Recent Current Affairs For SBI PO Mains 2015

1. Name the Indian footballer who has become the first Indian to score 50 international goals. He achieved the feat during his team’s 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.
1) Sunil Chhetri
2) IM Vijayan
3) Robin Singh
4) Subrata Pal
5) Nirmal Chettri

2. The insurance regulator IRDAI is headquartered at ________.
1) Bengaluru
2) Mumbai
3) New Delhi
4) Hyderabad
5) None of these

3. To how much does central govt has approved to increase India’s solar power capacity under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) by 2022.
1) 20,000 MW
2) 50,000 MW
3) 100,000 MW
4) 150,000 MW
5) None of these

4. The Union Cabinet on 17 Jun gave its approval for Housing for All by 2022 Mission. Which of the following is NOT true about the mission?
1) It has four components - slum rehabilitation, credit linked interest subsidy, affordable housing and beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
2) The central assistance will be in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.30 lakh per beneficiary.
3) In urban areas, 2 crore new houses are to be built to meet the housing shortage over the next seven years.
4) Interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent on housing loans availed upto a tenure of 15 years will be provided to EWS/LIG categories.
5) None of these

5. The Union Govt on 17 Jun decided to increase the number of workdays under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 days to ________ in drought-affected areas of the country.
1) 120 days
2) 125 days
3) 140 days
4) 150 days
5) 200 days

6. After a gap of more than a decade, a new private sector lender will start operations from Aug 23 as it received the final approval from the Reserve Bank of India on 17 Jun. Identify the Kolkata-based micro financier.
1) Bandhan Financial Services
2) SKS Microfinance
3) Asirvad Microfinance
4) Annapurna Microfinance
5) None of these

7. The Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP), which evaluates a country’s readiness for Basel III norms, is conducted by
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) BIS
5) None of these

8. The ANZ Bank will open two more branches in India by early next year in Gurgaon and Bangalore. What is the full form of ANZ?
1) Australia New Zealand
2) Austria New Zealand
3) Amsterdam New Zealand
4) Athens New Zealand
5) None of these

9. The LIC of India has been allowed to form a joint venture in Bangladesh, becoming the second foreign insurer to operate in the country. The first one is
1) Tata-AIG
2) MetLife-ALICO
3) IFFCO-Tokyo
4) Edelweiss Tokio
5) None of these

10. When a smaller company folds into a larger one through exchange of shares or cash, it is termed as
1) diversification
2) collaboration
3) merger
4) joint venture
5) None of these

11. Which of the following telecommunication companies launched free pan India roaming scheme on 15 Jun?
1) Bharti Airtel
2) Idea
3) BSNL
4) Vodafone
5) None of these

12. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 15 Jun elected Mogens Lykketoft, he was the sole candidate from the Western European nations and is the speaker of the parliament of ________.
1) Denmark
2) Poland
3) Germany
4) Croatia
5) Austria

13. Name the present president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) who visited New Delhi recently.
1) Jim Yong Kim
2) Takehiko Nakao
3) Lou Jiwei
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) Jin Liqun

14. Which trains was named as Yoga Express on the eve of the International Yoga Day on 21 Jun?
1) Haridwar Mail
2) Kalinga Utkal Express
3) Chennai Express
4) Bhopal Express
5) None of these

15. The Indian Basel III framework for bank risk-based capital requirements came into force on?
1) Apr 2013
2) Dec 2013
3) Apr 2014
4) Sep 2014
5) None of these





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