QUIZ-13

Q1. The 13th Agricultural Science Congress being organised in Bengaluru from 21-24 February 2017 by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) and the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) was established in _______________.
Answer: 1929

Q2. Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) has made 13 villages of Karnataka under its jurisdiction as 100 per cent digital villages for banking activities. Who is the Chairman of KVGB?
Answer: S. Ravindran

Q3. Country's largest Public Sector bank State Bank of India (SBI) has rebranded its corporate website as _______________ from the earlier "sbi.co.in".
Answer: bank.sbi

Q4. Which Tata Steel's iron mine has been honoured with the Best Green Organisation of the Year Award at the Global Green Future Leadership Awards in recognition of its environmental protection measures, recently.
Answer: Katamati

Q5. Nagaland People’s Front (NPF) president Shurhozelie Liezeitsu will be sworn in as Nagaland's new Chief Minister. He will be ____________ Chief Minister of Nagaland.
Answer: 11th

Q6. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) celebrated 74th Central Excise Day in New Delhi, recently. Central Excise Day is observed on ________.
Answer: 24th February

Q7. Global payments network VISA has signed anMoU with which Indian state to help in transforming its one of the city into India's first 'less-cash' city, recently?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q8. Nobel-Winning person Kenneth J. Arrow died at the age of 95 years recently. He won Nobel Prize in the field of ___________ in year _____, respectively.
Answer: Economics, 1972

Q9. Name the country that became Germany’s most important trading partner in 2016 recently, overtaking The United States of America.
Answer: China

Q10. Rs 17,000 crore mega deal has been cleared by the government of India with Israel for developing which type of missiles system for Indian Army?
Answer: Medium-range surface-to-air missile

Q11. Which public sector bank has signed an corporate agency agreement with Chennai based general insurance provider Cholamandalam General Insurance Company for distribution of insurance products?
Answer: Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)

Q12. A Rs 17,000 crore deal has been cleared by the Indian government for jointly developing with _________ a medium-range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) for the Indian Army.
Answer: Israel

Q13. India and Germany have ratified the SSA, which will come into force from 01st May 2017, to help promote more investment flows between the two countries. SSA stands for-
Answer: Social Security Agreement

Q14. Name the State, which has became the second largest crude oil producer in the country after the offshore field Bombay High.
Answer: Rajasthan

Q15. Which bank has introduced Radio Frequency Identification Card (RFID) enabled banking cards, recently?
Answer: Dena Bank