of Rs 350 denomination to mark the 350th Birth Anniversary of 

1) Guru Gobind Singh
2) Mother Teresa
3) MG Ramachandran
4) Mahatma Gandhi
5) Guru Nanak Dev Ji

8. The union govt has identified how many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) for listing on stock exchanges in line with the Union Budget 2018-19?

1) 10
2) 8
3) 6
4) 4
5) 2

9. What is the motif of new Rs 50 denomination banknotes?

1) Rani Ki Vav
2) Hampi with Chariot
3) Sun Temple
4) Sanchi Stupa
5) Mangalyaan

10. Which bank has launched India’s first comprehensive digital service platform YONO, acronym for ‘You Only Need One’?

1) Punjab National Bank
2) State Bank of India
3) Union Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Indian Overseas Bank

Answers:

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