Current Affairs Quiz for SBI Associates Clerk 2015 – Set 2



1. Which Indian Company(s) signed an Agreement with
Mexican Company Petroleos Mexicanos for cooperation in upstream oil and gas
production as well as in refining business?

(a) Reliance Industries Limited
(b) Castrol India Limited
(c) Oil India
(d) Essar Oil
(e) All of them
2. From April 1, 2015, Union Government will make it
mandatory for all PSUs to make a certain percentage of their purchase from
MSMEs. How much percentage is mandatory?
(a) 25%
(b) 30%
(c) 22%
(d) 20%
(e) 49%
3. Which Indian company appointed UK Judge Sir Bernard
Rix as their arbitrator in KG-D6 cost recovery dispute case with Government of
India?
(a) Tata Sons
(b) Reliance Industries
(c) Jindal Steel and Power
(d) Jaypee Group
(e) Kirloskar Group
4. Which Indian personality was made Honorary Citizen
of Busan, Korea?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Azim Premji
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Venu Srinivasan
(e) Jaiprakash Gaur
5. Asian Development Bank has granted a Rs.6000 Crore
soft loan for strengthening and building of road networks in Maharashtra. What
does a Soft-Loan mean?
(a) A loan which has no limited time to repay.
(b) A loan which has no Interest.
(c) A loan which has lower interest than the market
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) Either (b) or (c)
6. India recently emerged as the Second Largest
Foreign Trading Partner of Dubai. Which country holds the first place?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) USA
(e) None of these
7. As per World Wide Web’s The Web Index 2014, which country
has been ranked 1?
(a) United States of America
(b) Denmark
(c) Russia
(d) China
(e) Japan
8. Recently, Union Government allowed _____ FDI in
Medical Devices Industry.
(a) 51%
(b) 75%
(c) 49%
(d) 99%
(e) None of these
9. Which company bagged a Rs.849 cr. contract for ONGC
offshore project?
(a) Adani Group
(b) Reliance Industries
(c) Lanco Infratech
(d) Larsen and Turbo
(e) Shapoorji Pallonji Group
10. Indian Navy Day is celebrated on _____.
(a) 4th December
(b) 2nd December
(c) 3rd December
(d) 8th December
(e) 11th December
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined a term SMART
for Police Forces across the country. What does T define in SMART?
(a) Tactical and Trained
(b) Tactical and Techno Savvy
(c) Tutored and Trained
(d) Techno Savvy and Trained
(e) None of these
12. Mahaparinirwan Diwas is observed to commemorate
which event?
(a) Birth Anniversary of BR Ambedkar
(b) Death Anniversary of BR Ambedkar
(c) Implementation of the idea of Constitution
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) Both (b) and (c)
13. Skirosky Aircraft Corp bagged a deal for Supply of
Multi-Role Helicopters to Indian Navy. Which country does the company belong?
(a) Russia
(b) Israel
(c) Ukrain
(d) Denmark
(e) USA
14. Piratla Venkateswarlu, who recently passed away
was an eminent ______.
(a) Scientist
(b) Carnatic Vocalist
(c) Music Director
(d) Film Director
(e) Journalist
15. Pawan Chamling became the longest serving Chief
Minister in India. Which state does he represent?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Sikkim
(d) Manipur
(e) Arunachal Pradesh
16. Born Again written by Arunima Sinha was launched
by Narendra Modi. She is famous for which of the following achievement?
(a) First Female Amputee to climb Mount Everest.
(b) First Indian Amputee to climb all the 7 peaks in
the world.
(c) First Indian Amputee to climb Mount Everest.
(d) Both (a) an (c)
(e) Both (a) and (b)
17. Which of the following term topped the Google
India 2014 Trending Topics?
(a) Gate 2015
(b) Election 2014
(c) FIFA 2014
(d) Iphone 6
(e) Black Money
18. India successfully launched CARE carried by the
heaviest rocket of India. What is the name of the Rocket?
(a) GSLV-MarkIII-X
(b) GSLV-MarkII-K
(c) PSLV-MarkIII-X
(d) PSLV-MarkII-X
(e) GSLV-MarkIV-X
19. Union Government announced 5 year visa facility to
the minority communities of which of the following countries?
(a) Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
(b) Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka
(c) Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka
(d) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
(e) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan
20. Recently, Barracuda was handed over to Mauritius
to become the first warship ordered by a foreign country to an Indian Shipyard.
Which shipyard built it?
(a) Hindustan Shipyard Limited
(b) Mazagon Dock Limited
(c) Cochin Shipyard Limited
(d) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(e) Bharati Shipyard Limited
21. National Mathematics Day is celebrated on 22nd
December to commemorate which Indian Mathematician’s Birth Anniversary?
(a) Komaravolu Chandrasekharan
(b) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(c) Satyendra Nath Bose
(d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
(e) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
22. As per IntelCenter’s Country Threat Index, which
country has been ranked top in the list?
(a) Iran
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Somalia
(d) Iraq
(e) Nigeria
23. Rolene Strauss, who was recently crowned the Miss
World 2014 represented which nation?
(a) England
(b) New Zealand
(c) Australia
(d) Canada
(e) South Africa
24. Shekar Naik is related to which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Badminton
(c) Tennis
(d) Table Tennis
(e) Boxing
25. Leviathan director Andrey Zvyagintsev won the
Golden Peacock award in International Film Festival of India, 2014. Which
country did the movie represent?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Czech Republic
(c) Norway
(d) Sweden
(e) Russia