General Knowledge Question Answer: Current Affairs GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Current Affairs Questions, Current Affairs Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important Current Affairs MCQs for GK

Q. Many times we read in financial newspapers/magazines about "Share Swap" done by big corporates. What is "Share Swap"?
(A) A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company
(B) When a company uses its own shares to get some short term loan for working capital requirement, it is known as Share Swap
(C) When companies are required to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional preferential shares. The process of the allotment of preferential share is known as Share Swap.

1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Only C
4) None of these

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Q. On the basis of the study done by the Government of India, various states were divided into two groups "Low Poverty States", "High Poverty States". Which of the following is not a low poverty state?
1) Kerala
2) Orissa
3) Karnataka
4) Gujarat

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Q. As reported in the major financial newspapers the Federal Reserve has made certain changes/corrections in its base federal funds rates. This act of the Federal Reserve will bring an effect directly and immediately on the banks located in
1) USA
2) China
3) Japan
4) Russia

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Q. Which of the following countries has the largest cheques truncation facility in Asia?
1) China
2) India
3) Myanmar
4) None of these

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Q. Which of the following is the name of the asset reconstruction company created by various banks in India?
1) ARCIL
2) HCR
3) SEBI
4) None of these

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Q. India does not have a single branch/office of any one of its banks in which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Nepal
4) Switzerland

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Q. RISAT-1, which was put in orbit in April 2012 by PSLV-C19, is the heaviest satellite launched by India so far with a weight of
1) 1,658 kg
2) 1,768 kg
3) 1,858 kg
4) 1,968 kg

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Q. The two-day 20th ASEAN Summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2012 in the month of
1) February
2) March
3) April
4) May

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Q. Abd-Rabbu Mansour was recently elected as the President of which one of the following Arab nation?
1) Yemen
2) Iraq
3) Oman
4) Iran

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Q. Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by K.K. Birla Foundation announced on March 22, 2012 for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum.
1) Jeyamohan
2) Dhanushkodi Ramasamy
3) A.A. Manavalan
4) Sundara Ramasami

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