Current Affairs Quiz – 19, AUGUST 2017

Q.1) Who inaugurated the “Orient Craft Textile facility” at Irba near Ranchi in Jharkhand?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Smriti Irani

c) Rajnath Singh

d) Radha Mohan Singh

e) Arun Jaitley

Q.2) Who inaugurated two day Chief Electoral Officers Conference of all States and Union Territories commenced in New Delhi?

a) Narendra Modi

b) A.K. Jyoti

c) O.P. Rawat

d) Nasim Zaidi

e) Arun Jaitley

Q.3) Navika Sagar Parikrama is a project wherein a team of women officers of the Indian Navy would circumnavigate the globe on an Indian-built sail boat named ________

a) INSV Sanghamitra

b) INSV Mhadei

c) INSV Tarini

d) INSV Shakti

e) INSV Sindhurakshak

Q.4) With which country Japan have agreed to advance their multilateral security and defence cooperation with countries like India, South Korea and Australia, amidst China’s growing assertiveness in the Asia Pacific region?

a) UK

b) Russia

c) Japan

d) Germany

e) USA

Q.5) How many persons have featured in Fortune’s annual list of 40 young and influential people in the field of business inspiring others with their work from Indian origin?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

e) Five

Q.6) RBI will shortly issue new banknotes of Rs ____ denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, which will bear the picture of the iconic stone chariot at Hampi on the reverse side.

a) 20

b) 50

c) 100

d) 500

e) 1000

Q.7) Which bank has cut its rates to 50 basis point to 3.5 percent on deposit below 5 Lakh, after second largest private sector lender in the country, HDFC Bank has cuts its savings bank interest rate?

a) Axis bank

b) Yes Bank

c) IndusInd Bank

d) ICICI Bank

e) Karua Vysya Bank

Q.8) Which bank has informed BSE that the Reserve Bank of India has accorded their approval for the appointment of Shri P R Seshadri as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Bank?

a) Axis bank

b) Yes Bank

c) IndusInd Bank

d) ICICI Bank

e) Karua Vysya Bank

Q.9) In which country Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah was appointed as the chief of naval forces making him the first from the minority Tamil community to head the Navy since the brutal civil war erupted in the country 45 years ago?

a) Malaysia

b) Singapore

c) Japan

d) Sri Lanka

e) Mauritius

Q.10) Which country has appointed the career diplomat Nikolay Kudashev as new ambassador to India?

a) Russia

b) China

c) Japan

d) Germany

e) USA

Q.11) Who is going to be part of information and broadcasting ministry constituted a steering committee for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) recently?

a) Ogilvy Barua

b) Shoojit Sarcar

c) Nagesh Kukunoor

d) Jahnu Barua

e) Piyush Pandey

Q.12) How many medals has been won by our Indians at World Dwarf Games in Canada recently?

a) 27

b) 47

c) 35

d) 37

e) 40

Q.13) Which of the following organisation is celebrating the World Honey Bee Day (WHBD) on 19^th august in the Country?

a) TRFIED

b) TRIFED

c) TRIFID

d) TRIEFD

e) TIRFED

Q.14) World Photography Day is celebrated on _____ August every year.

a) 16^th

b) 17^th

c) 18^th

d) 19^th

e) 20^th

Q.15) World Humanitarian Day is celebrated on ______.

a) 16^th August

b) 17^th August

c) 18^th August

d) 19^th August

e) 20^th August

Q.16) Who recently resigned from US President Donald Trump’s administration, where played a key role in the electoral victory of Trump last year?

a) Steve Bannon

b) John Kelly

c) Steve mascot

d) John Shelly

e) Richard Banne

Q.17) Centre has doubled the child care allowance for women employees with disabilities to ______ per month.

a) 1500

b) 2000

c) 2500

d) 3000

e) 3500

Q.18) Who is the chairman of ICICI Bank?

a) Chandha Kochhar

b) Shika Sharma

c) Aditya Puri

d) Mahesh Kumar Jain

e) Rana Kapoor

Q.19) The currency of Sri Lanka is ______.

a) Rial

b) Rupee

c) Dollar

d) Euro

e) Rupiah

Q.20) The capital of Srilanka is _______.

a) Colombo

b) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

c) Trincomalee

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

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