8 June Gk Quiz

1.The Centre recently announced an increase in the MSP for pulses, oil seeds and paddy for the upcoming kharif season. The term MSP stands for
1) Maximum Support Prices
2) Minimum Support Prices
3) Minimum State Prices
4) Maximum State Prices
5) None of these

2) Minimum Support Prices

2. The RBI announced the second bi-monthly review of its monetary policy on Jun 07. Which of the following is NOT correct in this respect?
1) Repo rate – 6.5 per cent
2) Reverse repo rate – 6 per cent
3) CRR – 4 per cent
4) SLR – 21.25 per cent
5) None of these

5) None of these

3. Which of the following countries topped the 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) released by London-based business consultancy AT Kearney?
1) India
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Kazakhstan

2) China

4. _______ has become the first state in the country to have a State Data Centre (SDC), designed using green data centre concept to minimise power requirement and increase power utilisation efficiency.
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Karnataka

2) Himachal Pradesh

5. Who among the following has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission’s youth-based ‘Swachh Saathi’ (student internship) programme?
1) Rani Mukerji
2) Kajol
3) Dia Mirza
4) Amrita Rao
5) Lara Dutta

3) Dia Mirza

6. Name the president of Indian Olympic Association who has been awarded Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.
1) PK Muralidharan Raja
2) Injeti Srinivas
3) Praful Patel
4) N Ramachandran
5) None of these

4) N Ramachandran

7. ________ has become the first city in the country to have its own ‘city animal’ with declaring Gangetic River Dolphin as its mascot.
1) Varanasi
2) Kanpur
3) Allahabad
4) Guwahati
5) Patna

4) Guwahati

8. As part of its efforts to make villages located along Ganga open defecation-free, Govt has launched a campaign named
1) Swachh Tat
2) Swachh Dhara
3) Swachh Yug
4) Swachh Nagar
5) None of these

3) Swachh Yug

9. The govt and multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $120-mn loan agreement to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Odisha

5) Odisha

10. Which of the following firms topped the 2016 rankings of the Fortune 500 list?
1) AT&T
2) Berkshire Hathaway
3) Apple
4) ExxonMobil
5) Walmart

5) Walmart