IPO Exam 2019: Static GK Q&A – December 2018
- The President of National Council of Applied Economic Research is ____?
1) Nandan Nilekani
2) M S Verma
3) Surjit S Bhalla
4) Yogesh C Deveshwar
5) None of these
- Who is the CEO of Unique Identification authority of India (UIDAI)?
1) Dr. Anand Deshpande
2) Shri J Satyanarayana
3) Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey
4) Chandrashekhara Kambara
5)None of these
- What is the capital and currency of Georgia?
1) Capital – Bridgetown; Currency – Georgian Dollar
2) Capital – Thimphu; Currency – Georgian Ngultrum
3) Capital – Bogota; Currency – Georgian Peso
4) Capital – Tbilisi; Currency – Georgian lari
5) None of these
Answer – 4) Capital – Tbilisi; Currency – Georgian lari
4.Name the Governor of Jharkhand?
1) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
2) Draupadi Murmu
3) Tathagata Roy
4) V P Singh Badnore
5) None of these
- Where is Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary located?
1) Nagaland
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Answer-1)Nagaland
- Who is the President of International Olympic Committee?
1) Franco Carraro
2) Thomas Bach
3) Iván Dibos
4) Ching-Kuo Wu
5) None of these
Answer – 2) Thomas Bach
- Who is the President of Athletics Federation of India (AFI)?
1) Adille J. Sumariwalla
2) Kunwar Fateh Bahadur
3) K. Ranga Rao
4) Sunny Joshua
5) None of these
Answer – 1) Adille J. Sumariwalla
- Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is _____?
1) Pravin Kutumbe
2) Sujay Banarji
3) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
4) P J Joseph
5) None of these
- Where is Orang National Park located?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) NewDelhi
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Answer-1) Assam
- President of Sahitya Akademi is _____?
1) Utpal Bora
2) Anita Karwal
3) Karnal Singh
4) Chandrashekhar Kambar
5) None of these
11.Name the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) and headquarters of Oriental Insurance Company?
1) CMD – Soumya Mukherjee;Headquarters –Mumbai
2) CMD – A V Girija Kumar;Headquarters – New Delhi
3) CMD – Dinesh Waghela;Headquarters – New Delhi
4) CMD – Vijay Dube;Headquarters – Mumbai
5) None of these
Answer – 2) CMD – A V Girija Kumar;Headquarters – New Delhi
12.Who is the Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquartered in Rome, Italy?
1) William Nobel Clark
2) Laurent Thomas
3) Manoj Juneja
4) Jose Graziano da Silva
5) None of these
13.What is the capital and currency of Tanzania?
1) Capital – Oslo; Currency – Tanzanian Krone
2) Capital – Lima; Currency – Tanzanian Sol
3) Capital – Dodoma; Currency – Tanzanian shilling
4) Capital – Lisbon; Currency – Tanzanian Euro
5) None of these
Answer – 3) Capital – Dodoma; Currency – Tanzanian shilling 14.Name the Chairman and headquarters of Axis Bank?
1) Chairman – Deepak Parekh; Headquarters – Mumbai
2) Chairman – Sanjiv Mishra; Headquarters – Mumbai
3) Chairman – B K Manjunath; Headquarters – Chennai
4) Chairman – Sunil Mehta; Headquarters – Mumbai
5) None of these
Answer – 2) Chairman – Sanjiv Mishra; Headquarters – Mumbai
15.Who is the President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) headquartered in Beijing, China?
1) Jin Liqun
2) Takehiko Nakao
3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Christine Lagarde
5) None of theseAnswer-1) Jin Liqun
16.Where is Vansda National Park located?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Assam
5) None of theseAnswer-3) Gujarat
17.Who is the President of Hockey India, headquartered in New Delhi?
1) Mohammad Mushtaq Ahmed
2) Rajinder Singh
3) Tapan Kumar Das
4) Gyanendro Ningombam
5) None of these
18.Who is the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
1) Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar
2) Ajay Tyagi
3) U.K.Sinha
4) C.B.Bhave
5) None of these
19.What is the tagline of Federal Bank?
1) Your Perfect Banking Partner
2) Aao Sochein Bada
3) Taking Banking Technology to Common Man
4) Good people to grow with
5) None of these
20.Where is Gahirmatha marine sanctuary located?
1) NewDelhi
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these Answer- 3) Odisha
21.Who is the Chairperson of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
1) Mahender Singh
2) S. Ramesh
3) Susanta Kumar Panda
4) Ameeta Suri
5) None of these Answer- 2) S. Ramesh
22.Where is Papikonda National Park located?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) NewDelhi
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
23.Where is the headquarters of Badminton World Federation (BWF)?
1) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2) Washington D.C.,United States
3) Paris,France
4) NewDelhi,India
5) None of these
Answer – 1) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24.Who is the President of Indonesia?
