Current Affairs Quiz April 27, 2017

Current Affairs Quiz April 27, 2017

Q.1) How many Swachh iconic places has been chosen under Swachh Bharat Mission of Phase II by the Narendra Singh Tomar?

a) 10

b) 12

c) 15

d) 9

e) 20

Q.2) The International Road Federation (IRF), together with IRF India, the 18th IRF World Road Meeting to be held in which city of India?

a) Mumbai

b) Bangalore

c) Cochin

d) New Delhi

e) Hyderabad

Q.3) Which of the following cities have been named among the top 20 tourist destinations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, according to MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017?

a) Hyderabad & cochin

b) Bangalore & Jaipur

c) Hyderabad & Mumbai

d) Mumbai & Bangalore

e) Chennai & Mumbai

Q.4) Name the second aircraft carrier launched by China , marking an incremental rise in its capacity to project power in the West Pacific at the Dalian shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation?

a) Type-001C

b) Type-002A

c) Type-001A

d) Type-005 B

e) Type-001E

Q.5) The U.S. military started moving parts of an antimissile defence system to which country to secure an early operational capability of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in response to North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile threat?

a) Syria

b) Japan

c) Russia

d) South Korea

e) Iran

Q.6) Japanese Prime Minister visited Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the state and prospects for development of Russo-Japanese cooperation in the political, trade and economic and humanitarian spheres. PM of Japan is _______.

a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

b) Shinzo Abe

c) Theresa May

d) Malcolm Turnbull

e) Li Keqiang

Q.7) US Ambassador to the UN discussed with the Indian counterpart Syed Akbaruddin the economic and anti-corruption reforms undertaken by India to spur growth and measures to strengthen Indo-US partnership. Who is the US Ambassador to the UN?

a) Michael McKinle

b) John F. Tefft

c) Matthew Barzun

d) Nikki Haley

e) Woody Johnson 

Q.8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of bilateral issues and matters of mutual concern with which country’s Prime Minister in New Delhi. And signed an agreement on cooperation in economic projects between them, recently?

a) Russia

b) Sri Lanka

c) China

d) Nepal

e) Bangladesh

Q.9) The Reserve Bank will soon put into circulation new Rs 10 & Rs.5 coins with new creations. Which of the following is not true?

a) In new Rs 10 coin, on the reverse of the coin, there will be an image of National Archives Building in the centre with inscription ‘125 YEARS’ above the image.

b) In new Rs.10 coin, the year “1916” and “2016” in international numerals shall be written respectively on left and right bottom of the image.

c) In new Rs.5 coin, the year “1916” and “2016” in international numerals shall be written respectively on left and right top of the image.

d) Both a & c

e) All the above

Q.10) A stadium-sized pressure balloon launched by NASA in which place, to detect ultra-high energy cosmic particles from beyond the galaxy?

a) South Korea

b) Russia

c) New Zealand

d) United States

e) United Kingdom

Q.11) Which of the following person from India was crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017 event held at the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Managua?

a) Thrishi Kaur

b) Srishti Kaur

c) Ruben Kaur

d) Ruben Dario

e) Samantha Pierre

Q.12) Former soccer player Kaka has topped the list of Major League Soccer’s highest-paid players for a third straight year, with wages of $7.168 million. He is belongs to which country?

a) Brazil

b) Argentina

c) Russia

d) Belgium

e) Spain

Q.13) Jonathan Demme, best known for “The Silence of the Lambs”, died at the age of 73 in New York. He is related to which field?

a) Photographer

b) Director

c) Singer

d) Musician

e) Actor

Q.14) What is the capital of Cuba?

a) Asmara

b) Bogota

c) Quito

d) Havana

e) Accra

Q.15) In which of the following state Madhav National Park is located?

a) Haryana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Karnataka

e) Madhya Pradesh