DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: FEBRUARY 22, 2018
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: FEBRUARY 22, 2018
1.Who launched the Bagori Ganga Gram project, New Swajal Project (drinking water programme) Gangotri Iconic Place in Uttarakhand and also the process for Geo-Tagging water sources in Himalayas?
a) Venkaiah Naidu
b) Uma Bharti
c) Sushma Swaraj
d) Smriti Irani
e) Rajnath Singh
2.Name the India’s indigenous light transport aircraft was successfully test flown for a second time in Bangalore. The design and development of the aircraft is being done by the CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories?
a) Cessna
b) Pilatus
c) Antonov-2
d) SOCATA
e) Saras
3.Name the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, passed away at the age of 99 at his home in North Carolina.
a) Banjo Graham
b) Badrick Graham
c) Billy Graham
d) Brook Graham
e) Baren Graham
4.International Mother Language Day is celebrated on _______.
a) January 15th
b) February 21st
c) February 20th
d) January 28th
e) March 21st
5.Name the Renowned writer and social activist won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 2006 and Ramasramam award in 2002 passed away, recently?
a) Kunnor Iyer
b) Vijayakrishnan
c) R. Krishna Iyer
d) Kunhiraman Panoor
e) J.R.R. Tolkien
6.Name the Eminent cardiologist, who was known to the world for having received top civilian awards — the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, recently?
a) Dr RK Goyal
b) Dr AK Goyal
c) Dr PK Goyal
d) Dr SK Goyal
e) Dr BK Goyal
7.The theme of World Thinking Day 2018 is _______.
a) Grow
b) Improve
c) Impact
d) Connect
e) Change
8.Indian captain Virat Kholi has reclaimed the No 1 spot by scoring how many points in the recent ICC ODI batsmen rankings?
a) 901 points
b) 919 points
c) 908 points
d) 909 points
e) 915 points
9.Which of the following railway station became the country’s first major railway station to be fully-managed by women in main line category?
a) Badnapur railway station
b) Gandhi Nagar railway station
c) Jodhpur railway station
d) Ajmer railway station
e) Matunga railway station
10.Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of Canara Bank, recently?
a) Kulbhushan Jain
b) S Krishnan
c) Murali Ramaswami
d) Venkata Prabhakar
e) Debashish Mukherjee
11.Which of the following country clinched the T20 tri-series against New Zealand after cruising to a 19-run victory in the final at Auckland?
a) Australia
b) West Indies
c) England
d) South Africa
e) India
12.Who became the most successful athlete in Winter Olympics history by winning bronze medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea?
a) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo
b) Martin Johnsrud Sundby
c) Jessica Diggins
d) Kikkan Randall
e) Marit Bjoergen
13.Which of the following country ranked topped in recent ICC ODI rankings for teams?
a) South Africa
b) India
c) England
d) New Zealand
e) Australia
14.Who becomes first Indian woman to fly fighter MiG-21 bison aircraft solo in Gujarat?
a) Avanigha Chaturvedi
b) Avanija Chaturvedi
c) Avanitha Chaturvedi
d) Avani Chaturvedi
e) Avina Chaturvedi
15.The theme of International Mother Language Day 2018 is _______.
a) Quality education, languages of instruction and learned outcomes
b) Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development
c) Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for susceptible development
d) Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education
e) Quality education, languages of instruction and learning outcomes
16.Who won the gold medal in men’s title in Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea?
a) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo
b) Martin Johnsrud Sundby
c) Mikaël Kingsbury
d) Mark McMorris
e) Ted-Jan Bloemen
17.The Union Government has issued order setting up the ‘Niti Forum for North-East’ to identify constraints and recommend suitable interventions for speedy and sustainable growth in NER. The forum is co-chaired between whom?
a) Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Jitendra Singh
b) Jitendra Singh and Amitabh Khant
c) Amitabh Khant and Dr. Rajiv Kumar
d) Dr. Jitendra Singh and Arvind Subramanian
e) N.K Singh and Dr. Rajiv Kumar
18.India ranked which spot in the list of targeted countries for Web Application Attacks (WAA), as per the “Akamai State of the Internet Security Q4 2017” report?
a) Seventeen
b) Sixteen
c) Seventh
d) Sixth
e) Tenth
19.Which of the following state government will collaborate with Facebook (India) in a bid to take up innovative pilot projects in the state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Telangana
20.Who inaugurated the India International Textiles Expo 2018?
a) Yarnath Amunugama
b) Bharath Amunugama
c) Sarnath Amunugama
d) Sarath Amunugama
e) Amarath Amunugama
21.Name the app that was launched by Google which combines Google Wallet and Android Pay is finally rolling out for Android devices.
a) Google Tez
b) Google Pay
c) Google Dio
d) Woogle Pay
e) Yoogle Pay
22.Cobra Gold 2018 is a military exercise conducted between which two countries?
a) India and Bangladesh
b) Thailand and South Korea
c) India and Thailand
d) USA and Thailand
e) India and USA
23.World Thinking Day 2018 is celebrated on _______.
a) January 15th
b) February 21st
c) February 22nd
d) January 28th
e) February 19th
24.The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO has declared how much percent interest rate for 2017-18 for its about 5 crore members?
a) 7.55 per cent
b) 8.85 per cent
c) 8.65 per cent
d) 8.45 per cent
e) 8.55 per cent
25.India International Textiles Expo is being organized by Powerloom Development & Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) with the support of which ministry?
a) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Commerce & Industry
b) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Urban Development
c) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Railways
d) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of External affairs
e) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Home affairs
26.In eNAM (an online agriculture market offering) government introduces certain new features. List the feature which is/are correct?
a) Unified Payment Interface (UPI) facility through BHIM
b) Grievance Redressal Management System
c) Mobile app has been made bilingual
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
27.Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of Vijaya Bank, recently?
a) Debashish Mukherjee
b) Ajay Kumar Srivastava
c) Govind N Dongre
d) Murali Ramaswami
e) Bajrang Singh Shekhawat
28.The Centre has announced a special package of how much crore rupees for strengthening the power transmission and distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh?
a) Rs. 905 crore rupees
b) Rs. 915 crore rupees
c) Rs. 935 crore rupees
d) Rs. 925 crore rupees
e) Rs. 945 crore rupees
29.India International Textiles Expo held in which country?
a) Russia
b) India
c) Sri Lanka
d) USA
e) Canada
30.Which of the following state government introduced a New Health Policy that makes Vaccination Card Mandatory for School Admission?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) West Bengal
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Telangana
31.Who rank(s) the top in the recent ICC ODI bowler’s rankings?
a) Rashid Khan
b) Jasprit Bumrah
c) Trent Boult
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
ANSWER KEY
- b) Uma Bharti
- e) Saras
- c) Billy Graham
- b) February 21st
- d) Kunhiraman Panoor
- e) Dr BK Goyal
- c) Impact
- d) 909 points
- b) Gandhi Nagar railway station
- e) Debashish Mukherjee
- a) Australia
- e) Marit Bjoergen
- b) India
- d) Avani Chaturvedi
- b) Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development
- b) Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- a) Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Dr. Jitendra Singh
- c) Seventh
- d) Andhra Pradesh
- d) Dr. Sarath Amunugama
- b) Google Pay
- d) USA and Thailand
- c) February 22nd
- e) 8.55 per cent
- a) Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- d) Both a and b
- d) Murali Ramaswami
- d) Rs. 925 crore rupees
- c) Sri Lanka
- a) Kerala
- d) Both a and b
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