GA Revision for SBI Clerk and other exams - 734

1. What does CVV stands for?
   A) Card Value Verified
   B) Card verification Valid
   C) Card Valid Value
   D) Card Verification Value
   
   
   

   
   Option D
   Explanation: Card Verification Value Code (CVVC); card security code (CSC); Card Verification Data (CVD)

   
   
2. Where is the HQ of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence?
   A) Mumbai
   B) NewDelhi
   C) Chennai
   D) Lucknow
   
   
   

   
   Option B
   

   
   
3. Who has been given additional charge of Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Yes Bank?
   A) CV Nageshwar
   B) Prashant Kumar
   C) MS Chaturvedi
   D) PS Dhillon
   
   
   

   
   Option A
   Explanation: State Bank of India (SBI) said that Chalasani Venkat Nageswar, Deputy Managing Director of its international banking group, has been given additional charge of Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect.

   
   
4. How many airports received International Recognition for Reducing Emissions by grading their systems as per the Airports Council International (ACI)?
   A) 2
   B) 4
   C) 6
   D) 5
   
   
   

   
   Option B
   Explanation: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that four airports in the country have managed a transition from level 1 to level 2 with a reduction in the carbon emissions by grading their systems as per the Airports Council International (ACI).

   
   
5. Which city hosted International Naval event ‘MILAN‘ in March 2020?
   A) Chennai
   B) Mumbai
   C) Kochi
   D) Vishakapatnam
   
   
   

   
   Option D
   Explanation: Visakhapatnam will host International Naval event ‘MILAN‘ in March 2020. The theme of the exercise for the year 2020 is ‘Synergy Across the Seas’.

   
   
6. Which state to built a zoo named after Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan?
   A) Punjab
   B) Bihar
   C) Maharashtra
   D) Uttar Pradesh
   
   
   

   
   Option D
   Explanation: The UP Cabinet approved a proposal to set aside Rs 234 crore for construction of a zoological garden named after Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan in Gorakhpur. The zoo will come up across over 121 acres. The objective was to attract tourists and increase employment opportunities.

   
   
7. Where is the HQ of UCO Bank?
   A) Delhi
   B) Chennai
   C) Mumbai
   D) Kolkata
   
   
   

   
   Option D
   

   
   
8. RBI implemented the Basel-III recommendations in India w.e.f______
   A) January 1, 2013
   B) March 31, 2013
   C) April 1, 2013
   D) September 30, 2013
   
   
   

   
   Option C
   Explanation: Basel III implementation began w.e.f. April 1, 2013. Reserve Bank issued Guidelines based on the Basel III reforms on capital regulation on May 2, 2012, to the extent applicable to banks operating in India. Banks have started implementing the guidelines from April 1, 2013 in India in a phased manner.

   
   
9. Who released the book “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat’ ?
   A) Yogi Adityanath
   B) Amit Shah
   C) Narendra Modi
   D) Naveen Patnaik
   
   
   

   
   Option D
   Explanation: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik released “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat’ – a comic book on adventure and works of legendary leader and his father Biju Patnaik.

   
   
10. Which organisation has released a report “National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024”?
    A) RBI
    B) NITI Aayog
    C) NABARD
    D) IRDA
    
    
    

    
    Option A
    Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India has released a report “National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI): 2019-2024”. The National Strategy for Financial Inclusion for the period 2019-2024 has been formulated by RBI under the aegis of Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC).

    
    
11. Which body has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity?
    A) NABARD
    B) SIDBI
    C) Forest Advisory Committee
    D) Ministry of Rural Development
    
    
    

    
    Option C
    Explanation: The Forest Advisory Committee, an apex body tasked with adjudicating requests by the industry to raze forest land for commercial ends, has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity. If implemented, it allows the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies.

    
    
12. Recently Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as the President of which country?
    A) Israel
    B) Iran
    C) Afghanistan
    D) Bhutan
    
    
    

    
    Option C
    Explanation: Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as the President of Afghanistan for the second term at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

    
    
13. The Empress Botanical Garden is located in which city?
    A) Lucknow
    B) Mumbai
    C) Indore
    D) Pune
    
    
    

    
    Option D
    

    
    
14. What is the market structure called that is characterized by a single seller, selling a unique product in the market?
    A) Oligopoly
    B) Libor
    C) Monopoly
    D) Normation
    
    
    

    
    Option C
    Explanation: Monopoly is when the production of a good or service with no close substitutes is carried out by a single firm with the market power to decide the price of its output.

    
    
15. Who were conferred the ‘Akashdeep Sanman’ awards.?
    A) Bhalchandra Nemade
    B) Gyananranjan
    C) Both a and b
    D) Nagarjuna
    
    
    

    
    Option C
    Explanation: Noted Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade and Hindi writer Gynanranjan were conferred the ‘Akashdeep Sanman’ awards.

    
    
16. The world’s highest railway bridge is being built in which state?
    A) Sikkim
    B) Assam
    C) Uttarakhand
    D) Jammu and Kashmir
    
    
    

    
    Option D
    Explanation: By December 2021, Kashmir will be connected to the rest of the country through the Indian Railways network as the government has set a new deadline for completion of the world’s highest railway bridge – Chenab bridge.

    
    
17. Who has been appointed as the Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) under the Chief of Defence Staff?
    A) AS Bedi
    B) Karambir Singh
    C) Ajay Mittal
    D) KJS Dhillon
    
    
    

    
    Option D
    Explanation: Former 15 Corps Commander, Lt Gen KJS Dhillon, has been appointed as the Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) under the Chief of Defence Staff.

    
    
18. Which became the first Company to bring ISRO’s NavIC technology to smartphones in 2020?
    A) Xiaomi
    B) Lenovo
    C) Apple
    D) Samsung
    
    
    

    
    Option A
    Explanation: Smartphone and smart TV brand Xiaomi announced it would bring ISROs Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System NavIC technology to its smartphones.

    
    
19. Which state to launch digital literacy drive named “I am also digital”?
    A) Kerala
    B) Uttar Pradesh
    C) Odisha
    D) Telangana
    
    
    

    
    Option A
    Explanation: Creating a model for the entire country, Kerala is all set to launch a massive total digital literacy campaign ‘I am also digital’, powered by the Kerala State IT Mission under the Department of Information Technology and Kerala Literacy Mission, the campaign.

    
    
20. The World Wetlands Day is observed on______?
    A) December 18
    B) January 21
    C) April 7
    D) February 2
    
    
    

    
    Option D
    Explanation: World Wetlands Day occurs annually on February 2nd, marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971