Current Affairs Quiz – May 22, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following state announced that they would digitize all the government schools by December 2018?

a) West Bengal

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Maharashtra

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Haryana

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 c) Maharashtra 

Q.2) Name the missile test fired in North Korea, led by President Kim Jong-un?

a) Pukguksong-2

b) Nodong

c) Unha-1

d) Taepodong-2

e) Kwangmyongsong-4

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 a) Pukguksong-2 

Q.3) Recently, US president Donald Trump visits Israel to make Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement in his maiden foreign strip. What is the name of Israeli prime minister?

a) Reuven Rivlin

b) Benjamin Netanyahu

c) Ehud Barak

d) Ariel Sharon

e) Ehud Olmert

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 b) Benjamin Netanyahu 

Q.4) Singapore based DBS Bank has become the first bank in India to adopt a new open architecture model with three life insurers on a single platform. Which of the following is not one of the three life insurers partnership with bank?

a) Aviva India Life

b) Birla Sun Life

c) Tata AIA Life

d) Life Insurance Corporation

e) None of these

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 d) Life Insurance Corporation 

Q.5) Who was re-elected as second term of president of Iran?

a) Hassan Rouhani

b) Reuven Rivlin

c) Shimon Peres

d) Yitzhak Rabin

e) None of these

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 a) Hassan Rouhani 

Q.6) Who was withdrawn his resignation of the member of Bank Board Bureau after had a discussion with Vinod Rai, Chairman of Bank Board Bureau?

a) Anil K Khandelwal

b) Rupa Kudwa

c) H N Sinor

d) G Mohankumar

e) Sakthidanda Das

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 c) H N Sinor 

Q.7) Who has been appointed as new finance minister of Srilanka by president Maithripala Sirisena?

a) Vajira Abeywardena

b) Sarath Amunugama

c) Thalatha Atukorale

d) Mangala Samaraweera

e) None of these

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 d) Mangala Samaraweera 

Q.8) Who sworn in as new foreign minister of Srilanka?

a) Ravi Karunanayake

b) Mangala Samaraweera

c) R M Ranjith

d) Rishad Bathiudeen

e) None of these

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 a) Ravi Karunanayake 

Q.9) The West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee awarded highest civilian award “Banga Samman” to whom?

a) Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee

b) Y.C.Deveshwar

c) Padma Sachdev

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

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 d) Both a and b 

Q.10) What is the name of Bacteria discovered by NASA which named after former president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam?

a) Neisseria Kalamii

b) Solibacillus kalamii

c) Leptospira kalamii

d) Clostridium botulinum kalamii

e) None of these

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 b) Solibacillus kalamii 

Q.11) Which team won the final of IPL10 Trophy held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad?

a) Mumbai Indians

b) Pune Supergiant

c) Sunrise Hyderabad

d) Gujarat Lions

e) Kolkatta Knight Kniders

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 a) Mumbai Indians 

Q.12) Who would participate in behalf of India in the 172nd OPEC meeting would be held at Vienna, Austria?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra Modi

c) Pranab Mukherjee

d) Harsh Vardhan

e) Dharmendra Pradhan

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 e) Dharmendra Pradhan 

Q.13) Which football team won the La Liga title after 5 years by defeat Malaga  in La Rosaleda, Spain?

a) Barcelona

b) Real Madrid

c) Atletico Madrid

d) S D Eibar

e) Celta Vigo

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b) Real Madrid

Q.14) Name the Prominent Indian businessman who was instrumental in the safe evacuation of stranded Indians during the Iraqi invasion in 1990, passed away in Kuwait?

a) Sepoy Kanshi Ram

b) Naik Jadu Nath Singh

c) Manoj Kumar Pandey

d) Abdul Hamid

e) Matthunny Mathews

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 e) Matthunny Mathews 

Q.15) How many total countries are being members in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as of 2017?

a) 13

b) 21

c) 32

d) 45

e) 54

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 a) 13