Important current affairs and Gk questions of April month for IAS, RAS, SSC CGL, UPSC, BANK PO, UPSC,RPSC, Bank exams and all other exams.If you like the post kindly give rating. This questions are useful for any competitive exam like IAS, bank PO, SSC CGL, RAS, CDS, UPSC exams and all state related exams. 1. Recently, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) relaxed the limits for reinsurance cover from a foreign reinsurer. What is Reinsurance ?
[A]Again getting a company insured over and above its earlier insurance in order to mitigate risk still remaining if any [B]A company taking insurance cover from two different insurance companies [C]A company taking insurance cover from a Foreign insurance company [D]Insurance for an insurance company
Insurance for an insurance company
2. The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2013 (BTR 2013) has chosen which of the following as India’s three Most Trusted Brands this year:
Nokia, Samsung and Sony The Brand Trust Report, India Study – 2013 has chosen Nokia, Samsung and Sony as India’s three Most Trusted Brands this year. Nokia leads for the third consecutive year. As per ranking, the top 10 Most Trusted Brands this year are
3. In IPL-6 (2013), the Team from Hyderabad has been renamed from ‘Deccan Chargers’ to ___:
[A]Sunrisers Hyderabad [B]Hyderabad Blues [C]Hyderabad Nawabs [D]Royals of Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad
4. Retail major ‘Auchan’, which entered India recently is a company based in:
[A]USA [B]UK [C]China [D]France
France French retail major Auchan, entered India under a franchisee agreement with Max Hypermarket India. Max Hypermarket has plans of setting up as many as 60 stores under the Auchan brand in India over the next five years and has reportedly invested about Rs 450 crore in the country.
5. Which of the following is the only licensing-cum-regulating body of the financial audit and accountancy profession in India?
[A]NACAS [B]ICAI [C]IFRS [D]IFAC
ICAI ICAI is the only licensing cum regulating body of the financial audit and accountancy profession in India. ICAI is solely responsible for setting the auditing and assurance standards to be followed in the audit of financial statements in India.
6. Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside of a spacecraft beyond the Earth’s appreciable atmosphere, e.g. spacewalk made outside a craft orbiting Earth. In in context, what is “Stand-up” EVA (SEVA) ?
[A]Lunar surface exploration (commonly known as moonwalks) [B]Coming out of a spacecraft and standing on a surface like Moon, etc. [C]The astronaut does not fully leave a spacecraft, done usually to film or assist a spacewalking astronaut [D]None of these
The astronaut does not fully leave a spacecraft, done usually to film or assist a spacewalking astronaut
7. Recently, the high court of which among the following states in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on compressed natural gas (CNG)?
[A]Maharashtra [B]Delhi [C]Gujarat [D]Tamil Nadu
Gujarat The Gujarat High Court has ordered that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on compressed natural gas.
8. With reference to the farm sector of India, consider the following statements:
Neither 1 nor 2 Lending to the farm sector is about 37% of the agricultural GDP. However, farm sector GDP growth has been far lower than overall GDP growth. CSO’s advance estimates have forecast GDP growth of 1.8% for the farm sector against the overall GDP growth of 5% in 2012-13. Farm productivity is lagging, but farm wages and input subsidies have risen sharply, regardless of outcomes and efficiency.
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