Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 14, 2017
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 14, 2017
Q.1) Name the Insurance Scheme launched by the government that will leads to expansion of Postal Life Insurance Under which at least one village having a minimum of 100 households will be identified in each of the revenue districts of the country.
a) Sampoorna Bimal Gramin Yojana
b) Sampoorna Gramin Bima Yojana
c) Sampoorna Bima Gramin Yojana
d) Sampoorna Gram Bima Yojana
e) Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana
Q.2) In which of the following state government chief minister flagged off 50 buses under the ‘Sankalp Seva’ service. These buses will connect as many as 6,000 villages?
a) Yogi Adityanath
b) Vijay Rupani
c) Devendra Fadnavis
d) Naveen Patnaik
e) Mamata Banerjee
Q.3) Which of the following state Government has announced the Garments and Apparel Policy-2017, with the aim of creating more opportunities in the garment sector?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Odisha
e) West Bengal
Q.4) The world’s largest combustion research centre was inaugurated at ________.
a) IIT- Madras
b) IIT- Kolkata
c) IIT- Delhi
d) IIT- Kharagpur
e) IIT-Mumbai
Q.5) Which of the following city will host an international Puppet festival from October 26?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Chennai
d) New Delhi
e) Jaipur
Q.6) In which of the following country State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has started selling lubricants as part of broader plans of Indian retailers to play a bigger role in the south-east Asian nation’s oil and gas sector?
a) Vietnam
b) Laos
c) Cambodia
d) Myanmar
e) Bhutan
Q.7) Which of the following Indian Naval Ships is participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self Defence Force (JMSDF) held at Sasebo, Japan?
A) INS Satpura
B) INS Tarani
C) INS Kadmatt
a) Only A
b) Only C
c) Both A & B
d) Both A & C
e) All A, B & C
Q.8) The world’s first “negative emissions” plant that turns carbon dioxide into carbonate rocks has begun operations in________.
a) Iceland
b) Australia
c) Antartica
d) Greenland
e) Poland
Q.9) Which of the following city has retained its rank as the number one city in the world according to Global Power City Index (GPCI)?
a) Paris
b) Tokyo
c) New York
d) London
e) Singapore
Q.10) Which of the following bank has launched new initiative, called SME Assist new product to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME clients?
a) Syndicate bank
b) Dena Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Indian Bank
e) Indian Overseas Bank
Q.11) Union Bank of India has launched an Android app, Union _______, as part of its drive to digitise customer-facing banking services.
a) Sanyog
b) Sahyog
c) Samyog
d) Sahyogi
e) Sahiyog
Q.12) In which of the following state MasterCard launches India innovation centre?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Odisha
e) West Bengal
Q.13) Which of the following entity issued final guidelines for prepaid payment instruments (PPI) such as closed, semi-closed and open wallets?
a) GOI
b) SEBI
c) IRDAI
d) MEA
e) RBI
Q.14) Which of the following city has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index 2017, which ranked 60 cities on parameters including personal and health security?
a) Paris
b) Tokyo
c) New York
d) London
e) Singapore
Q.15) The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley participated in the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting in________.
a) Washington D.C
b) New York
c) Geneva
d) Switzerland
e) London
Q.16) Which of the following entity banned Swasata Steel Industries Ltd (SSIL) and its seven directors from the securities market for at least four years in a case related to illegally raising Rs 12 crore from the public?
a) GOI
b) SEBI
c) IRDAI
d) MEA
e) RBI
Q.17) Who is appointed as the Business Head of ‘MobiKwik Payment Gateway’ to drive the growth of the entity?
a) Rumiya Rangwala
b) Rukmani Rangwala
c) Rukaiya Rangwala
d) Rithika Rangwala
e) Ragasya Rangwala
Q.18) World Standards Day is celebrated on ________ October
a) 11th
b) 12th
c) 13th
d) 14th
e) 15th
Q.19) Who will be the next UNESCO chief?
a) Audrey Azoulay
b) Julian Huxley
c) Luther H. Evans
d) René Maheu
e) Kōichirō Matsuura
Q.20) Who became the first cricketer from Bangladesh to be inducted in the MCC World Cricket Committee
Shakib Al Hasan
b) Mashrafe Mortaza
c) Tamim Iqbal
d) Mushfiqur Rahim
e) Mustafizur Rahman
Q.21) Name the Netherlands captain who signalled the end of his international career after his country failed to reach the 2018 World Cup finals despite a 2-0 win over Sweden.
a) Robin van Persie
b) Arjen Robben
c) Wesley Sneijder
d) Memphis Depay
e) Daley Blind
Q.22) Name the Indian cricket who has vowed to give back to the next generation in his new role as a Laureus Ambassador.
a) Ravichandran Ashwin
b) Virat Kohli
c) MS Dhoni
d) Rohit Sharma
e) Yuvraj Singh
