Current Affairs Quiz : 23 Feb 2017
Current Affairs Quiz : 23 Feb 2017
Q.1) How much loan amount has been approved by the cabinet for setting up 50 solar parks and ultra mega solar power projects?
a) 8,100 crore
b) Rs.8,500 crore
c) Rs.1,800 crore
d) Rs.9,100 crore
e) Rs.7,100 crore
Q.2) The government has increased the maternity leave for women working in industries from the existing three months to how many months?
a) 5 months
b) 6 months
c) 7 months
d) 4 months
e) 8 months
Q.3) In which state govt prohibited the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of food products containing tobacco or nicotine like gutkha and pan masala in the state for one year?
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Gujarat
d) Himachal Pradesh
e) West Bengal
Q.4) The See Sharp Fest, a green living and learning festival, will be hosted by which state at the first time?
a) Kerala
b) Maharastra
c) Tamilnadu
d) Goa
e) Karnataka
Q.5) How many authors were conferred the Sahitya Akademi awards at the annual “Festival of Letters”?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) 25
e) 26
Q.6) Who won his first Oscar award in 2016 for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film ‘The Revenant’, after receiving six Oscar nominations in his career?
a) Jeff Bridges
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Lucas Hedges
d) Dev Patel
e) Michael Shannon
Q.7) Which country won the men’s Roll Ball World Cup Championship as they beat Iran final tournament?
a) India
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bangladesh
d) Iraq
e) Japan
Q.8) Roger Federer has signed a three-year deal to play at his hometown event until the age of 38. Federer belongs to which country?
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Bern, Switzerland
c) Zurich, Switzerland
d) Lausannae, Switzerland
e) Basel, Switzerland
Q.9) Who has been signed to become the ambassador for Tour n’ Cure to promote the North African country as a medical tourism destination for hepatitis C patients?
a) Roberto Carlos
b) Diego Maradona
c) Gerd Müller
d) Ronald Koeman
e) Lionel Messi
Q.10) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya?
a) T R Zeliang
b) Shurhozelie Liezietsu
c) Neiphiu Rio
d) Vamuzo Phesao
e) None of these
Q.11) How many Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star discovered by NASA Astronomers?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 6
d) 4
e) 7
Q.12) Recently, who has been announced his retirement from racing?
a) Monappa
b) Zareer Darashah
c) Kenneth Arrow
d) Romon Dominguez
e) None of these
Q.13) Nobel Prize-winning Kenneth Arrow died recently. He belongs to which field?
a) Economist
b) Phychologist
c) Journalist
d) Doctor
e) Astrologist
Q.14) How much amount announced by Vijay Goel for India’s T20 World Cup Blind winning team as a cash reward to each person?
a) 5 lakh
b) Rs.3 lakh
c) Rs.2 lakh
d) Rs.6 lakh
e) Rs.10 lakh
Q.15) Which country to stop car imports from India?
a) Uganda
b) US
c) Canada
d) Japan
e) Germany
Q.16) New low cost robotic arm for minimally invasive surgery developed by whom?
a) Steven Chu
b) Sally Ride
c) Shorya Awtar
d) Sigmund Freud
e) Svente Awatar
Q.17) Which of the following versions were launched through Aadhaar Praman Service by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Future Decoded 2017 in Mumbai?
a) Skype & LinkedIn
b) Skype & Hike
c) LinkedIn & Hike
d) Google duo & Hike
e) None of these
Q.18) To overcome Reliance Jio network, India’s largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel announced it is buying Norwegian Telecom Company. Name of the company is?
a) Telecomm
b) Tele Buy
c) Telenor
d) Tele net
e) None of these
Q.19) Which of the following Micro finance Institution launched an initiative for instant loan approval and disbursed them to three women in a village near Bassi in Jaipur district?
a) Arohan Financial Inclusion Ltd
b) Bandhan Financial Inclusion Ltd
c) Bharati Financial Inclusion Ltd
d) Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd
e) Annapurna Financial Inclusion Ltd
Q.20) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) foresees India’s economic growth rebounding to ___ for next fiscal?
a) 7.25%
b) 2%
c) 7.3%
d) 7.5%
e) 6.6%
