Important Current Affairs GK Quiz for IBPS RRB/Clerk Exams 2016

Important Current Affairs GK Quiz for IBPS RRB/Clerk Exams (11th December 2016):

Dear Readers, Here we have given the Current Affairs GK questions based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS RRB/Clerk exam and all other Banking exams can use these questions.

1).President Pranab Mukherjee has launched a “100 Million for 100 Million” campaign organized by the KailashSatyarthi Children’s Foundation at which among the following Indian cities?

a) Mumbai

b) Pune

c) New Delhi

d) Kolkata

e) Hyderabad

Answer: c)
Explanation: President Pranab Mukherjee has launched a “100 Million for 100 Million” campaign organized by the KailashSatyarthi Children’s Foundation at RashtrapatiBhavan in New Delhi. The campaign is a global initiative that seeks to support 100 million youth to be the voice of the 100 million children and youth across the world who have been denied basic rights and freedom.

2).Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has constituted a working groupon fighting online piracy. Who among the following is the chairman of the committee?

a) Ajit Mohan

b) Kiran Shankar

c) Vijay Karan

d) Mathokar Sanjay

e) None of these

Answer: a)
Explanation: Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has constituted a working group as part of its efforts to fight online piracy and developing business standards and best practices for the digital entertainment industry. The committee will be chaired by Ajit Mohan of Hotstar and co-chaired by UdaySodhi of SET India and SalilKapoor of HOOQ.

3).The Narmada SevaYatra has been launched by which of the following states?

a) Maharashtra

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Uttarakhand

Answer: c)
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday launched Narmada SevaYatra at Amarkantak. The five months long Yatra aims at turning the Narmada river pollution free and unceasing river.

4).Which among the following banks decided to Launch Credit Card WithRs 25000 Limit Soon?

a) Punjab National Bank

b) Syndicate Bank

c) Axis Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) ICICI Bank

Answer: d)
Explanation: To tap opportunities arising out of limited cash supply, SBI Cards will soon launch a credit card with a cap of Rs 25,000 for those at the lower strata of the society, who have the capacity to pay but don't have cards, a top company official said to PTI.

5).What is the theme of 2016 International Mountain Day (IMD)?

a) Mountain cultures: Celebrating diversity and strengthening identity

b) Mountain minorities and indigenous peoples

c) Managing mountain biodiversity for better lives

d) Mountain biodiversity for better lives

e) None of these

Answer: a)
Explanation: The International Mountain Day (IMD) is observed every year on December 11 to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life. The 2016 theme is “Mountain cultures: Celebrating diversity and strengthening identity”.

6).Who among the following appointed as the Prime Minister of New Zealand?

a) John Key

b) Helen Clerk

c) Bill English

d) Jenny Shipley

e) Jim Bolger

Answer: c)
Explanation: New Zealand's socially conservative finance chief Bill English is sworn in as the country's new prime minister following last week's resignation of his predecessor John Key.

7).Who has been elected new President of 90th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan?

a) Vasant Abaji Dahake

b) Nagnath Kottapalle

c) F M Shinde

d) Akshay kumar M Kale

e) None of these

Answer: d)
Explanation: Writer and scholar Akshaykumar M Kale, a critic of modern Marathi poetry, has been elected as the President of the 90th AkhilBharatiya Marathi SahityaSammelan to be held from February 3 to 5. He is also a member of the General Council of SahityaAkademi.

8).Antonio Guterres, who has been sworn-in as the new Secretary General of the United Nations, is the former Prime Minister of which country?

a) Malaysia

b) Portugal

c) France

d) Singapore

e) Switzerland

Answer: b)
Explanation: Antonio Guterres, the former Prime Minister of Portugal, has been sworn-in as the 9th Secretary General of the United Nations. Guterres, who led the UN refugee agency for 10 years, will succeed Ban Ki-moon on January 1, 2017.

9).Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of Italy?

a) Mario Monti

b) Enrico Letta

c) Matteo Renzi

d) Ramano Prodi

e) Paolo Gentiloni

Answer: e)
Explanation: Paolo Gentiloni was named on Sunday as Italy’s new Prime Minister following reformist leader MatteoRenzi’s resignation in the wake of a crushing referendum defeat.

10).Which country launches new-generation weather satellite in geostationary orbit, is also the country’s first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in high orbit.

a) Russia

b) Japan

c) New Zealand

d) China

e) India

Answer: d)
Explanation: The first of China’s second-generation weather satellites in geostationary orbit, is also the country’s first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in high orbit. The satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, was taken into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.