Current Affairs Quiz  – May 26, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following company had commissioned a 270 MW thermal unit at Sinnar, Nashik district of Maharashtra?

a) BEL

b) BHEL

c) DRDO

d) Reliance Industries Ltd

e) None of these

Q.2) The construction of first underwater rail tunnel is completed ahead of the scheduled deadline on July 2017, which connects _____ to ______.

a) Rourkela & Balasore

b) Bhuvaneshwar & Chandipur

c) Howrah & Salt Lake

d) Darjeeling & Durgapur

e) Siliguri & Digha

Q.3) Which state presented a Rs. 6,945 crore tax-free budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Manipur

c) Jharkhand

d) Puducherry

e) Haryana

Q.4) Recently, Cabinet Committee approved to set up a new AIIMS in _____ state. The cost of the project is Rs.1123 crore, under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)?

a) Kamrup, Assam

b) Madurai, Chennai

c) Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

d) Hyderabad, Telangana

e) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q.5) Name the exercise that concludes between India and Singapore Joint Navy Exercise at RSS Singapura-Changi Naval Base, South China Sea?

a) Mithras 2017

b) Sampriti 2017

c) SLINEX 2017

d) Malabar 2017

e) SIMBEX 2017

Q.6) Who has become the first amputee to swim from Egypt to Jordan, crossing a 20-kilometre (12.4 miles) stretch of the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba in nine hours?

a) Jessica Long

b) Omar Hegazy

c) Natelie du Toit

d) Jackie Mitchell

e) None of these

Q.7) Who was sworn in as President of Ecuador?

a) Lenin Moreno

b) Rafael Correa

c) Emmanuel Macron

d) John Deuba

e) None of these

Q.8) Which two Indian cities have been named among the world’s most crowded city in a list, topped by Dhaka from the report of World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat data?

a) New Delhi and Mumbai

b) Mumbai and Hyderabad

c) Mumbai and Kota

d) Bangalore and New Delhi

e) New Delhi and Kota

Q.9) Which bank has announced a National hackathon for developers, Start-ups and students to come with an innovative ideas. It is named as “Code For Bank”, starts from June 6, 2017 to June 20, 2017?

a) HDFC Bank

b) Bank of Baroda

c) State Bank of India

d) ICICI Bank

e) Axis Bank

Q.10) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)?

a) Rajan Anandan

b) Deep Kalra

c) Kunal Shah

d) Aravind Kumar

e) Atul Sobti

Q.11) Who among the person appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)?

a) John Hewett

b) Deep Kalra

c) Kunal Shah

d) Aravind Kumar

e) Atul Sobti

Q.12) Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Kerala State Women’s Commission?

a) Nalini Netto

b) M.C.Josephine

c) P.Janaki Amma

d) Smita Sabharwal

e) Marine Joseph

Q.13) Who has been appointed as member of the Kerala State Women’s Commission?

a) M.S. Thara

b) Merry Merin

c) P.Janaki Amma

d) Smita Sabharwal

e) Marine Joseph

Q.14) Which Player has become the first player to score a triple century (320runs) in a one-day match at Fazal Mahmood Inter-club Cricket Championship, Pakistan?

a) Syed Ahmal

b) Mohammed Ayub

c) Bilal Irshad

d) Yusaf Khan

e) Javed Khan

Q.15) Which Indian Player has won the bronze medal in air pistol in the 27th Meeting of Shooting Hopes International Competition in Plzen, Czech Republic?

a) Abhinav Bindra

b) Saurabh Chaudhary

c) Jitu Rai

d) Ankur Mittal

e) Heena Sidhu

Q.16) Which mobile company has received the $215 million loan from Export Development Canada to restructure its long term debt and lower finance costs?

a) Idea

b) Reliance Jio

c) Vodafone

d) Aircel

e) BSNL

Q.17) According to the Forbes magazine’s ‘Global 2000’ list 2017, which company got the highest ranked among the Indian firm. The Number of Indian companies in 2017 rising to 58 from last year’s 56?

a) Airtel

b) Reliance Industries

c) Paytm

d) Gail India Limited

e) ONGC

Q.18) Which of the following country host the G7 Summit 2017 in Taormina?

a) Germany

b) Argentina

c) Spain

d) Italy

e) Brazil

Q.19) Which Country got the $800 million as reimbursement for its military and logistical support in counter-terrorism operations in the next fiscal year from United States?

a) UAE

b) Israel

c) Palestine

d) Jordan

e) Pakistan

Q.20) The 10th edition of the Goa Marathi Film Festival (GMFF) organised from June 16 to 18, 2017 at _____?

a) Maharashtra

b) Goa

c) Kerala

d) Punjab

e) New Delhi

Q.21) What is the currency of Ecuador?

a) Riyal

b) Dinar

c) United States Dollar (USD)

d) Krone

e) Lira

Q.22) Who is the president of Jordan?

a) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

b) Hani Al-Mulki

c) Lenin Moreno

d) Rafael Correa

e) Emmanuel Macron

Q.23) The two Indian cities, Mumbai(2^nd place) and Kota have been named among the world’s most crowded city in a list reported by the World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat data. What is the rank of Kota in the list?

a) 3^rd

b) 4^th

c) 5^th

d) 6^th

e) 7^th

Q.24) Where is the Headquarter of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)?

a) New Delhi

b) Hyderabad

c) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

e) Chennai