1) Hassan Rouhani
2) Emmanuel Macron
3) Joko Widodo
4) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
5) None of these
25.What is the capital and currency of Bhutan?
1) Capital – Thimphu; Currencies -Bhutanese ngultrum
2) Capital – Minsk; Currencies -Bhutanese Ruble
3) Capital – Brussels; Currencies -Bhutanese Euro
4) Capital – Havana; Currencies -Bhutanese Peso
5) None of these
Answer – 1) Capital – Thimphu; Currencies -Bhutanese ngultrum 26.Who is the Director General of Indian Coast Guard (DG ICG)?
1) Harish Bisht
2) Rajendra Singh
3) Sureesh Mehta
4) A. K. Singh
5) None of these
27.Name the MD and CEO and headquarters of Karnataka Bank?
1) MD and CEO – Mahabaleshwara MS; Headquarters – Mangalore
2) MD and CEO – Dinabandhu Mohapatra MS; Headquarters – Mumbai
3) MD and CEO – Mukesh Kumar Jain; Headquarters – Gurugram
4) MD and CEO – Jai Kumar Garg; Headquarters – Mangalore
5) None of these
Answer – 1) MD and CEO – Mahabaleshwara MS; Headquarters – Mangalore 28.Name the CEO and headquarters of World Bank?
1) CEO – K.V. Kamath; Headquarters – Shanghai, China
2) CEO – Takehiko Nakao; Headquarters – Manila, Philippines
3) CEO – JinLiqun; Headquarters – Beijing, China
4) CEO – Kristalina Georgieva; Headquarters – Washington, D.C., United States
5)None of these
Answer – 4) CEO – Kristalina Georgieva; Headquarters – Washington, D.C., United States
29.Chairman of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council is _____?
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Narendra Modi
3) Ram Nath Kovind
4) Sushma Swaraj
5) None of these Answer- 1) Arun Jaitley
- Name the Chief Minister of Telangana?
1) N. Chandrababu Naidu
2) E. S. L. Narasimhan
3) K.Chandrashekhar Rao
4) Pema Khandu
5) None of these
31.The chief minister of Manipur is _____?
1) Devendra Fadnavis
2) N. Biren Singh
3) Raghubar Das
4) Jai Ram Thakur
5) None of these
32.Who is the Finance Secretary of India?
1) Ajay Narayan Jha
2) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
3) Subhash Chandra Garg
4) Rajiv Kumar
5) None of these
33.Where is Simlipal National Park located?
1) West Bengal
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Answer -3) Odisha
34.What is the capital and currency of Poland?
1) Capital – Abuja; Currency – Polish Naira
2) Capital – Warsaw; Currency – Polish złoty
3) Capital – Beirut; Currency – Polish Pound
4) Capital – Bamako ; Currency – Polish Franc
5) None of these
Answer – 2) Capital – Warsaw; Currency – Polish złoty
35.The Governor of Haryana is _____?
1) E. S. L. Narasimhan
2) Mridula Sinha
3) Satyadeo Narain Arya
4) Satya Pal Malik
5) None of these
Answer – 3) Satyadeo Narain Arya
36.Where is the Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Park is located?
1) Patna,Bihar
2) Bhubaneshwar,Odisha
3) Kolkata,WestBengal
4) Varanasi,UttarPradesh
5) None of these
Answer – 1) Patna,Bihar
Explanation:
Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan also known as Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden or Patna Zoo is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India.On December 26,2018,Patna Zoo has been in News,that it had closed for an indefinite period following the confirmation of H5NI virus killing six peacocks in the zoo. According to Patna Zoo Deputy Director R K Sinha, the zoo had been closed following deaths of six peacocks between December 16 and 24, 2018. He said the bodies of peacocks were sent to National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal where it was confirmed that birds died after being infected with H5N1 virus.
37.What is the capital and currency of Turkmenistan?
1) Capital – Khartoum ; Currency – Turkmenistan Pound
2) Capital – Vaiaku; Currency – Turkmenistan Dollar
3) Capital – Ashgabat; Currency – Turkmenistan Manat
4) Capital – Hanoi; Currency – Turkmenistan Dong
5) None of these
Answer – 3) Capital – Ashgabat; Currency – Turkmenistan Manat
38.Name the Chairman & MD and headquarters of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)?
1) Chairman & MD – Mohammad Mustafa; Headquarters – Lucknow
2) Chairman & MD – Ajay Kumar Kapur; Headquarters – Kolkata
3) Chairman & MD – Manoj Mittal; Headquarters – Mumbai
4) Chairman & MD – Ram Mohan Mishra; Headquarters – NewDelhi
5) None of these
Answer – 1) Chairman & MD – Mohammad Mustafa; Headquarters – Lucknow
39.Who is the President of Uzbekistan?
1) Mauricio Macri
2) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
3) Nicolás Maduro
4) Emmerson Mnangagwa
5) None of these
40.Where is Namdapha National Park located?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Answer- 4) Arunachal Pradesh