Q1.RBI has introduced a new Interest Rate Bechmark Tool ______________________ ?
IBBR
Libor
LPR
TIBOR
Indian Banks Base Rate (IBBR) is a tool to bring in trasperancy in loan pricing and ensure better transmission of monetary policy. IBBR is Reset every month, IBBR will be an average of the prevailing base rates of top 14 public sector banks, seven private banks and three foreign banks.which all commercial banks can link their loan rates
Q2.Who fixes LiBOR ?
The British Bankers Association
Thomson Reuters
Wells Fargo
Merrill Lynch
The British Bankers Association uses Thomson Reuters to fix and publish the data daily at around 11.45 am London time. It assembles interbank borrowing rates from a maximum of 16 banks, looks at the middle eight of these rates (discarding the top and bottom four), and uses these to calculate an average to arrive at the day’s Libor
Q3.What/Who is the releasing “Special 301 Report” ?
WTO
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
IMF
The Office of US Trade Representative
Special 301 is a trade and industry practices report maintained by the Office of the USTR. In the report, countries are designated as priority foreign country and priority country for IPR offenders. The Office of US Trade Representative is expected to release its annual review report, termed Special 301 in which It is expected to label India priority foreign country, meaning one of the world’s worst intellectual property rights (IPR) regime, one deserving of trade sanctions.
Q4.Who is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director ?
Arthur Rapp
Ban Ki-moon
Christian Lagarde
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
IMF Managing Director is Christian Lagarde
Q5.Which city among the following is selected for the U.N. Women’s Safe City Programme ?
Mumbai
Delhi
Bangalore
Chennai
Delhi is selected for the U.N. Women’s Safe City Programme. The Delhi Programme is a part of U.N. Women’s Safe Cities Global Initiative that spans 17 cities in developing and developed countries. It aims to prevent sexual violence in urban public spaces through strategic alliances with communities, grassroots women, local governments, service providers and safety sector.
Q6.Which countries among the following are supporting the U.N. Women’s Safe City Programme ?
US & Canada
US & China
Canada & UK
US & Japan
Japan and the United States have announced joint support for the U.N. Women’s Safe City Programme in Delhi.
Q7.Which mosquito caries the Malaria Parasite?
Anopheles mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti
Coquillettidia
Culex
Anopheles mosquitoes carry malaria parasites.
Q8.Which among the following countries are not part of the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty ?
Israel, North Korea and South Korea
Pakistan, North Korea and South Korea
France, China and Israel,
Israel, Pakistan and North Korea
Israel, Pakistan and North Korea are part of the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
Q9.Which among the following is a surface-to-air missile of the Indian Forces.
Prithvi
Agni
Akash
Gagan
Akash is a surface-to-air missile developed by DRDO.
Q10.What is the purpose of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
To combat tax evasion by US Citizens
To combat tax evasion by Indian Citizens
To combat black money of Indian Citizens
To combat black money of US Citizens
To combat possible tax evasion by Americans through Indian financial entities – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).