Current Affairs Quiz – 23, AUGUST 2017
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Current Affairs Quiz – 23, AUGUST 2017
Q.1) NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has launched the Mentor India Campaign in ________.
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Bhopal
Q.2) Which state government has received a loan assistance of Rs 1,349.55 crore from National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for creation of rural infrastructure in the state under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)?
a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
e) Gujarat
Q.3) Which state government’s Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd (EPDCL) and the Southern Power Distribution Corporation of AP Ltd (SPDCL) have become the first state-owned distribution companies in India to accept payments through Bharat QR?
a) Telangana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka
e) Maharashtra
Q.4) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is going to establish National Sports Museum, first of its kind, at ________.
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Bhopal
Q.5) Who chaired the 42nd Annual General Body Meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) Society?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Radha Mohan Singh
e) Smirti Irani
Q.6) Who approved a proposal for setting up of a Commission under article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issue of sub-categorization of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs)?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Radha Mohan Singh
e) Smirti Irani
Q.7) Who chaired the 17th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) in New Delhi?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Radha Mohan Singh
e) Smirti Irani
Q.8) In which city UIDAI has joined hands with CSC India for launching door step enrolment facility in the national capital for the elderly, patients and others who cannot travel the Aadhar centres?
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Bhopal
Q.9) India and Uzbekistan should work for increasing trade to the tune of _______ billion US dollar by March 2018.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) Five
Q.10) In which country Typhoon Hato struck with a maximum speed?
a) China
b) Japan
c) Hong Kong
d) Philippines
e) Malaysia
Q.11) Which organisation has inked an agreement with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to deepen bilateral cooperation in telecom and broadcasting regulation?
a) IREDA
b) RBI
c) GOI
d) MEA
e) TRAI
Q.12) Which of the following company has given ‘in-principle’ approval to acquire government’s 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd?
a) GAIL
b) SAIL
c) IOCL
d) ONGC
e) HPCL
Q.13) According to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country grew by _______ per cent to USD 10.4 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal.
a) 17
b) 27
c) 37
d) 47
e) 57
Q.14) Name the Indian actors who are among the top 10 highest paid actors in the world in a list compiled by Forbes?
A) Salman Khan
B) Akshay Kumar
C) Shahrukh Khan
a) Both A and B
b) Both B and C
c) Both A and C
d) All A, B and C
e) None of the above
Q.15) Who has been appointed by Govt. of India as Director (Finance), Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)?
a) R.B. Gupta
b) K.B. Gupta
c) M.B. Gupta
d) S.B. Gupta
e) N.B. Gupta
Q.16) Who was appointed as the chairman of Syndicate Bank recently?
a) Akshay Vipin Nanavati
b) Sanjay Vipin Nanavati
c) Vijay Vipin Nanavati
d) Ajay Vipin Nanavati
e) Mahesh Vipin Nanavati
Q.17) Which city based start-up, Paynear Solution was awarded ‘Best Use of Mobile Technology in Financial Services in Asia’ at the ‘Eighth CMO Asia Excellence’ awards?
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Hyderabad
Q.18) Name the Indian American novelist and playwright, who is the recipient of the 2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize for fiction.
a) Manisha Viswanathan
b) Nikitha Viswanathan
c) Padma Viswanathan
d) Sathya Viswanathan
e) Sindhiya Viswanathan
Q.19) CEO of Prasar Bharati Shashi Shekhar Vempati launched a corporate book on ‘Mann Ki Baat’ in ________.
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Hyderabad
Q.20) 58th edition of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament began in _______.
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
e) Hyderabad
Q.21) Which state Chief Minister and a member of the first Lok Sabha Rishang Keishing passed away?
a) Meghalaya
b) Manipur
c) Nagaland
d) Tripura
e) Assam
Q.22) The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved his appointment as the chairman of Syndicate Bank for how many years.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) Five
Q.23) Which of the following country is participating in the 58th edition of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament began in Delhi recently?
a) Malaysia
b) Japan
c) China
d) Bangladesh
e) Pakistan
Q.24) 8th CMO Asia Excellence awards was held in ________.
a) Malaysia
b) Japan
c) China
d) Bangladesh
e) Singapore
Q.25) Gupta has been appointed by Govt. of India as Director (Finance), Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) for a period of ________ years.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) Five
