Daily Current Affairs Quiz : November 3, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following state government signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Terms of Reference (ToR) with Singapore for skilling youth of the state?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Haryana

e) Bihar

Q.2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the World Food India 2017 festival at the Vigyan Bhawan in _______.

a) Jaipur

b) Bangalore

c) New Delhi

d) Chennai

e) Kolkata

Q.3) Which of the following state government cabinet decided to make India’s first conservation reserve for black buck?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Haryana

e) Bihar

Q.4) Name the software application that was formally released to the Indian Army by the Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Sarath Chand in an event organised at South Block.

a) Integrated Quarterly Master Package

b) Integrity Quarter Master Package

c) Integration Quarter Master Package

d) Integrated Quarter Master Package

e) Integrating Quarter Master Package

Q.5) Which of the following state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Verbind, an integrated trade facilitation services organisation, to set up logistics and trading hub in the state that would attract investment to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Haryana

e) Bihar

Q.6) A fourteen day joint training exercise “PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017” between the Indian Army and the Kazakhstan Army commenced with the Opening Ceremony at ______.

a) Punjab

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Haryana

e) Uttar Pradesh

Q.7) World’s third largest book fair opens in _______.

a) Seoul

b) New Delhi

c) Sharjhah

d) Qatar

e) Abu Dhabi

Q.8) Kazakhstan is changing its name to ______as part of a transition from Cyrillic to a Latin-based script. A national commission will be set up to oversee the transition, which will be completed by 2025.

a) Qazahstan

b) Kazaqstan

c) Qazaqstan

d) Qazakhqstan

e) Kazakhqstan

Q.9) Which of the following state is the safest state to be a woman in India according to the first-ever gender vulnerability index (GVI)?

a) Manipur

b) Mizoram

c) Sikkim

d) Kerala

e) Goa

Q.10) Which of the following country has rated the most dangerous countries for journalists?

a) Pakistan

b) Philippines

c) Bangladesh

d) Syria

e) Israel

Q.11) Who was named the most powerful woman in India as she ranked 32nd in World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list by Forbes?

a) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

b) Roshni Nadar Malhotra

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Chanda Kochhar

e) Shobhana Bhartia

Q.12) Who has topped the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women?

a) Ivanka Trump

b) Theresa May

c) Angela Merkel

d) Nikki Haley

e) Priyanka Chopra

Q.13) Who is the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, the first woman to head the country’s central bank?

a) Jerome Powell

b) Manisha Singh

c) Gavin Williamson

d) Sudhanshu Jain

e) Rajesh Vaishnaw

Q.14) The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of_______, a prominent Indian-American lawyer, to a key administration position in the State Department that would make her in charge of the country’s economic diplomacy.

a) Jerome Powell

b) Manisha Singh

c) Gavin Williamson

d) Sudhanshu Jain

e) Rajesh Vaishnaw

Q.15) Who is named as new Defence Secretary of UK after the shock resignation of Sir Michael Fallon?

a) Jerome Powell

b) Manisha Singh

c) Gavin Williamson

d) Sudhanshu Jain

e) Rajesh Vaishnaw

Q.16) Who is appointed as Chief Financial Officer for Paytm Payments Bank (PPB)?

a) Jerome Powell

b) Manisha Singh

c) Gavin Williamson

d) Sudhanshu Jain

e) Rajesh Vaishnaw

Q.17) Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Malta?

a) Jerome Powell

b) Manisha Singh

c) Gavin Williamson

d) Sudhanshu Jain

e) Rajesh Vaishnaw

Q.18) Which of the following has received the Award of Merit from the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?

a) Bomonjee Hormarjee Wadia

b) Royal Opera House

c) Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

d) Gateways of Gohad Fort

e) Haveli Dharampura

Q.19) India ace _______was rewarded for his sensational run this season as he grabbed a career-best ranking of World No. 2 after jumping two places in the latest BWF ranking.

a) P V Sindhu

b) B Sai Praneeth

c) HS Prannoy

d) Kidambi Srikanth

e) Saina Nehwal

Q.20) Name the player who won gold in 50m pistol event at Commonwealth Shooting Championships.

a) Prakash Nanjappa

b) B Sai Praneeth

c) HS Prannoy

d) Amanpreet Singh

e) Jitu Rai