Must Read 15 Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam
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Students going to appear in the IBPS Clerk Exam, might be giving the Final touch to the Exam Syllabus. So to test your preparation right before the IBPS Exam, we are presenting some 15 Current Affairs Questions, that might check your preparation before the exam.
Here are the 15 Must Read Current Affairs Questions....
1. Which of the following is a sufficient condition of identification of a district as 'gender critical' district according to Census of India ?
1. Women participation in work is less than 20 per cent.
2. Female literacy is less than 30 per cent.
3. Sex ratio is less than 900.
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 3 and 1 only
2. Which of the following was founded in 1956 by the Government of India with funding from the Ford Foundation ?
(A) National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
(B) National Institute of Bank Management.
(C) National Institute of Financial Management.
(D) National Council of Applied Economic Research.
3. What was the theme of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting organized in Davos, Switzerland ?
(A) Shaping the Post-Crisis World
(B) Improve the state of the world : rethink, redesign, rebuild
(C) Shared Norms for a New Reality
(D) The power of collaborative Innovation
4. Which of the following has a 51: 49 joint venture with Japanese automobile company Nissan for manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India ?
(A) Tata Motors
(B) Ashok Ley land
(C) Mahindra and Mahindra
(D) BajajAuto
5. Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India till date ?
(A) BP Pic
(B) Vodafone
(C) Dailchi Sankyo
(D) Vedanta Resources
6. Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) ?
(A) Crude Oil
(B) Petroleum refinery Products
(C) Coal
(D) Electricity
7. An International Advisory Panel (IAP) reviewed the functioning of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) recently. A number of districts have been identified on basis of poor health indicators for focused attention. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1. The number of beneficiaries under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was more than 15 million during 2009-10.
2. The number of districts identified is 264.
3. The districts identified for focused attention account for nearly 70% of the infant and material deaths in the country.
(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 2 and 3 only
8. Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during the Month of July 2012 stood at 5-25 lakh as compared to 5-14 lakh in July 2011 and 4-67 lakh in July 2010. The July figure translated into FTAs growth of what per cent in July 2012 over July 2011?
(A) 2.1%
(B) 12.1%
(C) 5.5%
(D) 1.33%
9. With respect to the India's industrial output figures released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on August 9, 2012, which of the following statements are not true ?
1. India's industrial output plunged to 1-8 per cent in June 2012 compared to 9-5 per cent growth registered during June 2011.
2. For the first (April-June) quarter of 2012-13, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) declined 0-7 per cent against 6-9 per cent growth in the same quarter of fiscal 2011-12.
3. The capital goods category recorded a decline of 27-9 per cent in output in June 2012.
4. Consumer durables witnessed a growth of 9-1 per cent. However, consumer non-durables declined 1 per cent in June 2012.
(A) 1 and 3
(B) Only 3
(C) Only 2
(D) 3 and 4
10. According to the FDI data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 10, 2012, Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in India declined to what amount in the April-June quarter of fiscal 2012-13?
(A) 5 billion dollar
(B) 5.4 billion dollar
(C) 6.4 billion dollar
(D) 7 billion dollar
11. India's annual headline inflation for the month of July 2012 eased to its three-year low to what per cent in July 2012 from 7.25 per cent in June 2012 and 9.63 per cent in July 2011 ?
(A) 4.1%
(B) 3.3%
(C) 5.2%
(D) 6.87%
12. India's exports for the month of July 2012 stood at 22.4 billion dollar registering a decline of -14.8 per cent as compared to 26.3 billion dollar during the same month of 2011. Imports during July 2012 stood at 37.9 billion dollar as compared to 41.1 billion dollar in July 2011. What was the Balance of Trade figure for July 2012?
(A) 15.5 billion dollar
(B) 14.7 billion dollar
(C) 13.6 billion dollar
(D) 9.6 billion dollar
13. SEBI, on August 16, 2012, has made it mandatory that all listed companies must have minimum......... public shareholdings by June 2013.
(A) 25%
(B) 30%
(C) 20%
(D) 10%
14. On which date did the Union Cabinet approve the Commerce Ministry's proposal to cut down the list of sensitive items under South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) for Pakistan by 30 per cent.
(A) July 14, 2012
(B) February 15, 2012
(C) August 17, 2012
(D) April 30,2012
15. According to the Economic Outlook 2012-13 released by Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council on August 17, 2012, India's economy will grow at ............ in the financial year 2012-13.
(A) 6.7%
(B) 3.5%
(C) 4.9%
(D) 5.3%
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