Financial Awareness and Current Affairs Questions

1. According to FDI Intelligence Report, which country has replaced China as the top Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination by attracting $63 billion worth FDI projects in 2015?
Answer. India  

2. Where is the world's first wildlife sanctuary for white tigers inaugrated?
Answer.  Madhya Pradesh.

3. Which country remained the world’s largest recipient of remittances from abroad in 2015?
Answer. India 

4. The world’s first public dengue vaccination programme was launched in which country?
Answer. Philippines 

5. Which citry has been declared as a ‘smoke-free city’?
Answer. Nagaland capital Kohima

6. Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force (RPF)?
Answer. Surender Kumar Bhagat 

7. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
Answer. Bhupendra Kainthola

8. Who has been appointed as the new ambassador of Lava International?
Answer. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

9. Which bank has unveiled the 'mobile only bank’ in India?
Answer. DBS  

10. Which bank entered into a strategic partnership with Phillip Capital (India) Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Singapore headquartered Phillip Capital group, for managing NRI Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS)?
Answer. Federal Bank

1. Which organization has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation and collaboration with Saarc Development Fund (SDF)?
Answer: SIDBI

2. A strategic partnership agreement has been signed by which Indian company with three Ukranian state-owned companies that will be allowing them to collaborate on a range of military products including transport aircraft, upgrade of armoured vehicles, maritime gas turbines and unmanned aerial vehicles?
Answer: Reliance Defence

3. "Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana" to provide how much people belonging to below poverty line families with discounted LPG connections?
Answer: 5 crore

4. Which Telecom major is close to launching an IPO with its British parent picking six investment banks, including Kotak, ICICI and UBS, for the over USD 2 billion share sale process?
Answer: Vodafone India

5. The Centre’s ambitious National LED programme - UnnatJyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) - will be implemented across the country by?
Answer: 2019

6. India ranks which position in the exports of Fake goods globally while china is No.1 in the list with a huge 63 % share in the estimated half-a-trillion dollar worldwide imports of forged and pirated goods?
Answer: 5th

7. Parliament has passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016. It is an amendment to the act?
Answer: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 

8. Core sector industries grew by how much percent in March, as against a decline of (-)0.7 in the same month last year?
Answer: 6.4 Per cent

9. Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act came into force on?
Answer: 01st May 2016

10.With which country has India signed a bilateral air services agreement that would facilitate the operation of direct flights between two countries?
Answer: New Zealand

1. What is the full form of NGRBA?
Answer: National Ganga River Basin Authority 

2.  What will be the single emergency number that will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department?
Answer: ‘112‘ 

3. India has banned its nationals from travelling to which country irrespective of the purpose of the visit, in view of the prevailing security situation in that country?
Answer: Libya

4. To mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, India will organize a cultural festival in which country?
Answer: Egypt

5. Name the Anti-crime candidate and mayor of Davao City who won the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines.
Answer: Rodrigo Duterte

6. British Royals Prince William, Princess Kate and Prince Harry has launched which campaign at Queen Elizabeth Park in East London?
Answer: Heads Together campaign 

7. Name the country that signed agreements with Sudan to build 600-megawatt atomic reactor.
Answer: China 

8. The Centre has approved establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in?
Answer: Odisha

9. Who became the Brand Ambassador of world famous Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot?
Answer: Rohit Sharma 

10. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Tajikistan?
Answer: Somnath Ghosh