Current Affairs Quiz : May 9, 2017

Q.1) Which state government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based technology major Oracle to enhance delivery of services to citizens as well as make the state more attractive for start-ups?

a) Jharkhand

b) Manipur

c) Odissa

d) Rajasthan

e) Andhra Pradesh

Q.2) Who will chair the four-day meeting of the 58-member Governing Council (GC) of UN-Habitat. The theme of the 26th meeting of the GC is ‘Opportunities for effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda’?

a) Rajnath Singh

b) Narendra Modi

c) Pranab Mukherjee

d) Arun Jaitley

e) Venkaiah Naidu

Q.3) World Intellectual Property Organisation signed an MoU with which Department to establish Technology and Innovation Support Centres in the country and to boost generation and commercialisation of intellectual properties?

a) Department of Infrastructure and Development

b) Department of Industry and Promotion

c) Department of Investment and Promotion

d) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

e) Department of Infrastructure and Promotion

Q.4) India signed an MoU with which country to strengthen their defence cooperation amid rising tension in the Asian region?

a) Iran

b) South Korea

c) Japan

d) Russia

e) China

Q.5) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar welcomed an Indian naval frigate______ as it docked on the river Thames in London to mark UK India Year of Culture 2017?

a) INS Trishul

b) INS Tarkash

c) INS Trikand

d) INS Tabar

e) INS Talwar

Q.6) Which of the following International Bank /Organisation had predicted India’s growth to rebound to 7.2 per cent in the 2017-18 fiscal after disruptions caused by demonetization?

a) ADB

b) IMF

c) Fitch

d) Moody’s

e) World Bank

Q.7) Which of the following telecom company had partnered with taxi aggregator Ola to offer a range of digital services to customers, recently?

a) Idea

b) Reliance

c) Vodafone

d) Aircel

e) Airtel

Q.8) Who has been appointed as the member of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the US President Donald Trump?

a) Neil Chatterjee

b) Baskar Chatterjee

c) Neil Wockmann

d) George Rookree

e) Wilson Jones

Q.9) Who has been appointed as the India’s Ambassador to Netherlands?

a) Rithvik Rajamony

b) Kirish Rajamony

c) Venu Rajamony

d) Rakesh Rajamony

e) Naveen Rajamony

Q.10) Mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan, who was once the oldest climber to scale the Mount Everest, died at the age of 86. He is belongs to which country?

a) Maldives

b) Myanmar

c) China

d) Nepal

e) Japan