Current Affairs Quiz – 23, July  2017

Q.1) Which of the following key issue has been approved under the revision of Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) guidelines, set up in 2009, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi?

a) Assisting Overseas Indian Nationals in distress situations

b) Community Welfare activities

c) Improvement in Consular services

d) Only a and b

e) All a, b and c

Q.2) Which of the following Golf course in South Delhi is set to redevelop its work with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), lifting the stay order on the construction activity with approval from Delhi Development Authority (DDA)?

a) Qutab Golf Course

b) DLF Golf and Country Club

c) Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club

d) ITC Golf Course

e) Tollygunge Club

Q.3) Which country will host World’s Largest Conference on Cyber Space that planned at the end of this year; Theme on Cyber4All: An Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure Cyberspace, the GCCS 2017?

a) United States

b) Japan

c) Switzerland

d) India

e) Spain

Q.4) The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has envisaged that the Maharashtra Samruddhi Corridor will become a centre for educational institutions that is 700-km expressway connecting _____.

a) Pune and Mumbai

b) Mumbai and Nagpur

c) Mumbai and Pune

d) Nagpur and Nashik

e) Aurangabad and Nashik

Q.5) What is the name of sub-scheme launched by Ministry of Rural Development under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)?

a) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

b) Indira Awaas Yojana

c) Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

d) Agrivika Gram Expansion Yojana

e) Swagatjyoti Grameen Yojana

Q.6) Name the tennis player who famously upset Boris Becker at Wimbledon twice, dubbed ‘Becker Wrecker’ passes away recently.

a) Perry

b) Segura

c) Laver

d) Gonzales

e) Peter Doohan

Q.7) Which city has been named the Local Data Hub for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region by the United Nations?

a) Paris

b) Dubai 

c) Riyadh

d) Pulau Ujong

e) Wellington

Q.8) Which bank launches ‘Met Loan & Life Suraksha’ for its customers and also an app which marks the 15 years of celebration of partnership with PNB MetLife?

a) ICICI Bank, ICICI MLLS app

b) Federal Bank, FBL MLLS app

c) Axis Bank, ABL MLLS app

d) Karnataka Bank, KBL MLLS app

e) Karur Vyasa Bank, KaBL MLLS app

Q.9) Which of the following Co-operative Bank issued notices to around 150 account holders who deposited large amount of cash in their accounts post demonetisation last year and transferred through Cheques and RTGS?

a) Surat District Co-operative Bank

b) Pune Co-operative Bank

c) Tamil Nadu Co-operative Bank

d) Chitoor District Co-operative Bank

e) Thrissur Co-operative Bank

Q.10) Who bagged a silver and bronze medal in high jump at World Para Athletics Championships held in London?

a) Sharad Kumar and Varun Bhati

b) Devendra Jhajharia and Deepa Malik

c) Varun Bhati and Mariyappan Thangavelu

d) Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla and Deepa Malik

e) Sharad Kumar and Jagseer Singh

Q.11) Which former Union Home Minister replaces Ambika Soni, the general secretary incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh

a) A.K. Antony

b) Sharad Pawar

c) P. Chidambaram

d) Sushil Kumar Shinde

e) Kapil Sibal

Q.12) Name the New Communications Director appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

a) Stephen Miller

b) Jared Kushner

c) Dina Powell

d) Sebastian Gorka

e) Anthony Scaramucci

Q.13) Which Bollywood actress will be honoured at Toronto Film Festival, a day before it kicks off?

a) Aishwarya Rai Bacchan

b) Priyanka Chopra

c) Sonam Kapoor

d) Alia Bhat

e) Sridevi Bony Kapoor

Q.14) Name the Chennai-based professor of psychiatry and leading specialist in neuro behavioural medicine, presented the ‘Most Trusted Neuro-psychiatrist of the Year’ Award at the Rising Leadership Awards held in Goa.

a) Dr. Arun Saroha

b) Dr. Vikas Kathuria

c) Dr. U. Gauthamadas

d) Dr. Srikala Prasad

e) Dr. Koteeswaran

Q.15) The Senior Congress leader Shivajirao Patil who passed away is a former Member of which state legislature and the state cabinet.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Haryana

d) Goa

e) Karnataka

Q.16) Name the national leaders, the PM Narendra Modi remembers on their birth anniversary on July 23^rd.

a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Shekhar Azad

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Subash Chandra Bose and Tantia Tope

d) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

e) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad

Current Affairs : 23,July- 2017 – India bag two medals in high jump at World Para Athletics Championships: