DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: FEBRUARY 19, 2018
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Q.1) VirginGroup signed an “intent agreement” with Maharashtra government to build a hyperloop transportation system betweenPune and _______
a) Navi Mumbai International Airport
b) ChhatrapatiShivaji International Airport
c) Kalyan Airstrip
d) RAF Kalyan
e) Kolhapur Airport
Q.2) Who was the founder of Virgin Group?
a) Ken Olsen
b) Sir Richard Branson
c) Jeff Bezos
d) Henry Wells
e) David H.McConnell.
Q.3) The hyperloop transportation system, a fully electrical system with a capacity to travel at a speed of ________
a)1500 Km per hour
b)1800 km per hour
c)1200 km per hour
d)1000 km per hour
e)1300 km per hour
Q.4) Who laid the stone Foundation for “The Virgin Group Hyperloop Transportation System”?
a) PM Narendra Modi
b) Sushma Swaraj
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Rajnath Singh
e) Suresh Prabhu
Q.5)Under Which of the following Yojanas the Haryana government launched four canteens to provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at only Rs 10 per meal to all poor and needy?
a) Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana(PMJDY)
b) Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyaya ShramevjayateKaryakram
c) AntyodayaAahaar Yojana
d) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
e) KisanVikas Patra
Q.6) Which of the following government implemented the project of Rs.435.23 crore to promote micro irrigation?
a) Hyderabad
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Assam
Q.7) Maharashtra government is all set to roll out its “Asmita Yojana” on the International Women’s Day. The International women’s Day is celebrated on?
a) March 21
b) June 30
c) April 8
d) March 8
e) June 5
Q.8) Under the scheme “Asmita Yojana”, girls in Zilla Parishad schools will get a sanitary napkin packet at?
a) Rs.10
b) Rs.15
c) Rs.5
d) Rs.8
e) Rs.12
Q.9) Who is the governor of Maharashtra?
a) E.S.L Narasimhan
b) B.D. Mishra
c) Mridula Sinha
d) Kaptan Singh Solanki
e) Vidyasagar Rao
Q.10) International Educational Institution for Minorities will be built in which city, according to the Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi?
a) Bangalore
b) Alwar
c) Jaipur
d) Mumbai
e) Vadodara
Q.11) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is the Union Minister of ______
a) Corporate Affairs
b) Defence
c) Overseas Indian Affairs
d) Minorities Affairs
e) External Affairs
Q.12) Under which of the following scheme the Union Government has formulated ambitious water conservation to tackle ever-deepening crisis
of depleting groundwater?
a) Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY)
b) The National Urban Development Mission
c) Smart Cities Mission
d) Soil Health Card Scheme
e) NamameGange
Q.13) Women in which country can open their own businesses without the consent of a husband or male relative, as the kingdom pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector and women employment.
a) Australia
b) Austria
c) Romania
d) Saudi Arabia
e) Cambodia
Q.14) Which of the following Private sector lender, announced opening of off-shore banking unit at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?
a) Yes Bank
b) IDFC Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) IndusInd Bank
e) ICICI Bank
Q.15) Who inaugurated Axis Bank’s off-shore banking branch at IFSC in presence of Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank?
a) Dr.Harsh Vardhan
b) Manoj Sinha
c) Giriraj Singh
d) Hardeep Singh Puri
e) Rita Teaotia
Q.16) What is the Tagline of Axis Bank?
a) Badhti ka naamzindagi
b) A tradition of Trust
c) Together we can
d) Trusted Family Bank
e) The bank You can bank upon
Q.17)Which E-commerce company has rolled out its own food retailing business in India with a pilot in Pune, becoming the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and sell food items directly to consumers?
a) Yatra Online Pvt Ltd
b) Flipkart
c) Amazon
d) Myntra
e) eBay India Pvt Ltd
Q.18) Who is the Founder & CEO of Amazon?
a) Binny Bansal
b) Jeff Bezos
c) Mukesh Bansal
d) Ananth Narayan
e) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Q.19) Who took over charge as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala in nearby Kannur district?
a) Admiral Sunil Lanba
b) Admiral Sushil Kumar
c) Admiral Jal Cursetji
d) Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
e) Admiral R B Pandit
Q.20) Whom did Roger Federer defeated to win Rotterdam Open title held in Netherland?
a) Sania Mirza
b) GrigorDimitrov
c) Mahesh Bhupathi
d) Vijay Amritraj
e) Yuki Bhambri
Q.21) Who has become the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in all three formats in International Cricket?
a) R.P Singh
b) JaspritBhumrah
c) Umesh Yadav
d) Mohammad Shami
e) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Q.22) Name the French jazz violinist died at the age of 62?
a) Didier Lockwood
b) Didier Rookwood
c) Richard Hazlewood
d) Yuzendra Rookwood
e) None of these
Q.23) Gundu Hanumantha Rao passed away recently. He is the famous________.
a) Actor
b) Singer
c) Engineer
d) Director
e) Musician
Q.24)The Haryana government is implementing a special project to promote micro irrigation in the state. The cost of this project is ________.
a)Rs 435.23 crore
b)Rs 335.23 crore
c)Rs 535.23 crore
d)Rs 635.23 crore
e)Rs 835.23 crore
Q.25) Which of the following is the Constituency of Union minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi?
a) Himachal Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
b) Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
c) Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
d) Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
e) Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
Answer Key
1)a
2)b
3)d
4)a
5)c
6)a
7)d
8)c
9)e
10)b
11)d
12)a
13)d
14)c
15)e
16) a
17) c
18)b
19)e
20)b
21)e
22)a
23)a
24)a
25)e
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