Current Affairs MCQ for Banking  Exams - 28 December 2014

Q. 1

The United States and NATO marked the formal end of the war in Afghanistan with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul. These western troops have been in Afghanistan since 2001 and had unseated the Taliban regime following the 11 September New York attacks. What was the official name of this force led by the United States?
a. International Safety Army
b. International Security Assistance Force
c. International Social Safety Army
d. International Security Force
e. None of these

Q. 2

An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with ground control while flying over the Java Sea. This plane was on its regular flight for Singapore from which provincial city in Indonesia?
a. Java
b. Bali
c. Bandung
d. Surabaya
e. Jakarta

Q. 3

One woman was killed and three were injured in a low-intensity blast that was set-off by suspected terrorists using an improvised explosive device (IED) in a crowded street of Bangalore. This blast was set-off just outside which popular eating joint of the city?
a. Coconut Grove
b. Black Pearl
c. Village
d. Big Picher
e. Ebony

Q.4

What is the name of the Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) who resigned during December 2014 amid a controversy following reports in a section of media that attributed it to two alleged requests from the Union Govt.?
a. RK Shevgaonkar
b. Raghuvir Das
c. Ajit Joshi
d. RM Birla
e. None of these