Current Affairs Quiz : May 27, 2017

Q.1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched SAMPADA Scheme to promote food processing and to create job opportunities for the youth at an initial investment of Rs.6000 crore. Name the abbreviation of SAMPADA?

a) Scheme for Agri-Multi Process And Development of Ago-Processing

b) Scheme for Agro-Marine Profit And Development of Ago-Processing

c) Scheme for Agriculture-Marine Process And Development of Ago-Processing

d) Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing And Development of Ago-Processing

e) None of these

Q.2) Name the new programme launched by PM Modi to receive feedback about government activities from the people in the country?

a) Mann Ki Baat

b) Jan Ki Baat

c) Namo Baat

d) Digital Jan Baat

e) None of these

Q.3) Which city became the India’s first city to have electric mass mobility system. It was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis?

a) Mumbai

b) Nagpur

c) Pune

d) Nasik

e) None of these

Q.4) Recently, Sushma Swaraj met Prime Minister of Mauritian to deepen bilateral cooperation in various areas including trade and investment at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Name the Mauritian Prime Minister?

a) Emmanuel Macron

b) Moon-in-Juan

c) Pravind Jugnauth

d) James Cameroon

e) Ameenah Gurib

Q.5) A young Indian IAS officer, Haulianlal Guite from Manipur state has authored and published a book titled “Confessions of a dying mind: the blind faith of atheism”. This book was unveiled by Union Minister ________?

a) Kiren Rijiju

b) Arun Jatley

c) Venkaiah Naidu

d) Harsh Vardhan

e) Nirmala Sitharaman

Q.6) The Environment ministry along with the UN Environment OzonAction’s Compliance Assistance Programme organised a ‘Ozone2Climate’ technology Roadshow on the sidelines of South Asia National Ozone Officers Annual Network Meeting held in _____?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Bangalore

d) Jaipur

e) Hyderabad

Q.7) Name the world’s largest aircraft successfully completed a test flight in Cardington, UK?

a) Airlander 2

b) Airlander 4

c) Airlander 6

d) Airlander 8

e) Airlander 10

Q.8) Which Country has recruited the world’s first robot police officer named as “Robocop”?

a) Japan

b) China

c) Dubai

d) UAE

e) Qatar

Q.9) The 3^rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting 2017 was held in ____?

a) Paris, France

b) Colombo, Srilanka

c) Hanoi, Vietnam

d) Kathmandu, Nepal

e) Berlin, Germany

Q.10) Who among the following became the second Indian-American judge of an appeals court with the United States senate confirming his appointment to the Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals?

a) Amul Thapar

b) Shri Srinivasan

c) Ajay Narayan Jha

d) Ayub Chatterjee

e) None of these

Q.11) Who among the following was nominated as CEO of vision fund by Tokyo based giant SoftBank Group?

a) Sanjev Misra

b) Rajeev Misra

c) John Terry

d) Mark Fields

e) Mary T. Barra

Q.12) Who has been appointed as the next chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board?

a) Injamam ul-haq

b) Javed Mianded

c) Najam Sethi

d) Shaharyar Khan

e) Javed Abbas

Q.13) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed installing ATMs and issuing debit cards, prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) like mobile wallets in co-operative banks. The limit is ____.

a) Rs. 1000

b) Rs. 3500

c) Rs. 7500

d) Rs. 10,000

e) Rs. 20,000

Q.14) RBI observes financial literacy week to focus on four broad theme – know your customer (KYC), Exercising Credit Discipline, Grievance Redressal and Going Digital (UPI and *99#). This week is observed from ____.

a) June 1-5

b) June 5-9

c) June 9-13

d) June 12-15

e) None of these

Q.15) Which bank has signed an MoU with IFFCO to launch its co-branded debit card for farmers at a card distribution ceremony organized at their corporate office in New Delhi?

a) State Bank of India

b) HDFC

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Axis

e) Union Bank of India

Q.16) What is the rank of HDFC Ltd among top 10 consumers financial services companies. American Express claiming the first position in the list released by the Forbes Global List 2017?

a) 2^nd

b) 4^th

c) 7^th

d) 9^th

e) 11^th

Q.17) Who is the author of the book titled as “Winning like Virat: Think & Succeed like Kohli”?

a) Arundhati Roy

b) Chetan Bhagat

c) Amitav Ghosh

d) Abhirup Bhattacharya

e) Vikram Seth

Q.18) Which former Punjab DGP passes away recently?

a) Vijender Sigh

b) Viswajeet Khanna

c) K P S Gill

d) Anirudh Tewari

e) V K Singh

Q.19) Which city to host the World Surfing League 2018 in India?

a) Panaji

b) Kollam

c) Chennai

d) Jaipur

e) Mangalore

Q.20) Which Badminton Player became the second Indian to be inducted in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes’ Commission and will be joined by Marc Zweibler of Germany and Kristy Gilmour of Scotland for a four-year term?

a) P.V.Sindhu

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Ashwin Ponnapa

d) Chetan Anand

e) Nandu M.Natekar

Q.21) How much million line of credit was announced by India to Mauritius as the two countries resolved to deepen ties in a range of areas including the maritime domain?

a) $250

b) $300

c) $500

d) $600

e) $750