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Who among the following has been appointed as member in ?Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board? of ?Bank of International Settlement (BIS)??
Options- A. Arvind Subramanian
- B. Amartya Sen
- C. Raghuram Rajan
- D. Urjit Patel
- Correct Answer
- Urjit Patel
ExplanationThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as member in ?Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board? of ?Bank ofInternational Settlement (BIS)?. The Advisory Board will comprise a small but diverse group of central bank Governors, heads of financial sector supervision and chairs of standard-setting bodies and regional supervisory groups.Note:The ?Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board? of BIS assists financial sector authorities worldwide in strengthening their financial systems.
- 1. Which of the following is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market? A. Scheduled commercial banks B. Regional rural bank C. Cooperative banks D. Primary dealers
Options- A. Only A and B
- B. Only B
- C. Only A, B, And D
- D. Only A And D Discuss
- 2. Recently which bank announced to raise Rs 3,000 Crore via Basel III bonds?
Options- A. ICICI Bank
- B. Union Bank of India
- C. Allahabad Bank
- D. IDBI BANK Discuss
- 3. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) has been renamed as
Options- A. BharatNet Project
- B. Broadband Connectivity for all
- C. Gram Panchayat connectivity scheme
- D. Digital India Mission Discuss
- 4. What is an 'ante-dated' cheque?
Options- A. A cheque issued without drawer's signature
- B. A cheque with only signature of the drawer
- C. A cheque which has completed threemonths from its date of issue
- D. A cheque which has completed six monthsfrom its date of issue Discuss
- 5. IEA (International Energy Agency) secretariat is located in _______
Options- A. Washington
- B. Geneva
- C. London
- D. Paris Discuss
- 6. First payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform is-
Options- A. Paytm Payment Bank
- B. Airtel Payment Bank
- C. India Post Payment Bank
- D. FINO Payment Bank Discuss
- 7. What is the Currency of Qatar?
Options- A. Riyal
- B. kwanza
- C. Nuevo Sol
- D. Peso Discuss
- 8. Who among the following has been elected as President of Indian Olympic Association for four year term?
Options- A. Narendra Rao
- B. Nikhil Bhandari
- C. Naresh Singh
- D. Narinder Batra Discuss
- 9. Recently, the 2017 Global Hunger Index is published. What is the position of India in this index?
Options- A. 97th
- B. 98th
- C. 100th
- D. 102nd Discuss
- 10. Which of the following is not considered a Democracy?
Options- A. USA
- B. Norway
- C. India
- D. China Discuss
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Correct Answer: Only B
Explanation:
The regional rural bank is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market.Scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs), co-operative banks (other than Land Development Banks) and Primary Dealers (PDs), are permitted to participate in call/notice money market both as borrowers and lenders.Overnight borrowing market, also known as call market, generally involves borrowing and lending of funds for one day and generally takes place against government securities.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Bank of Baroda (BoB) announced to raise Rs. 3,000 Crore through Basel III compliant bonds.
Correct Answer: BharatNet Project
Explanation:
BharatNet is a project of national importance to establish, by 2017, a highly scalable network infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis, to provide on demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps for all households and on demand capacity to all institutions, to realise the vision of Digital India, in partnershipwith States and the private sector. The entire project is being funded by Universal service Obligation Fund (USOF), which was set up for improving telecom services in rural and remote areas of the country. The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking, Internet and other services to the rural India.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Cheque written by drawer and dated at some point in past is called as theante-dated cheque.Example-If drawer writes a cheque on 1st Februarybut he put the date 1st January. This type of cheque is called antedated cheque.
Correct Answer: Paris
Explanation:
IEA (International Energy Agency) secretariat located is in Paris, France. Currently, 29 states are part of it.
Correct Answer: Airtel Payment Bank
Explanation:
Airtel Payments Bank has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform.
Correct Answer: Riyal
Explanation:
Currency of Qatar -RiyalCurrency of Angola -kwanzaCurrency of Peru ?Nuevo SolCurrency of Philippines ?PesoCurrency of Iraq ?Dinar
Correct Answer: Nikhil Bhandari
Explanation:
International Hockey Federation chief Narinder Batra has been elected as President of Indian Olympic Association for four year term at its annual general meeting.
Correct Answer: 100th
Explanation:
India ranks 100th(last year 97thposition) out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index which is published by International Food Research Institute.India has ?serious? hunger problems, and has third highest score in all of Asia.
Correct Answer: China
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