Current Affairs MCQ for Banking  Exams - 29 November 2014

Q. 1

In a surprise move the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) scrapped the gold import curb scheme, popularly known as the 80:20 Scheme. This scheme required trading companies to export 20% of gold imported. When the scheme was imposed by RBI?
a. August 2013
b. March 2013
c. June 2013
d. May 2013

Q. 2

The erstwhile political party of Tamil Nadu – the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), was re-launched by former Union Minister G.K. Vasan who had earlier deserted the Congress party. Who established this party initially in 1996?
a. Jayalalitha
b. G.K. Moopanar
c. G. M. Chidambaram
d. T. M. Moopanar

Q. 3

What was the GDP growth rate for second quarter of 2014-15 (July-September 2014) as announced on 28 November 2014?
a. 2.5%
b. 5.3%
c. 3.2%
d. 4.4%

Q. 4

The market capitalization of all listed companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) hit which landmark figure?
a. Rs. 100 trillion
b. Rs. 500 trillion
c. Rs. 300 trillion
d. Rs. 200 trillion

Q. 5

What is the name of the newly launched e-mail application of tech giant IBM made available for enterprises that integrates social media, file sharing and analytics to help increase productivity?
a. Verse
b. Prose
c. Inbox
d. Junk