Expected GK Questions For IB ACIO Exam 2017: Part II

Published on Thursday, October 12, 2017
1. Which of the following was the first paper currency issued by RBI?
a. Rs 1 Note
b. Rs 2 Note
c. Rs 5 Note
d. Rs 10 Note
e. Rs 100 Note

2. Who has won the 2017 women’s singles Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament?
a.  Akane Yamaguchi
b. Sania Nehwal
c. Nozomi Okuhara
d. P V Sindhu
e.Wang Yihan

3. Which GST committee on exports has been constituted by the Union Finance Ministry?
a. Rita Teaotia committee
b. Etela Rajender committee
c. Hasmukh Adhia committee
d.  Sushil Modi committee
e. None of the above

4. Which Bollywood personality has been honoured with Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons?
a. Deepika Padukone
b. Salman Khan
c. Priyanka Chopra
d. Amitabh Bachchan
e. Shah Rukh Khan

5. Which sportsperson has authored the book “Unstoppable: My Life So Far”?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Leander Paes
c. Maria Sharapova
d. Sania Mirza
e. Serena Williams

6. Which operation has started by India to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?
a.  Operation Rohingya
b.  Operation Manavta
c. Operation Insaniyat
d. Operation Refugee
e. Operation Seva

7. Which committee has been constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to monitor tech issues of GST? a.  T M Thomas Isaac committee
b.  Krishna Byre Gowda committee
c.  Etela Rajender committee
d.  Sushil Modi committee
e. Rita Teaotia committee

8. Which city to host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
a.  London
b. Paris
c. Tokyo
c. Los Angeles
d. Beijing

9. The 2017 National Hindi Day (NHD) is celebrated on which day in India?
a. September 15
b. September 13
c.  September 14
c. September 16
e.  September 17

10. Who has been appointed as new interim Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)?
a.  Manisha Singh
b. Ajay Bhushan Pandey
c.  Inder Jit Singh
d. Hasmukh Adhia
e.  None of the above.

11. Who is the newly elected chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) ?
a. Mahendra Mohan Gupta
b.  M.P. Veerendra Kumar
c.  Viveck Goenka
d. Hormusji N. Cama
e. Riyad Mathew

12. Which Indian organisation has developed an artificial leaf to create fuel from sunlight?
a. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
b.  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Pune
c.  IIT Kharagpur
d. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
e.  None of the above

13 Which company has won the coveted Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights for 2018-23?
a. Sony
b. Star India
c. ESPN
d. DD National
e. NDTV Sports

14. Which of the following public sector banks has the largest number of branches in foreign countries?
a. Bank of India
b. Bank of Baroda
c. Punjab National Bank
d. Corporation Bank
e.  Allahabad bank

 15. Which of the following rates are reviewed by the RBI at the time of periodical review of the policy?
A.  Bank rate
B. Repo rate
C. Savings bank rate
a. Only A
b. Only B
c. Both A and B
d. All the three
e None of the above

Answers with Explanations

1. Rs 5 Note

The Rs 5-note was the first paper currency issued by RBI in January 1938.

2. P V Sindhu

Rio Olympics Silver medallist P V Sindhu from India has won the 2017 women’s singles title at the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament by defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in three sets 22-20, 11-21, 20-18 at Seoul in South Korea. With this, Sindhu has become the first Indian to win the Korea Super Series crown.

3. Hasmukh Adhia committee

The Union government has constituted a GST Committee on Exports headed by revenue secretary Dr Hasmukh Adhia to look into issues of export sector and to recommend suitable strategy for helping the export sector in the post-GST scenario to the GST Council.

4. Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been honoured with Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons on September 15 for his outstanding contribution to Global Diversity.

5. Maria Sharapova

The book ‘Unstoppable: My Life So Far’ has been authored by tennis star Maria Sharapova. The book talks about Sharapova’s rise from nowhere to tennis stardom and the unending fight to stay on top.

6. Operation Insaniyat

India has started ‘Operation Insaniyat’ to provid assistance to Bangladesh in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of Rohingya refugees into that country from Myanmar.

7. Sushil Modi committee 

The government has constituted a five-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Bihar’s deputy chief minister Sushil Modi to monitor technology-related implementation issues of GST. Other members include Chhattisgarh’s Minister for Commercial Taxes Amar Agrawal, Karnataka’s agriculture minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Kerala’s finance minister T M Thomas Isaac, Telangana’s finance minister Etela Rajender.

8. Los Angeles

Five cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics

9. September 14 

The National Hindi Day (NHD) is celebrated every year on September 14 across India to mark the language that roots back to Ancient India. Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India.

10. Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) has been appointed as interim chairman of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). He succeeded Navin Kumar, who completed his term on August 29.

11. Viveck Goenka

Viveck Goenka, the CMD of Express Group, has been elected as the new Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI). He succeeded Riyad Mathew, who is Senior Assistant Editor and a member of the Manorama management.

12. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Pune

The researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune have developed an artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water, an advance that may provide clean energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the future.

13. Star India

Star India acquired digital as well as media rights for Indian Premier League for a term of five years 2018-2023 with a whooping bid of Rs. 16,347.50 crore on September 4, 2017.

14. Bank of Baroda

In Indian Banks, most independent branches are of Bank of Borada i.e 51 while SBi has 48 branches and 4 full-fledged subsidiaries working in Nepal, London, New York and Mauritius.

15. All the three

 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It is the duty of the RBI to control the credit through the CRR, bank rate and open market operations. It also controls Repo, Reverse-Repo rates, Savings Bank rate etc.

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