SHANMUGAM
IAS ACADEMY
CURRENT
AFFAIRS
1. When China devaluates
its currency India’s _________will increase? Trade deficit
2.
Gold modernization scheme is an attempt to reduce the
import of gold and _________? Current
account deficit
3. _________is the
processes of selling the shares to meet the financial requirement of the
country? Disinvestment
4. WPI is very less in
India. But Still RBI governor is not cutting the rates and reiterating to wait
for monsoon. Reason is _________. Food
article prices and CPI is high
5. The main motive of
opening up payment banks is _________? Financial
inclusion
6. _________ Facility a
payment bank will not offer? Credit card
7. If you are a person who
never took a loan from any bank. Your basis point for the probability to get
the loan will be _________? Less
8. National green tribunal
has halted the Rs. 6400 crore hydro project in Tawang in _________state due to
the threat to the future of a vulnerable black necked crane species? Arunachal Pradhesh
9.
______is India’s first small finance bank that was
opened in Punjab recently?Capital small
finance bank
10. World bank offered
_________dollars to India for solar electricity projects? 1 b
11. Small finance bank’s
capital requirement is _________100crores
12. Banks that cater to and
serve the needs of a certain demographic segment of the population is called as
_________ Niche banks
13. Expansion of SIM is
_________subscriber identity module
14. Indian Government’s
___________plan (yojana) found place
in Guinness Book of Records in 2014?
15. In ___________state is
Ken-Betwa River interlink? Madhya
Pradesh
16. Krishna- Godavari
Rivers interlink in ___________State? Andhra
Pradesh
17. Recently ISRO made a
history by launching ___________number of satellites at a time with its PSLVC34
launch vehicle? 20
18. Recently NASA’s
___________spacecraft landed onto Jupiter’s magnetosphere? Juno
19. Kyoto Protocol and Montreal
Protocol are related to ___________Climate
summits
20. Lisbon Treaty is
related to ___________ European Union
21. ___________is the
Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake which is located in Bihar? Kanwar Lake
22. The next climate summit
COP-22 will take place in ___________Marrakech,
Morocco
23. NDC is always heard in
climate summit. The expansion is_____ Nationally
determined contributions
24. ___________is the football
star player whose name was in Panama leakage money stashing cases and he faces
other cases in tax evasion in his own country? Lionel Messi
25. What is the main aim of
amalgamating SBI with associates and BMB? To be par with leading banks of the
world
26. The Government
appointed ___________as the CEO of NATGRID (National Intelligence Grid)? Ashok
Patnaik
27. ___________is the
attorney general of India? Mukul Rohatgi
28. ___________is the
capital of South Sudan where a week long civil war has claimed a large number
of lives? Juba
29. ___________is India’s
Human Resources Development Minister and ___________is Information and
Broadcasting minister? Javadeka
and M. Venkaiah Naidu
30. Smriti Irani holds
___________ministry and Ravi Sankar Prasad holds ___________ministry? Ministry of Textiles
31. In political term LoC
is line of Control? In Economic term LoC is ___________? Line of Credit
32. ___________is the
chairman and MD of Exim bank, the premier export- import finance institution of
India? Yaduvendra Mathur
33. Exim bank decided to
offer ___________$ to Kenya and Tanzania prior to PM Modi’s African visit? 240
Million
34. ___________Chaired
recently submitted UK’s Iraq -2013 war inquiry report. Sir John Chilkot
35. Jayanth Sinha, previous
minister of states for Finance shifted his portfolio to the minister of states
for ___________Civil aviation
36. Henri Delaunay cup is
related to ___________game. Foot Ball
37. PM Narendra Modi signed
7 pacts and said India will build a cancer hospital, will extend $ 44. 95 to
___________African country during his visit to that country? Kenya
38. ___________ is the
president of Film and Television institute of India (FTII) and his appointment
had hade widespread pretest among the students? Gagendra Chouhan
39. In aviation category
India raised FDA from 49% to ___________percentage? 100%
40. In Which of the
following FDI is permitted? a) Lottery b. Atomic energy c.Real estate
investment trusts d. railway operations e.
None
41. Nicola Sturgeon is the
first PM of ___________country which made a referendum to stay with EU after
Briton’s referendum? Scotland
42. Kannaya kumar and
students’ protest in JNU were in news. He belongs to ___________political
student party? AIYF
43. ___________country’s
visa H-1B visas for high skilled employees irked Indian companies. US
44. The explosion in Army’s
Central Ammunition Depot in Pulgaon claimed 19 lives. It is in
___________state? Maharashtra
45. ___________cricketer
will be the face of Kerala government’s awareness campaign against alcohol and
drugs? Sachin
46. In ___________country
the infamous Wat pha Luang Ta Bua tiger temple located? Thailand
47. The shocking incident
of mass murder of a man for allegedly keeping beef in refrigerator, also called
as Dadri lynch happened in ___________ state? UP
48. ___________is the Coach
for under 19 indian cricket team and ___________is the coach for Indian cricket
team? Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble
49. Hilary Clinton will be
the presidential candidate for US election. She belongs to ___________party? Democratic
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