Daily gk Doze: 2nd June – 2016

1. TDS stands for:

A) Tax Deducted at Source

B) Total Dissolved Source

C) Tax die sumendum

D) Tax deduction at source

E) None of these…………….A

2. No tax would be deducted at source for provident fund (PF) withdrawals of up to …………………. from June 1.

A) Rs 55,000

B) Rs 40,000

C) Rs 30,000

D) Rs 90,000

E) Rs 50,000……………E

3. 66 digital vans, equipped with Internet and audio-visual facilities will go to 657 districts by _______ to increase awareness about various e-governance services in rural and semi-urban areas.

A) March 2017

B) April 2017

C) May 2017

D) June 2017

E) July 2017…………….A

4. Digital vans are all set to take _______ to rural and sub urban areas.

A) Make in India Programme

B) E- governance

C) Swaach Bharat Abhiyaan

D) Core Banking Systems

E) None.................B

5. Micro-blogging platform Twitter India is considering the rolling-out of its e-governance services in other countries such as the U.K. and the UAE. What is that service?

A) Twitter Help

B) Twitter Seva

C) Twitter Service

D) Twitter blogging

E) None of the above………………..B

6. Capital poured in by FPIs is often referred to as

A) hot money

B) Black money

C) Cold money

D) Soft money

E) None………………..A

7. Which bank reported a 66 per cent drop in net profit to Rs 1,264 crore in the March quarter but the stock rose sharply by 6.42%?

A) State Bank of India

B) Canara Bank

C) Bank of Baroda

D) Punjab national bank

E) None of these…………………A

8. What per cent ‘Krishi Kalyan’ cess is imposed on service tax effective 1 Jun 2016?

A) 0.15 per cent

B) 0.25 per cent

C) 0.50 per cent

D) 0.75 per cent

E) 0.95 per cent………………C

9. India and which country signed five MoUs during the recent visit by Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari to the country?

A) Spain

B) Algeria

C) Brazil

D) South Africa

E) Morocco…………………..E

10. The Govt of India and the World Bank signed a grant agreement recently for the Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Service Project for selected Indian cities which include

A) Jaipur

B) Chandigarh

C) Patna

D) All the above

E) Only 1) and 2)………………..E