Current Affairs for SBI PRE Exam

SBI Special GA

1) Union government on 7 April 2015 gave its approval to release an additional installment ____% of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01 January 2015?

(A) 6 %

(B) 10 %

(C) 3 %

(D) 7 %

2) What was India's rank among 133 nations on the Social Progress Index (SPI) ratings released globally on 8 April 2015?

(A) 129

(B) 101

(C) 49

(D) 14

3) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India on 8th April 2015?

(A) S Jaishankar

(B) V S Sampath

(C) Nasim Zaidi

(D) HS Barhma
4) D Jayakanthan, who passed away recently, was a famous writer in which language?

(A) Malayalam

(B) Sanskrit

(C) Hindi

(D) Tamil

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015 launched MUDRA Bank which will provide credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs. MUDRA stands for?

(A) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency

(B) Micro Urban and Rural Development Agency

(C) Medium Units Development and Refinance Agency

(D) Micro Units Development and Refunding Agency

6) Newly formed Mudra Bank will be part of?

(A) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

(B) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

(C) State Bank of India (SBI)

(D) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 
7) Who was on 6 April 2015 re-appointed as the chairman of the IPL governing council?

(A) Saurav Ganguly

(B) Rajeev Shukla

(C) Sunil Gavaskar

(D) Sandeep Patil

8) Name India's first Scorpene submarine which was recently launched for sea trials?

(A) INS Alleppy

(B) INS Vikrant

(C) INS Kalvari

(D) INS Pigeon
9) Which country will host the fifth meeting of SAARC health ministers in April 2015?

(A) India

(B) Nepal

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Bangladesh
10) What is the code name of the military operation in Yemen against Shia Houthi group?

(A) Operation Rahat

(B) Operation Thunderbolt

(C) Operation All Out

(D) Operation Decisive Storm