Multiple Choice Questions from Recent Current Affairs for Competitive Exam Preoaration

Multiple Choice Questions from Recent Current Affairs

1) Supreme Court recently upheld the Uttar Pradesh government decision to use which of the following language as second official language in the State ?

1. Punjabi
2. Urdu
3. English
4. Maithili

2) India's largest naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV) was recently commissioned into Indian Navy. What is the name  of this vessel ?

1. INS Sumitra 
2. INS Saryu
3. INS Sunayna
4. INS Sumedha

3) How much per cent of quota has recently been announced for disable persons in all government jobs by the Supreme Court ?

1. 3%
2. 4%
3. 2%
4. 1%

4) Which of the following state has become the first State in the country to launch a Health Adalat ?

1. Rajasthan
2. Kerala
3. Karnataka
4. Delhi

5) Which of the following states recorded the fastest growth rate among Indian states during 2013-14 as disclosed by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) ?

1. Karnataka
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. West Bengal
4. Kerala

6) India was ranked among top three medical tourism destinations in Asia as per recent study released by KPMG-FICCI. Which of the following countries is at the top position ?

1. Singapore
2. Thailand
3. Turkey
4. Vietnam

7) Which of the following countries recently removed six Indian space and defence entities from the foreign end users list, which will help in defence technology cooperation ?

1. Australia
2. Germany
3. Japan
4. Russia

8) How many countries have recently joined the United States (US) in arming the Peshmerga Kurdish forces in Northern Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ?

1. 3
2. 5
3. 7
4. 8

9) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit 2014 was recently haled in Wales, UK. Which of the following statement true regarding this ?

1. NATO is an intergovernment military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
2. The next NATO Summit will be held in Warsaw, Poland in 2016.
3. Ukraine, Afghanistan was the top agenda for leaders of NATO Summit.
4. Barrack Obama became the first sitting President to visit Wales.
5. All the Above

10) Which of the following countries recently launched "New Colombo Plan" for India to enhance student exchange and collaboration between universities of the two countries ?

1. Nepal
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. Bhutan

11) India has been ranked third in a list of countries most affected by online banking malware during the April-June quarter of 2014 as recently announced by security solutions provider Trend Micro. Which of the following countries has been ranked first in the list ?

1. Japan
2. US
3. UK
4. China

12) Which of the following countries has recently created first mobile phone sidewalks lane ?

1. Japan
2. China
3. US
4. UK

13) India slipped to 71st position out of 144 countries by losing 11 places in the global competitiveness list 2014-15, recently released by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). Which of the following countries is at top position ?

1. Singapore
2. US
3. Finland
4. Germany

14) India had the second-highest number of child marriages and the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 according to UNICEF's latest report on South-Asia. Which of the following countries had the highest rate of child marriages in the region during the corresponding years ?

1. Bangladesh
2. Nepal
3. Sri Lanka
4. China

15) India is ranked the second-largest fish producer in the world as per recently released data. Which of the following countries is at top position ?

1. Pakistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Sri Lanka
4. China

16) Which of the following banks has recently become the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on Debit Card ?

1. SBI
2. ICICI
3. PNB
4. AXIS

17) The prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were recently given by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Which of the following got Best of All Awards ?

1. Rail Wheel Factory (Ministry of Railways), Bangalore
2. TATA Business Corporation
3. Reliance Corporation of India
4. Infosys

18) The Union Finance Ministry has recently ordered limited forensic audit of which of the following public sector banks ?

1. UCO Bank
2. Union Bank of India
3. Syndicate Bank
4. Punjab National Bank

19) Reliance Jio Infocomm signed tower sharing deal with which of the following telecom companies ?

1. Viom Network
2. Vodafone
3. Airtel
4. BSNL

20) Union Textiles Ministry has signed an MoU with which of the following e-commerce service providers to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the sector and empower the weavers and boost manufacturing in the country ?

1. Snapdeal
2. Flipcart
3. Amazon
4. Jabbong

Important Links:

• Banking Awareness: Important Abbreviations Related to Banking Sector
• Banking Awareness: Methods of Managing Paper Money
• General Awareness: Amendments to the Indian Constitution for Competitive Exams