28 - 29 July Gk Quiz

1. The Union Finance Ministry and the RBI have set up a committee to boost cashless transaction in the country. The Committee will be headed by
1) Neeraj Kumar Gupta
2) LC Goyal
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Hasmukh Adhia

1) Neeraj Kumar Gupta

2. Which of the following firms dropped the plan to start a payments bank recently?
1) FINO PayTech
2) Aditya Birla Nuvo
3) Vodafone
4) Reliance Industries
5) Tech Mahindra 

5) Tech Mahindra

3. Narendra Modi is the second most-liked world leader on Facebook. Who is the most liked world leader on the social networking site?
1) Barack Obama
2) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
3) Angela Merkel
4) Vladimir Putin
5) François Hollande

1) Barack Obama

4. What per cent foreign direct investment is allowed in food processing sector in India?
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 51 per cent
4) 74 per cent
5) 100 per cent

5) 100 per cent

5. The European Union and Greece reached at a debt relief deal recently. The capital city of Greece is
1) Ankara
2) Athens
3) Vienna
4) Sydney
5) Madrid

2) Athens

6. _______ is the only Indian company ranked among the world’s top ten biggest and most powerful companies in the consumer financial services sector on recent Forbes list.
1) HDFC Ltd
2) IDBI Home Finance
3) ICICI Home Finance
4) SBI Home Finance
5) HUDCO

1) HDFC Ltd

7. India remains a very cash intensive nation with a cash to GDP ratio of over ______ in 2014.
1) 4 per cent
2) 6 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 10 per cent
5) 12 per cent

5) 12 per cent

8. The World No-Tobacco Day is observed on
1) 21 May
2) 22 May
3) 23 May
4) 29 May
5) 31 May

5) 31 May

9.The Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha has said that the number of PSU banks will come down to around 8-10 in future. Currently, the number of PSBs is
1) 18
2) 21
3) 22
4) 27
5) 29

4) 27

10.PM Narendra Modi recently announced raising the age of retirement of govt doctors to
1) 62 years
2) 63 years
3) 65 years
4) 67 years
5) 70 years

3) 65 years