Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB Clerk Exam: 6th October 2018

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Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB Clerk Exam: 5th October 2018

Current Affairs Quiz for IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2018

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. World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on _________.

2nd October

25th September

5th September

5th October

10th October

Solution:

World Teachers’ Day is celebrated globally on 5th October.

Q2. The theme for this year's World Teachers’ Day is _______.

Protecting Our Heritage and Fostering Creativity with teaching

The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher

My right to education and a qualified teacher

Learning to Live Together

Teaching to Learn Together

Solution:

The theme for this year's WTD is “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher,” has been chosen to remind the global community that the right to education cannot be achieved without the right to trained and qualified teachers.

Q3. Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was on a three-day visit to Astana. It is the capital city of ________.

Uzbekistan

Mongolia

Kyrgyzstan

Taiwan

Kazakhstan

Solution:

Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was on a three-day visit to Astana, Kazakhstan at the invitation of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev.

Q4. The 36th National Games will be held in _______.

Kerala

Gujarat

Uttarakhand

Goa

Haryana

Solution:

The 36th National Games in Goa will be held from March 30 to April 14 next year.

Q5. A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start at_______.

Lucknow

Ahmedabad

Pune

Bengaluru

Guwahati

Solution:

A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Q6. Theme for Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 is__________.

Building Knowledge Societies

Science for a Sustainable Future

Preventing Scientific Extremism

Science for Transformation

None of the above option is true

Solution:

A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. President Ramnath Kovind will formally inaugurate the festival. IISF-2018 with its focal theme “Science for Transformation” will have 23 special events.

Q7. Recently joint exercise 'Sahyog HOP TAC-2018', took place at___________-.

Jakarta

Kochi

Chennai

Hanoi

Kuala Lumpur

Solution:

Recently joint exercise 'Sahyog HOP TAC-2018', took place at Chennai.

Q8. Recently joint exercise 'Sahyog HOP TAC-2018' took place. It was a joint exercise between Coast guards of India and _______.

Malaysia

Vietnam

Indonesia

Singapore

Japan

Solution:

A Vietnam Coast Guard ship, on its maiden visit to Chennai, undertook joint exercises with the Indian Coast Guard 'Sahyog HOP TAC-2018', off the city coast aimed at strengthening the working level relationship between them.

Q9. India Chem 2018, the 10th Biennial International Exhibition & Conference recently began in_________.

Panaji

New Delhi

Chandigarh

Kochi

Mumbai

Solution:

India Chem 2018, the 10th Biennial International Exhibition & Conference began in Mumbai. The largest event of Chemicals and Petrochemical Industry in India is a two-day event.

Q10. India's overall ranking on the government's adoption of e-payments has moved up to ______ in 2018.

8th

22th

32th

28th

14th

Solution:

According to an international survey, India's overall ranking on the government's adoption of e-payments has moved up to in 2018, from 36th in 2011.

Q11. Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations. He/she belongs to which of the following country?

Myanmar

Taiwan

Vietnam

China

Indonesia

Solution:

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations against the Rohingya people.

Q12. Who among the following won 2018 Nobel Peace Prize?

Juan Manuel Santos and Sonam Wangchuk

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad

Denis Mukwege and Tawakkol Karman

Nadia Murad and Malala

Juan Manuel Santos and Nadia Murad

Solution:

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”.

Q13. Which of the following species of mango, recently got a Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

Badami

Dasheri

Alphonso

Neelam

Mulgoba

Solution:

Alphonso Mango from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and other adjoining areas in Maharashtra, gets a Geographical Indication (GI) Tag.

Q14. The government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $110 million loan to finance the upgrade of 2,800 kilometers all-weather rural roads in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Headquarters of ADB is in_________.

Jakarta

Manila

Vienna

Tokyo

Beijing

Solution:

Headquarters of ADB is in Manila, Philippines.

Q15. India and Russia signed the S-400 air defence system deal. The amount sanctioned under the deal is_______.

$1 billion

$500 million

$2 billion

$50 million

$5 billion

Solution:

India and Russia signed the $5 billion S-400 air defence system deal during the annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House.