Current Affairs Quiz : May 31, 2017

Q.1) The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has come out with an aggressive new campaign called “Darwaza Band”. This campaign has been supported by the World Bank. Then, who was ambassador of this campaign?

a) Amir Khan

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Deepika Padukone

e) Vidhya Balan

Q.2) Who laid the foundation stone of eight connectivity projects worth Rs 1,117.03 crore at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra Modi

c) Nitin Gadkari

d) Suresh Prabhu

e) Narendra Singh Tomar

Q.3) Which among the following state has decided to ban buying and selling of plastic bags below 50 microns from July to tackle the garbage and litter menace in public places. The law will be implemented starting with a fine of Rs. 500 to Rs.5000?

a) Haryana

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Goa

e) Andhra Pradesh

Q.4) Name the operation of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), currently tested for its accuracy and is most likely to be available in the market for public use early 2018?

a) NavIC

b) GaViC

c) NagIC

d) NaVeI

e) None of these

Q.5) Which of the following organization signed an agreement with Amul for fodder acreage assessment using satellite observation and space technology?

a) DRDO

b) NASA

c) ISRO

d) CSRO

e) None of these

Q.6) Which is the only Indian monuments to placed in the Top 10 global landmark?

a) Taj Mahal

b) India gate

c) Red Fort

d) Charminar

e) Hawa Mahal

Q.7) Which scheme was launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to reach out to farmers in the state and address their issues?

a) Samwad

b) Samwad Sabha

c) Shivar Samwad Sabha

d) Sanchar Sabha

e) Shivar Samwad

Q.8) Name the first of the six Scorpene submarine being built under project 75 set to be commissioned by end of July?

a) INS VIRAT

b) INS KAVERI

c) INS GANGA

d) INS KALVARI

e) INS DARSHARK

Q.9) Which of the following state started a campaign to eradicate Japanese Encephalitis in 38 district?

a) Haryana

b) Gujarat

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

e) West Bengal

Q.10) Which two countries signed an MoU with India for transfer of each other’s sentenced prisoners has come into effect with the ratification of the agreement by both the countries?

a) Australia and Srilanka

b) Kazakhstan and Srilanka

c) Australia and Israel

d) Kazakhstan and Australia

e) China and Australia

Q.11) Which Country approved the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) between Germany regarding cooperation in the sector of alternative medicine?

a) U.S

b) United Kingdom

c) India

d) Australia

e) Nepal

Q.12) Which among the following country launched a first women TV channel or Zan channel?

a) Pakistan

b) Afghanistan

c) Iran

d) UAE

e) Qatar

Q.13) The 28th edition of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit has started in _____

a) Belgium

b) Philippines

c) Brazil

d) Italy

e) France

Q.14) Which country successfully tested first live-fire test against a simulated ICBM (Intercontinental ballistic missile) for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), managed by Boeing Co (BA.N)?

a) South Korea

b) North Korea

c) United State

d) India

e) Israel

Q.15) Which of the following currency note set to introduce by RBI under the coinage act, 2011?

a) Rs.1

b) Rs.10

c) Rs.200

d) Rs.1000

e) Rs.20

Q.16) According to the S&P global rating, Indian banks’ stressed assets are likely to increase to 15% of total loans by ____

a) March 2017

b) March 2018

c) April 2017

d) May 2017

e) May 2018

Q.17) Which country was retained No.1 position of the world top most greenfield FDI investment by the “fDi Report 2017”?

a) United Kingdom

b) China

c) Mauritius

d) India

e) United States

Q.18) Who was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award recently?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Priyanka Chopra

c) Rekha

d) Raj Kapoor

e) Amir Khan

Q.19) Name the persons honoured with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers to be observed on May 29?

a) Brijesh Thapa

b) Ravi Kumar

c) Rajiv Sharma

d) Both a & b

e) Both a & c

Q.20) Who among the following have been inducted into the board as independent members in Banks Board of Bureau (BBB)?

a) Shubhalaxmi Panse

b) Rajiv Sharma

c) Pradip Shah

d) Both a and c

e) Both a and b

Q.21) Who has been appointed as Vice-Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities?

a) George Kurian

b) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

c) PN Pradhan

d) Anurag Tripathy

e) Kurian Singh

Q.22) Who was appointed as the secretary of CBSE?

a) PN Pradhan

b) Anurag Tripathy

c) G Mohan Kumar

d) Aravind Kumar

e) None of these

Q.23) Who has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff?

a) Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni

b) Sushil Kumar

c) Vishnu Bhagwat

d) PN Pradhan

e) Ram Dass Katari

Q.24) What is the rank occupy by Virat Kohli in the ICC Batsman Rating in ODI list released by International Cricket Council?

a) 1^st

b) 2^nd

c) 3^rd

d) 4^th

e) 5^th

Q.25) Which football player won the European Golden Shoe for a record fourth time for finishing as the top goal scorer in the season across all European first division leagues?

a) Lionel Messi

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) John Neymer

d) John Terry

e) None of these

Q.26) Which Player was named English Premier League Player of the Year?

a) Lionel Messi

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) John Neymer

d) N’Golo Kante

e) None of these

Q.27) Dasari Narayana Rao was passes away. He was former union minister of state of which Ministry?

a) Environment

b) Coal

c) HRD

d) Finance

e) Defence

Q.28) Former Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis, one of most prominent veteran politicians died at the age of 98. He was prime minister of which country?

a) Russia

b) France

c) Greece

d) Italy

e) Brazil

Q.29) Which day is observed every year on May 31?

a) World No Tobacco Day

b) UN Peace Keepers Day

c) International Macaroon Day

d) International Nurse Day

e) International UN Women Health Day

Q.30) Which of the following company launched “Solve for India” campaign to promote a platform for developers, entrepreneurs in tier II cities to hear from experts and learn about the latest Technologies?

a) Google

b) Yahoo

c) Bing

d) LinkedIn

e) Reddit