10 - 11 April Gk Quiz

1. The SIDBI signed an MoU with LIC for Fund-of-Fund operations for venture fund industry recently. The SIDBI is headquartered at
1) Mumbai 
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi 
4) Lucknow
5) Hyderabad 

4) Lucknow

 2. In its report ‘State Finances: A Study of Budgets’, The RBI has pegged the GFD-GDP ratio for all States (consolidated) for FY2016 at ________ of the Budget Estimate.
1) 2.1 per cent 

2) 2.4 per cent
3) 2.5 per cent 
4) 2.6 per cent
5) 2.9 per cent 

2) 2.4 per cent

3. Who among the following is the present Director General of the Geneva-based body WTO? 
1) Christine Lagarde 
2) Mario Draghi
3) Janet Yellen 
4) Robert Azevedo
5) Jim Yong Kim 

4) Robert Azevedo

4. The WTO revised 2016 global trade forecast recently to 
1) 2.4 per cent 
2) 2.8 per cent
3) 3.1 per cent 
4) 3.5 per cent
5) 3.9 per cent 

2) 2.8 per cent

5. Debraj Pradhan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
1) Chile 
2) Denmark
3) Sweden 
4) Switzerland
5) Norway 

5) Norway

6. Hashim Thaci was recently sworn in as new President of
1) Serbia 
2) Croatia
3) Moldova 
4) Lebanon
5) Kosovo 

5) Kosovo

7. A ‘Namma Toilet’ was inaugurated in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission recently. The mission targets to establish over _________ public toilets by 2 Oct 2017. 
1) 1 lakh 
2) 1.25 lakh
3) 1.5 lakh 
4) 2 lakh
5) 2.5 lakh 

5) 2.5 lakh

8. The book titled “The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer” was launched by Arvind Kejriwal recently. This is the story of Ayaan, the son of
1) Emraan Hashmi 
2) Arshad Warsi
3) Sanjay Dutt 
4) Sunny Deol
5) Akshay Kumar 

1) Emraan Hashmi

9. The first business summit of the Asean with India's northeastern region was held recently in 1) Dispur 
2) Agartala
3) Imphal 
4) Aizawl
5) Shillong 

3) Imphal

10. Who among the following topped the “Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016” list of the Forbes magazine?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya 
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Nita Ambani 
4) Shikha Sharma
5) Arundhati Roy 

3) Nita Ambani