Daily gk Doze : 30th May 2016

1. PM Narendra Modi recently announced raising the age of retirement of govt doctors to

a) 62 years

b) 63 years

c) 65 years

d) 67 years

e) 70 years..............C

2. The winner of the 2016 Indian Premier League is

a) Sunrisers Hyderabad

b) Royal Challengers Bangalore

c) Kolkata Knight Riders

d) Kings XI Punjab

e) Delhi Daredevils................A

3. Which of the following has became first Union Territory (UT) to sign 24x7 Power for All document recently?

a) Puducherry

b) Daman and Diu

c) Chandigarh

d) Lakshadweep

e) Andaman and Nicobar..................D

4. Which north-eastern states were brought on broad gauge rail map with the launch of passenger trains between Silchar-Jiribam and Silchar-Bhairabi recently?

a) Manipur and Mizoram

b) Mizoram and Meghalaya

c) Meghalaya and Manipur

d) Meghalaya and Tripura

e) Tripura and Mizoram...............A

5. The Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha has said that the number of PSU banks will come down to around 8-10 in future. Currently, the number of PSBs is

a) 18

b) 21

c) 22

d) 27

e) 29............D

6. Which of the following firms forayed into e-commerce sector with the launch of CliQ, an online and app-based platform, recently?

a) Tata Group

b) RIL

c) Essel Group

d) Essar Group

e) Future Group................A

7. Currently, the Reserve Bank will buy government bonds worth _______ through open market operations (OMO) in order to infuse liquidity.

a) Rs 15,000 crore

b) Rs 10,000 crore

c) Rs 5,000 crore

d) Rs 30,000 crore..............A

8. Which among the following would be used by RBI to control the liquidity in the market?

a) Saving account interest rate

b) MSF Rate

c) Bank Rate

d) Repo Rate

e) Loan interest rate...............D

9. Under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act signed between India and US Financial Institutions can obtain self- certification through which of the following channels?

a) Memorandum of Understanding

b) Memo

c) Emailing

d) Internet Banking

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

10. CBDT stands for:

a) Central Board of Due Taxes

b) Central Beuro of Direct Taxes

c) Central Board of Direct Taxes

d) Certificate Board of Direct Taxes

e) None of the above.................C