Current Affairs MCQ for Banking  Exams - 9 January 2015

Q. 1 Which bank launched India’s first contactless debit and credit card that enables one to make payments by just waving the card near merchant terminals instead of swiping the same?

a. ICICI Bank
b. HDFC
c. SBI
d. Kotak Mahindra
e. None of these

Q.2 The shareholders of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank approved the proposal to merge ING Vysya Bank with Kotak Mahindra Bank. The management of the banks expects the new entity to be operational by 1 April 2015. In terms of total business, this new entity would be India’s ……………..largest private bank?

a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
e. Fifth

Q.3 Which airline was named as the world’s safest airline in a report published by AirlineRatings.com that was released recently?

A. Qantas
B. Airindia
C. Qatar airline
D. Spicejet
E. None of these

Q.4Virat Kohli became the highest scorer in a Test series in Australia while batting in the first innings in the fourth and final test of the Test series against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Whose record of 619 runs he broke?

a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Rahul Dravid
c. Virendra Sehwag
d. Ajay Jadega
e. None of these

Q. 5 Which Indian diplomat was appointed as Under-Secretary-General in a department of the United Nations (UN) as announced by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?

a. Dinesh Kartik
b. Varun Singla
c. Rohit Bal
d. Vineet Jain
e. Atul Khare