Daily Current Affairs GK Magazine Quiz : 20 March 2014

1. SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 19 March 2014 inaugurated its local office at which place?
[Category: Business Current Affairs]
[A] Patna
[B] Ranchi
[C] Rourkela
[D] Trivandrum


2. On 20 March 2014, who was unanimously elected as the first women President of Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA) in London?
[Category: Nominations Current Affairs]
[A] Tarapada Basu
[B] Siya Batra
[C] Neeru Chawla
[D] Aditi Khanna


3. World Sparrow Day was observed on 20 March 2014. The day is observed to create awareness about the House Sparrow and other common birds and the need for their protection. The theme for this year is Rise for the Sparrow. In which year the First World Sparrow Day was celebrated?
[Category: Important Days Current Affairs]
[A] 2010
[B] 2011
[C] 2012
[D] 2013


4. Khushwant Singh, the renowned author and journalist died on 20 March 2014 at the age of 99. He was the founder-editor of which magazine?
[Category: Persons in News Current Affairs]
[A] Outlook
[B] Illustrated Weekly of India
[C] Yojna
[D] India Today


5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 March 2014 extended the 80:20 scheme to import gold to five private banks. Can you name those banks?
[Category: Bank Current Affairs]
[A] ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank
[B] HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank
[C] HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank
[D] Dhanalaxmi Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank