Current Affairs Quiz – July 22, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following Assembly adopted two resolutions on naming the civil terminals of the Kanpur and Bareilly airports after freedom fighter Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi and as Nath Nagri respectively?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

e) Himachal Pradesh

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b) Uttar Pradesh

Q.2) Who released the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP) recently that aims to transform cross-border clearance ecosystem through efficient, transparent, risk-based, co-ordinated, digital, seamless and technology driven procedures which are supported by advanced sea ports, airports, and land borders?

a) Nitin Gadkari

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Arun Jaitley

d) Narendra Modi

e) Radha Mohan Singh

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c) Arun Jaitley

Q.3) The second of the eight Mark IV LCU vessels, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) in _____.

a) Kolkata

b) Bangalore

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

e) Chennai

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a) Kolkata

Q.4) Which of the following state is the first “child-friendly” police station will come up shortly in Dholpur, with the provision for spreading awareness about laws against child labour, child marriage and sexual offences and establishment of a colourful and attractive child cell?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Rajasthan

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

e) Himachal Pradesh

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b) Rajasthan

Q.5) Who introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to repeal certain Acts, a move that was legally necessary in the wake of the merger of State Bank of India (SBI) with its subsidiary banks from April 1 this year?

a) Nitin Gadkari

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Arun Jaitley

d) Narendra Modi

e) Radha Mohan Singh

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c) Arun Jaitley

Q.6) Which of the following organisation has entered into a pact with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for exchange of information concerning Central Counterparties (CCPs)?

a) SEBI

b) RBI

c) GOI

d) PWD

e) MEA

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a) SEBI

Q.7) Which of the following bank has entered into an agreement with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) for extending various banking services to Government e-Marketplace (GeM)?

a) Bank of Maharashtra

b) Dena

c) Bank of India

d) IDBI

e) Bank of Baroda

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e) Bank of Baroda

Q.8) State Bank of India (SBI) and marquee private equity investor Carlyle Group will acquire GE Capital Group’s entire _______ percent stake in SBI Card.

a) 15

b) 16

c) 17

d) 20

e) 26

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e) 26

Q.9) Which of the following Steel India Private Ltd., a wholly-owned unit of Japan, is setting up a facility at Sri City, to manufacture heat-resistant stainless steel for making automobile engine valves?

a) Shandong

b) Hesteel Group

c) Hunan Valin

d) China Baowu Steel

e) Tohoku

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e) Tohoku

Q.10) Adobe Systems Incorporated said it has appointed _________ as the Managing Director for Adobe Systems in India.

a) Shantanu Narayen

b) Laura Desmond

c) John E. Warnock

d) Shanmugh Natarajan

e) Dan Rosensweig

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d) Shanmugh Natarajan

Q.11) Name the Senior diplomat and External Affairs Ministry spokesperson appointed as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office?

a) Vinay Mohan Kwatra

b) Gopal Baglay

c) Vikas Swarup

d) Syed Akbaruddin

e) Mohan Kwatra

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b) Gopal Baglay

Q.12) Kazan was controversially named host of the FINA World Swimming Championships in __________.

a) 2018

b) 2020

c) 2022

d) 2024

e) 2021

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c) 2022

Q.13) Sports Minister Vijay Goel and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari flagged off the 10th Slum Yuva Daud at _________.

a) Kolkata

b) Bangalore

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

e) Chennai

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d) New Delhi

Q.14) The United States has blocked _______million dollars in coalition support funds to Pakistan as Islamabad failed to act against the dreaded Haqqani network.

a) 250

b) 300

c) 350

d) 400

e) 450

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c) 350

Q.15) Centre said that over _______ lakh GSTIN registration have been done till 18th of this month.

a) 73.55

b) 75.55

c) 77.55

d) 79.55

e) 83.55

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c) 77.55

Q.16) Who has been appointed as the secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind?

a) Vinay Mohan Kwatra

b) Vikas Swarup

c) Ashok Malik

d) Sanjay Kothari

e) Syed Akbaruddin

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d) Sanjay Kothari

Q.17) Usain Bolt ran under _______ seconds for the first time this year as he narrowly won the 100 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting.

a) 8

b) 9

c) 10

d) 11

e) 12

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c) 10

Q.18) Leader of Opposition in _________assembly Shankarsinh Vaghela quit the Congress party.

a) Uttarakhand

b) Gujarat

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

e) Himachal Pradesh

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b) Gujarat

Q.19) India, China and Pakistan are among the 10 countries that accounted for more than ___________ per cent of all new HIV infections in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2016, according to a UN report.

a) 75

b) 80

c) 85

d) 90

e) 95

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e) 95

Q.20) A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found that a majority of loans given by __________during 2012-16 were either not in line with the General Lending Policy, or were given out without due diligence having been performed.

a) ICFL

b) ICFI

c) IFCI

d) IIFC

e) ICFL

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c) IFCI

Q.21) Who has been appointed as the first female president of the UK supreme court?

a) Browne-Wilkinson

b) Brenda Hale

c) Wilberforce

d) Fraser of Tullybelton

e) Baron Scarman

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b) Brenda Hale

Q.22) Which of the following government joined hands to revive the long lost River Saraswati and provide water to the drought-prone areas of India?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Gujarat

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

e) Himachal Pradesh

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d) Haryana