Current Affairs Quiz : May 3, 2017

Q.1) First Humsafar Express between _____ and _____ was flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, aims to providing a luxurious travelling experience to the common man at Udvada town in Valsad district.

a) Saphale & Umiroli

b) Kandivali & Mumbai

c) Borivali & Chennai

d) Ahmedabad & Chennai

e) Bandra & Mumbai

Q.2) Which of the following State, Tops the list in Digital Transaction after Demonetisation Drive, clocking 5900 e-transactions per 1000 people?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Kerala

Q.3) Which of the following state has become the first state to switch to the January-December financial year from the existing April-March cycle?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Kerala

c) Assam

d) Maharashtra

e) Odissa

Q.4) How much amount of loan has been sanctioned by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in Andhra Pradesh?              

a) USD 175 million

b) USD 170 million

c) USD 150 million

d) USD 110 million

e) USD 160 million

Q.5) India unveils a new series of ______ with a base year 2011-12 on May 9 with an aim to map economic activities more accurately.

a) Index of Industrial Prediction

b) Index of Company Production

c) Index of Industrial Production

d) Index of Corporate Performance

e) Index of Industrial Performance

Q.6) Which of the following person got the “Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal” from South Korea?

a) Gopi Karur

b) Kirshi Karur

c) Rajive Kaul

d) Sandeep Kaul

e) Rajendra Paul

Q.7) Who has been appointed as the MD, financial services of Bharti Enterprises recently?

a) Soumen Ghosh

b) Sudeep Kanwal

c) Amitab Ghosh

d) Kishore Tarun

e) Anil Kanwal

Q.8) Former US Ambassador________ has been appointed by the Cyient Limited as its Board of Directors.

a) Amit Singh

b) Kishore Kareep

c) Vinay Thirupathy

d) Vinai Thummalapally

e) Unnith Thirupathi

Q.9) India has lost six points to slip to fourth position in the latest ICC T20I team rankings. Which of the following country Tops the list?

a) South Africa

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bangladesh

d) Pakistan

e) New Zealand

Q.10) Sujon Mahmud of Lalmatia Club, a bowler was imposed by a 10-year ban for deliberately lost a match recently by conceding 92 runs off against umpiring decisions. He is belongs to which country?

a) Hong Kong

b) Bangladesh

c) Sri Lanka

d) Afghanistan

e) Pakistan

Q.11) Who won the final of the World snooker championship at Crucible Theatre and win the global crown for the third time by defeating John Higgins?

a) Peter Ebdon

b) Ding Junhui

c) Mark Selby

d) Neil Roberston

e) Mark Williams

Q.12) World Press Freedom Day 2017 is observed on _______.

a) May 14^th

b) April 14^th

c) May 3^rd

d) April 3^rd

e) May 1^st

Q.13) Former Minister Bijit Saikia died at the age of 75, recently. He is a former minister of which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Mizoram

c) Manipur

d) Assam

e) Nagaland

Q.14) Which of the following regions of the world is most thickly populated?

a) East Asia

b) South Asia

c) North-West Europe

d) North and South America

e) Antartica

Q.15) Nanda Devi lies in____

a) Kumaon Himalaya

b) Kashmir Himalaya

c) Naga Hills

d) Himachal Himalaya

e) Chail Hills