Daily gk Doze: 1st June – 2016

1. “Desert Eagle – II” is the bilateral air combat exercise between India and ___? 

a) Oman 

b) Iran 

c) UAE 

d) Israel…………..C

2. The Pakke Tiger Reserve is located in which state of India? 

a) Himachal Pradesh 

b) Andhra Pradesh 

c) Arunachal Pradesh 

d) Madhya Pradesh……………C

3. Which state government of India has entered into the Limca book of records for its household survey? a) Tripura 

b) Tamil Nadu 

c) Karnataka 

d) Telangana…………….D

4. As notified by the govt recently, effective 1 Jun, the threshold limit of PF withdrawal for deduction of tax (TDS) has been raised from existing Rs 30,000 to 

A) Rs. 40,000

B) Rs. 50,000

C) Rs. 60,000

D) Rs. 70,000

E) Rs. 80,000…………..B

5. Name the bank that has become the top merchant acquiring bank in the country.

A) State Bank of India

B) HDFC Bank

C) ICICI Bank

D) Axis Bank

E) BOB…………….A

6. Name the spacecraft which is launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.

A) Kepler

B) Maven

C) Orion

D) Juno

E) None of these…………..A

7. The Postal department was one of the 11 entities to be given in-principle approval by the RBI to launch _________.

A) White Label ATM

B) MUDRA Bank

C) Payment Bank

D) Small Bank

E) None of the above…………C

8. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into India increased by what per cent to a record $40 billion during in the financial year ended March?

A) 28

B) 29

C) 32

D) 31

E) 40……………….B

9. Of the FDI inflows (equity) in FY'16, which sector attracted maximum investment of $6.88 billion?

A) Service Sector

B) computer hardware 

C) software

D) trading business

E) automobile industry…………….A

10. Fiscal deficit is how much per cent of GDP in 2015/16?

A) 4.9

B) 2.9

C) 3.9

D) 3.8

E) 3.7………………C