Current Affairs Quiz – 18, AUGUST 2017

Q.1) Name the minister who launched the live twitter wall for promoting Bharat Ke Veer portal on the eve of Independence Day 2017.

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.2) Who has accorded its approval for creation of a non-lapsable pool in the Public Account for secondary and higher, education known as “Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh” (MUSK) into which all proceeds of “Secondary and Higher Education Cess” will be credited?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.3) Who launched the “Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali” campaign?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Harsh Vardhan

Q.4) Who interacted with Young Entrepreneurs at the “Champions of Change” initiative organised by NITI Aayog at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.5) Industries in the north eastern and Himalayan states will continue to get tax exemption till March ______.

a) 2020

b) 2023

c) 2025

d) 2027

e) 2023

Q.6) With which of the following country signed an MoU with Union Cabinet on intellectual property right (IPR) cooperation, aimed at benefiting entrepreneurs, investors and businesses?

a) Portugal

b) Spain

c) Sweden

d) Poland

e) Germany

Q.7) With which of the following country India reviewed the entire bilateral relations and took stock of the progress achieved in key areas like energy, trade and security?

a) Portugal

b) Spain

c) Sweden

d) Poland

e) Turkmenistan

Q.8) Which Space station has successfully launched Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) ‘Space borne Computer’ towards the International Space Station using Falcon 9 rocket?

a) NASA

b) SpaceX

c) ESA

d) JAXA

e) CNSA

Q.9) Which of the following country has launched a new direct route between the country’s Hamad Port and Pakistan’s port of Karachi?

a) Palestine

b) Qatar

c) Afghanistan

d) Iraq

e) Israel

Q.10) Which Bank has unveiled the Aadhaar Enrolment Centre, following UIDAI’s directive last month?

a) ICICI bank

b) Karur Vysya bank

c) Axis bank

d) Yes bank

e) HDFC bank

Q.11) Which bank cut interest rates on most of its savings accounts to 3.5% from 4% after State bank of india, Axis bank recently?

a) ICICI bank

b) Karur Vysya bank

c) Axis bank

d) Yes bank

e) HDFC bank

Q.12) Who has been named Hollywood’s best-paid female actor in Forbes’ annual list of top earners?

a) Emma Stone

b) Julia Roberts

c) Amy Adams

d) Fan Bingbing

e) Melissa McCarthy

Q.13) Who has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys?

a) R Seshasayee

b) Pravin Rao

c) Vishal Sikka

d) Jeffrey Sean Lehman

e) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Q.14) Which of the following person has become a goodwill ambassador for Handicap International, pledging to work for millions who are ‘less visible’ but deserve equality?

a) Neymar

b) Lionel Messi

c) Cristiano Ronaldo

d) Zlatan Ibrahimović

e) Wayne Rooney

Q.15) Who has been appointed as the new President and Managing Director of General Motors India?

a) Johan de Nysschen

b) Mary T. Barra

c) Daniel Akerson

d) Patricia Russo

e) Sanjiv Gupta

Q.16) Who has been appointed as the Pakistan High Commissioner to India?

a) Abdul Basit

b) Sohail Mahmood

c) Satyabrata Pal

d) Sharat Sabharwal

e) TCA Raghavan

Q.17) Name the Pakistan origin singer who has been nominated as trustees of the city-based Bharat Bhavan.

a) Adnan Sami

b) Aamir Saleem

c) Abrar-ul-Haq

d) Ahmed Jahanzeb

e) Ali Azmat

Q.18) Name the music icon conferred with 7th Dr. Ambedkar award by the President Ram Nath Kovind.

a) Shiv Kumar Sharma

b) Ananda Shankar

c) Annapurna Devi

d) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

e) Bappi Lahiri

Q.19) Which company has been awarded with the National Safety Award (Mines) for the year 2013 and 2014?

a) Musk power

b) Soft Power

c) Adani Power

d) Tata Power

e) Reliance Power

Q.20) Who beats Roger Federer to win Rogers Cup final 2017?

a) Stan Wawrinka

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Andy Murray

d) Rafal Nadal

e) Alexander Zverev

Q.21) Who has topped the Forbes’ list of highest paid female athletes of 2017, with $27 million in earnings between June 2016 and June 2017?

a) Venus Williams

b) Serena Williams

c) Maria Sharapova

d) Caroline Wozniacki

e) Martina Hingis

Q.22) Who is set to return to world number one for the first time in three years after Roger Federer withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters with a back injury?

a) Stan Wawrinka

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Andy Murray

d) Rafael Nadal

e) Alexander Zverev

Q.23) Name the photographer who died recently, received the recognition and fame as a professional photographer when his pictures were selected for publication in three renowned British publications Amateur Photographer, Miniature Camera and Miniature Camera World.

a) R Paul

b) K Paul

c) N Paul

d) M Paul

e) S Paul

Q.24) Name the Former Kerala advocate general who passed away recently.

a) A K Damodaran

b) R K Damodaran

c) S K Damodaran

d) N K Damodaran

e) M K Damodaran

Q.25) Who is the chairman of HDFC bank?

a) Aditya Puri

b) Rana Kapoor

c) Shikha Sharma

d) Chandra Kocher

e) Amish Kapoor