Daily gk Doze : 19th May

1. Bhuvan, which provides visualisation services and earth observation data to users in public domain, is developed by

a) HAL

b) ISRO

c) DRDO

d) TCS

e) Wipro.............B

2. India concluded a nuclear agreement with which of the following neighbouring countries recently?

a) Myanmar

b) Sri Lanka

c) Nepal

d) Bhutan

e) Bangladesh.............E

3. RBI has announced new norms for lending to large borrowers. Which of the following will be the likely impact of this step on the capital requirements of banking system in India?

I. Additional capital requirement of about Rs. 1 lakh crore

II. In case of large companies, the lending banks will have to

set aside 150-200 bps provisions for those loans.

III. gradually de-stress the banking system's exposure to

large leveraged corporates

IV. increase inflation

a) All 1, 2 and 3

b) All of the above

c) Both 2 and 3

d) None of these

e) Both 1 and 3....................A

4. What are concentration risks?

a) Lending a large proportion of loans to a single borrower

b) Lending a large proportion of loans to many borrowers

c) Too many borrowers borrowing from a single bank

d) Lending a large proportion of funds to a particular business

activity

e) None of these................A

5. Which Scheme will be implemented as an alternative to purchasing of gold in India?

a) RBI Gold Bonds

b) Rashtirya Gold Bond

c) hindutava Gold Bond

d) Sovereign Gold Bond

e) None of the above...................D

6. Which of the following banks is exiting from Indian market due to the scandals back home?

a) HSBC

b) RBS

c) Deutsche

d) ABN Amro

e) American..............B

7. Which amendment Recently India has signed with Mauritius?

a) Direct Tax Avoidance Agreement

b) Double Tax Avoidance Agreement

c) Direct Tax Treaty

d) Double Tax Treaty

e) Tax Treaty..................B

8. World Bank has approved funds for which programme in India?

a) Rooftop Solar Power Project

b) Electricity to every household

c) Education for girl child

d) Blackboard in every classroom

e) Books for every student...............A

9. Which bank will ‘On-Lend’ the funds from World Bank for Rooftop Solar Power Project?

a) HDFC

b) HSDC

c) PNB

d) SBI

e) Canara..................D

10. Name the Prime Minister of Russia?

a) Roberto Azevedo

b) Vladimir Putin

c) Dmitry Medvedev

d) Ban Ki Moon

e) Nguyen Xuan Phuc ................C