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Current Affairs – AUG IV
EFFORTS & COURAGE ARE
NOT ENOUGH WITHOUT
PROPER DIRECTION &
PURPOSE
Economy
B) Awards
C) Sports
D) Polity
E) Persons F) Others
1.
Which IT Company launched three new services named Aikido? A) TCS B) HCL C) IBM D) Infosys ANS: D
2.
Noted academician Amitabh Mattoo appointed as Advisor to J&K CM. Name the CM of J&K. A) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed B) Manohar Lal C)
Arvind Kejriwal
3.
D) Bhupender Dagar
ANS: A
Which Taxi Company tied-up with Bharti Airtel to set up WiFi hotspots in each of its cabs? A) OLA Cabs
Taxi
B) Taxi For Sure C) Uber Cabs D) Meru
ANS: C
4.
Union Government Issued Norms for Selection of CEOs and MDs of Smaller PSU Banks. Discuss.
5.
Book titled Mrs Funnybones authored by _________________________released. A) Kareena Kapoor B) Kangana C) Deepika Padukon
D) Twinkle Khanna
ANS: D
6.
Which state Government launched RISHTA project? A) Delhi
7.
Historian Babasaheb Purandare bestowed with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015. Share.
8.
The book titled Making India Awesome was released by Rupa Publications. Who authored Making India Awesome? A) Aman Nehra B) Bhgyesh
C) Chetan Bhagat D) Arindam Chaudhary
9.
B) Haryana
C) Bihar D) Himachal Pradesh ANS: D
ANS: C
Union Government launched a web portal for Students Seeking Educational Loans. Name the portal. A) Paisa Lo B) Padhai ke Badle Paisa C)
Aaaja Padh Le D) Vidya Lakshmi ANS: D
10. Who recently sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? A) Sanath Jayasuriya B) Arjuna Ranatunga C) Ranil Wickremesinghe D) Mahela
Jayavardhene
ANS: C
11. Greek PM Alexis Tsipras resigned and called for snap polls. WHY?
12. Who has been appointed as CMD of Air India Limited? A) Deepak Mishra B) Ashwani Lohani C) K L Sehgal D) None ANS: B
13. Which Bollywood film was banned by Lahore High Court from release in Pakistan?
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14. R Gandhi panel recommended conversion of UCBs into Regular Banks. Discuss.
15. Which Asian country became first country to receive funds from UN for Solar Home Systems?
16. World Humanitarian Day observed on Aug 19 with theme _________________________. ANS: Inspiring the World's Humanity
17. RBI granted 'in-principle' approval to 11 Payment Banks applicants. Share the Impact.
18. Who became the India's first woman to play in English league football? A) Neha Parashar B) Sunita Jain C) Sheetal Mishra D) Aditi Chauhan
ANS: D
19. Himachal to make which of the following language mandatory in government schools? A) Kannada B) Sanskrit C) Nepali D) Urdu ANS: B
20. Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of IDBI Bank?
21. India’s First Lady passed away. Name her. ANS: Suvra Mukherjee
22. M-Wallet app SBI Buddy launched. Discuss features.
23. Which Bank launched locker facility named Smart Vault? ANS: ICICI
Schemes and Apps recently launched by Banks :
• ICICI Bank launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat
• SBI- Youth for India
• ICICI Bank launched India’s first” transparent credit card “in association
• SBI - First home grown INDEX "COMPOSITE INDEX"
with American Express
• RBL Bank- India's first credit card exclusively for GOLF LOVERS.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform –
• Indusuld & federal bank- Video conferencing
“KayPay”
• Icici Bank -Tap and pay
• ICICI BANK- EMI ON DEBIT CARD
• Hdfc Bank - Chillar
• Bank of India - Instant Money Transfer - IMT
• Icici Bank - Digital Banking "POCKET"
• DDA Housing Scheme 2014 - HDFC Bank
• Tancet Holdings - China's first online Banking "webank"
• TAB BANKING FACILITY = SBI
Kisan card = AXIS BANK
• M-Pesa = ICICI+Vodafone
• Branch on Wheel = ICICI Bank in Odisha
• I-Mobile app for windows phone = ICICI
• Instant money transfer = BOI
• M-Wallet = Canara Bank
• E-Wallet = IRCTC
• BOUTIQUE FINANCING SCHEME = SBI
• Twitter Handle account = SBI
• Asha Home loan = AXIS BANK
• Airtel money = AXIS BANK+AIRTEL
• E-KYC = SBI
• State Bank Freedom App - State Bank of India
• Maha Millionaire”, “Maha Lakhpati” - Bank of Maharashtra.