Current Affairs Questions: 22nd May 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 22nd May

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you might have noticed is that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Apart from the GA Section, an excellent knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the interviewee's simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. Name the Japanese director who took home the top prize of the 71st Cannes Film Festival 'the Palme d'Or’ in the festival's main competition for the fifth time for 'Manbiki Kazoku' (Shoplifters).

(a) Hayao Miyazaki

(b) Shohei Imamura

(d) Takeshi Kitano

(e) Hirokazu Kore-eda

Q2. Name the country that has unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk.

(a) France

(b) Russia

(d) Japan

(e) The USA

Q3. Name the city in which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited in Russia to hold an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

(a) Samara

(b) Moscow

(d) Murmansk

(e) Penza

Q4. India is the __________ wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of 8,230 billion US dollars, according to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review.

(a) Fifth

(b) Sixth

(d) Seventh

(e) Eighth

Q5. Name the country that has clinched the Asian Champions Trophy 2018 after defeating Indian team.

(a) Japan

(b) China

(d) South Korea

(e) Indonesia

Q6. Name the bank on which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs5 crore on for non-compliance with its directions on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms.

(a) Allahabad Bank

(b) Central Bank of India

(d) IDBI Bank

(e) South Indian Bank

Q7. Name the state that will build India’s next generation Defence Aircraft, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Gujarat

Q8. Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has received environment clearance for the expansion and optimization of its petrochemical complex at Nagothane in Raigad district of _____________ at an estimated cost of Rs 2,338 crore.

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(d) Assam

(e) Uttarakhand

Q9. In the Asian Champions Trophy 2018, Indian striker _____________ was declared player of the tournament.

(a) Rani Rampal

(b) Sunita Puri

(d) Mamta Kharab

(e) Madhu Yadav

Q10. According to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, the US is the wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of ______________.

(a) 53,584 billion dollars

(b) 43,747 billion dollars

(d) 87,373 billion dollars

(e) 62,584 billion dollars

Q11. Name the person who has won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18 at the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day function.

(a) Adhibhan Nathaswami

(b) Prajnesh Gunneswaran

(d) Adhibu Swami

(e) None of the given options is true

Q12. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of ______________ as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India.

(a) Suresh Kumar

(b) Prakash Sachadeva

(d) Anil Kumar Jha

(e) Vijayshankar Sharma

Q13. The Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on _____________ every year in our country to make the people aware of the anti-social act of terrorism and its impact on human suffering and lives.

(a) 15 May

(b) 17 May

(d) 20 May

(e) 21 May

Q14. Name the Venezuela's President who was reelected for a second six-year term in presidential elections, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE).

(a) Hugo Chavez

(b) Rafael Caldera

(d) Jaime Lusinchi

(e) Luis Herrera Campins

Q15. Name the football player who has recently won the European Golden Shoe for the fifth time.

(a) Cristiano Ronaldo

(b) Neymar

(d) Lionel Messi

(e) Marcelo Vieira

Q16. Name the Veteran writer, novelist of Telugu language who heralded a new era in Telugu fictional literature who passed away recently at California.

(a) P. Lalita Kumari

(b) Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

(d) P. V. Narasimha Rao

(e) Ravuri Bharadhwaja

Q17. India successfully test-fired the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a test range along the ___________ coast to validate some new features.

(a) Karnataka

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Odisha

(e) Kerala

Q18. Rating agency ICRA Ltd expects gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter of the fiscal 2017-18 at ___________ on account of good Rabi crop harvest and improved corporate earnings.

(a) 7.4%

(b) 7.3%

(d) 7.1%

(e) 7.5%

Q19. Who is the Managing Director & Group CEO of ICRA?

(a) Nilesh Soni

(b) Naresh Takkar

(d) Dinesh Thakral

(e) Mahendra Dhankar

Q20. Caracas is the capital city of which of the following country?

(a) Guyana

(b) Colombia