Current Affairs Quiz : March 7, 2017
Q.1) Which Company announced its partnerships with Bharti Airtel, Videocon d2h and Vodafone as the video streaming service provider looks to expand its reach in the Indian market?
a) Live Nation
b) Time Warner
c) AMBLIN
d) Netlix
e) RATPAC
Q.2) According to the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the average peak download speed on Reliance Jio network more than doubled to how many megabit per second at the end of January?
a) 17.42
b) 16.42
c) 15.42
d) 13.32
e) 18.42
Q.3) In which state Bhagoria Haat Festival, was celebrated recently?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Madhya Pradesh
Q.4) In which place, water resources minister Uma Bharti will inaugurate a national conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan?
a) New Delhi
b) Bhopal
c) Bhubaneswar
d) Hyderabad
e) Bangalore
Q.5) Which software service exporter company buy U.S.-based healthcare IT consulting firm CJS Solutions Group for an enterprise value of $110 million?
a) IBM
b) TCS
c) Tech Mahindra
d) Larsen & Turbo
e) Aspire Systems
Q.6) Telecom regulator TRAI plans to unshackle Wi-Fi deployment across the country by providing internet for 2 paise per MB against the existing rates of around 10 paise in the mobile telecom market. Who is the CEO of TRAI?
a) Flavio Cattaneo
b) R S Sharma
c) Kiran Kumar
d) V K Sharma
e) Vijay Mittal
Q.7) As per the list of revised charges of SBI, failure to maintain Monthly Average Balance (MAB) in accounts will attract penalty of up to how much amount service tax?
a) Rs.150
b) Rs.100
c) Rs.200
d) Rs.250
e) Rs.300
Q.8) Times Higher Education revealed the best small universities in the world the survey states that the first position is grabbed by Caltech of US, what is the position of IISC Bangalore in the survey____________
a) 10th
b) 12th
c) 9th
d) 8th
e) 7th
Q.9) Which state is in the controversy that it has denied the pension benefits of its people?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Himachal Pradesh
e) Jammu and Kashmir
Q.10) The unofficial Yoga capital of the world is __________
a) Badrinath
b) Kedarnath
c) Rishikesh
d) Amristar
e) Dharmashala
Q.11) Which country is about receive an additional 60 MW from Tripura, India?
a) Bangladesh
b) Bhutan
c) Nepal
d) Myanmar
e) Sri Lanka
Q.12) Which state announced the Tirtha Dharshan scheme for senior citizens which would cover 400 destinations?
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Haryana
Q.13) Dr. Thomas Starzl recently died he belongs to transplant surgery in _____________
a) Kidney
b) Heart
c) Liver
d) Lungs
e) Eyes
Q.14) Indian women’s hockey team clinched the series by defeating which country?
a) Belarus
b) Canada
c) Czech republic
d) Finland
e) Japan
Q.15) India ranked ______ in Asia Men’s Rugby sevens trophy.
a) 6th
b) 7th
c)8th
d) 5th
e)9th
Q.16) Former director of Cellular and molecular biology Lalji singh has been awarded the SERB distinguished fellow award what does ‘E’ implies in SERB?
a) Economic
b) Employment
c) Enterprise
d) Engineering
e) Education
Q.17) K. Srinath Reddy who is presently the president of public health foundation of India has been given the rank of a cabinet minister in which state?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Odisha
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Telangana
Q.18) Melody Meyer and Atul Gupta has been appointed as executive advisors in ___________
a) Bharath petroleum corporation limited
b) Hindustan oil exploration company
c) Indraprastha Gas limited
d) Cairn India
e) Essar
Q.19) How many percent has been increased by IRDAI in insurance premium for cars, motor cycles as well as commercial vehicles from April 1?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 50%
d) 75%
e) 30%
Q.20) Renowned Rabi Ray passed away recently due to prolonged illness at SCB Medical College and Hospital. He was related to?
a) Actor
b) Politician
c) Journalist
d) Author
e) Artist
