Current Affairs Quiz May 29, 2017

Q.1) ISRO set to launch its heaviest rocket of 640-tonne ______ on June at Sriharikota. It will be carrying communication satellite GSAT-19?

a) GSLV Mark I

b) GSLV Mark II

c) GSLV Mark III

d) PSLV-C37

e) CARTOSAT-2

Q.2) Who among the following went 4-days visit to Myanmar to hold talks with military leadership to further ramp up defence and security cooperation between the two countries?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) General Bipin Rawat

c) Mohammad Hamid Ansari

d) Narendra Modi

e) Pranab Mukherjee

Q.3) Recently, PM Modi began 6-day, four nation tours to Europe. Which one of the following countries not visited by him?

a) Brazil

b) Spain

c) Germany

d) Russia

e) France

Q.4) Which country host the G-20 Summit 2017?

a) Spain

b) Germany

c) India

d) Philippines

e) Brazil

Q.5) Union Minister Arun Jaitley launched Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) set up in Chitradurga in Karnataka for testing unmanned and manned aircraft. What is the estimated cost of the project?

a) 350 crore

b) 500 crore

c) 740 crore

d) 1000 crore

e) 1300 crore

Q.6) Which City police was awarded the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) smart policing award 2017?

a) Kozhikode

b) Mumbai

c) Pune

d) Hyderabad

e) Jaipur

Q.7) Which one of the following village was declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site in Manipur?

a) Dailong

b) Chandel

c) Imphal

d) Tamenglong

e) Thoubal

Q.8) Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced an Rs 10,000 monthly pension scheme for those who are above 60 years and have completed 20 years in the profession. He also announced a life insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh and a cashless mediclaim policy of Rs 500,000. The scheme is announced for whom?

a) Government Ex-employees

b) Teacher

c) Senior Citizen

d) Journalist

e) None of these

Q.9) Name the telescope which is largest in the world and started a construction work in Chile. It is built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on the 3,046 m (9,993 ft), 39meter lens on high summit of Cerro Armazones in Chile?

a) Keck 1

b) Extremely Large Telescope

c) Hobby-Eberly Telescope

d) Gran Telescopio Canarias

e) VLT UT4

Q.10) Name the type of largest satellite in the country, launched by china?

a) Communication Satellite

b) Earth observation Satellite

c) Navigational Satellite

d) Weather Satellite

e) None of these

Q.11) Which PSU (Public Sector Undertaking)company has overtaken Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to become India’s most profitable state-owned company?

a) National Thermal Power Corporation

b) Steel Authority of India

c) Indian Oil Corporation

d) Gas Authority of India Limited

e) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Q.12) The Government has selected five merchant bankers to manage the government 3% stake sale in IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) which could fetch about Rs. 6,000 crore to the exchequer. Which of the following is not one among them?

a) Goldman Sachs

b) Citigroup

c) Deutsche Equities

d) SBI Capital Markets

e) Barclays Bank Plc.

Q.13) Who among the following has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Finland?

a) Vani Sarraju Rao

b) Ravi Prasad

c) Narasimha Rao

d) Sarojini Mazumdar

e) Rakesh Kapur

Q.14) Who among the following has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Philippines?

a) Viiay Keshav Gokhale

b) Ravi Prasad

c) Jaideep Mazumdar

d) Yashvardhan Sinha

e) Rakesh Kapur

Q.15) Who has been appointed as the chairman of International Fertilizer Association (IFA). IFA Annual conference held in Marrakech, Morocco?

a) Rahul Thapar

b) Rakesh Kapur

c) Thomas Bach

d) Dinesh K Sarraf

e) Subramanian

Q.16) Gregg Allman, known as southern Rock pioneer passed away at the age of 69. He is famous for ______

a) Soulful Singer

b) Guitarist

c) Music Composer

d) Rapping

e) Jazz

Q.17) Name the person, who was the first Italy designer to present a fashion show in China and Russia passed away, in Rome?

a) Roberto Cavalli

b) Emilio Pucci

c) Laura Biagiotti

d) Gianni Versace

e) Renato Balestra

Q.18) Which Country won the badminton’s Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years with a win over 10-time champions China at Australia’s Gold Coast?

a) Australia

b) India

c) South Korea

d) Japan

e) Taiwan

Q.19) Who has became the first Indian to won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland?

a) C A Bhavani Devi

b) Albert Axelrod

c) Jayanta Talukdar

d) Shivani Devi

e) N Soniya Chanu

Q.20) Which player become the first Indian women cricketer to feature in the 2^nd edition of England’s Women’s Cricket Super League after signing up with Team Surrey Stars?

a) Mithali Raj

b) Deepti Sharma

c) Poonam Raut

d) Harmanpreet Kaur

e) Jhulan Goswami

Q.21) Who among the following represent India at the ‘Football for Friendship’ Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia from 26 June to 3 July, as a Young Journalist. This is part of Mission XI Million programme of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017?

a) Heena Sidhu

b) Ananya Kamboj

c) Ngangom Bala Devi

d) Sajid Dar

e) None of these

Q.22) Which day is celebrated on May 28^th every year?

a) International day of action for women health

b) International day of women

c) International health day

d) World egg day

e) International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

Q.23) Which day is celebrated on May 29^th every year?

a) World Book and Copyright Day

b) Street Children’s Day

c) Purple Day for Epilepsy

d) World Braille Day

e) International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Q.24) What is the theme of International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2017?

a) UN2045: Green and Healthy World

b) Peacekeeping is a global partnership

c) Investing in Peace around the World

d) UN Peacekeeping: Past, Present, and Future

e) Honouring our Heroes

Q.25) Where is the headquarter of International Fertilizer Association (IFA)?

a) Paris, France

b) London, UK

c) Zurich, Switzerland

d) Munich, Germany

e) Brussels, Belgium

Q.26) Which Country hosts the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) annual conference 2017?

a) Brazil

b) Italy

c) Morocco

d) Philippines

e) Finland

Q.27) Headquarter of Goldman Sachs banking firm located in _____

a) New York

b) Mumbai

c) New Delhi

d) Amsterdam

e) United Kingdom

Q.28) The Dailong village in Manipur declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site under which of the following act?

a) Section 37(1) of Biological Diversity Act, 2002

b) Section 32(1) of Biological Diversity Act, 2001

c) Section 37(1) of Biological Diversity Act, 2003

d) Section 42(2) of Biological Diversity Act, 2003

e) Section 31(1) of Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Q.29) Name the president of the Chile?

a) Michael D.Higgins

b) Erna Solberg

c) Sauli Niinisto

d) Michelle Bachelet

e) Juha Sipila

Q.30) What is the name of currency in Finland?

a) Peso

b) Euro

c) Lira

d) Dirham

e) Krone