DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: MARCH 6, 2018

Q.1)According to the RBI, how much amount has been provide additionally for liquidity support to each banks during the variable rate repo operations?

a) Rs. 5,000 crore

b) Rs. 10,000 crore

c) Rs. 20,000 crore

d) Rs. 25,000 crore

e) Rs. 15,000 crore

Q.2)From which of the following airport, Country’s First Heli taxi service took off, recently?

a)Mysore Airport

b) Mangalore International Airport

c)Hubli Airport

d) Jindal Vijaynagar Airport

e)Kempegowda International Airport

Q.3)Which of the following country topped the list among 133 countries on the basis of their global military prowess, as per Global Firepower (GFP) list 2017?

a) India

b) Russia

c) USA

d) China

e) UK

Q.4)Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs announced to set up Steering Committee for analysis of which area, has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance?

a)Small Scale Industries

b) Micro Finance

c)Fintech

d) MSMEs

e) Agriculture

Q.5)Union Information and Broadcasting and Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated FICCI Frames 2018 in Mumbai, with the theme of _______.

a)Creative Future: Coronation of Digital Consumer

b)Creating Future: Coronation of Digital Consumer

c)Creative Future: Collaboration of Digital Consumer

d)Creative Future: Coordination of Digital Consumer

e)Creative Future: Collection of Digital Consumer

Q.6) 29th edition of World-Famous International Yoga Festival (IYF) held in which place?

a)Dehradun

b)Haridwar

c)Rishikesh

d) Srinagar

e)Badrinath

Q.7)Veteran SaratMohanty passed away following a prolonged illness. He belongs to which language film actor?

a) Odia Film Actor

b) Marathi Film Actor

c) Konkani Film Actor

d) Malayalam Film Actor

e) Kannada Film Actor

Q.8) Which of the following country has overtaken Saudi Arabia by a wide margin to become India’s top crude oil supplier, meeting more than a fifth of the country’s oil needs in the current financial year?

a) Israel

b)Iraq

c) Iran

d) Venezuela

e)Kwait

Q.9)Which of the following bank has launched India’s first market benchmark rate-linked lending product and to help the foreign lender to take advantage of hardening interest rate cycle?

a) Citi Bank

b) RBL Bank

c) HSBC Bank

d) Citi Union Bank

e) Axis Bank

Q.10) Reserve Bank of India has decided to do away with per borrower loan limits to which sector for classification under priority sector lending.

a)Large Scale Industries

b) Small Scale Industries

c) Micro Finance

d)MSMEs

e) Both b and c

Q.11) Name the country will soon issue its own cryptocurrency that will be circulated as legal tender along with the U.S. dollar?

a) Solomon Islands

b)Marshall Islands

c) Mariana Islands

d) Pitcairn Islands

e) Norfolk Islands

Q.12)Name the Senior Indian-origin Scotland Yard Officer has been appointed as the counter-terrorism chief, following the resignation of incumbent Mark Rowley?

a) HeilBasu

b) BeilBasu

c) Neil Basu

d) MeilBasu

e) KeilBasu

Q.13) The Reserve Bank of India said it will conduct additional variable rate repo operations for longer tenors up to how many days at every Tuesday in March 2018 to provide additional liquidity support to banks?

a)31 days

b) 15 days

c) 18 days

d) 24 days

e) 25 days

Q.14) According to the Global Firepower (GFP) list 2017, India’s military is placed at which position on a global index that has ranked 133 countries on the basis of their global military prowess?

a)Second

b) Fifth

c) Third

d)Fourth

e) Sixth

Q.15)Happay in collaboration with which bank, introduced a new prepaid card-linked Travel and Entertainment (T&E) expense management solution to enable Indian enterprises?

a) HSBC bank

b) HDFC bank

c) Axis bank

d) ICICI bank

e) YES bank

Q.16)Who has becomes the Pakistan’s first Hindu woman to be elected to country’s Senate Position, recently?

a)LalithaKumariKohli

b)Krishna KumariKohli

c)Lela KumariKohli

d)KanyaKumariKohli

e)KavyaKumariKohli

Q.17)Myanmar has indefinitely deferred signing an agreement with India to streamline the free movement of people within how many km along the border?

a) 15 km

b) 16 km

c) 13 km

d) 18km

e) 17 km

Q.18)Hockey India has roped Chris Ciriello as the analytical coach of the men’s side. He belongs to which country?

a) Scotland

b)Australia

c) Germany

d) Netherlands

e) Argentina

Q.19)Whowon the rapid event at the 11th Tal Memorial chess in Moscow?

a) Garry Kasparov

b)ShakhriyarMamedyarov

c) Magnus Carlsen

d)Viswanathan Anand

e) Alexander Khalifman

Q.20)Under which framework new crypto currency of Marshall islands called SOV functioned to identify themselves on the blockchain?

a) Nakwe framework

b)Yakwe framework

c) Uakwe framework

d) Cakwe framework

e) Makwe framework

Q.21)Name the cricketer has become a brand ambassador of gaming platform Dream11.

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Suresh Raina

c) Ravichandran Ashwin

d) M S Dhoni

e) ViratKholi

Q.22)Veteran Shammi passed away at the age of 89 after prolonged illness. She belongs to which field?

a) Politician

b) Singer

c) Journalist

d) Writer

e)Actress

Q.23)In which state, India and the United States has set to test-fire M777 ultra-light howitzers recently, in the wake of an accident during its trial in September last year?

a) Pokhran, Rajasthan

b) Bangalore, Karnataka

c) Chandipur, Odisha

d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat

e) Panaji, Goa

Q.24)Who will inaugurate the new premises of Central Information Commission, CIC at Munirka in New Delhi?

a) ArunJaitley

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Venkaiah Naidu

e) Ram NathKovind

Q.25)Name the noted disability rights activist has passed away following a heart attack at the age of 43?

a) Naved Singh

b)JavedAbidi

c) Yuvan Abidi

d) Shaheed Mustaf

e) Rahman Yuvedi


ANSWER KEY

Q.1)   d)     Rs. 25,000 crore

Q.2)   e)      Kempegowda International Airport

Q.3)   c)      USA

Q.4)   c)      Fintech

Q.5)   a)     Creative Future: Coronation of Digital Consumer

Q.6)   c)      Rishikesh

Q.7)   a)     Odia Film Actor

Q.8)   b)     Iraq

Q.9)   a)     Citi Bank

Q.10) d)     MSMEs

Q.11) b)     Marshall Islands

Q.12) c)      Neil Basu

Q.13) a)     31 days

Q.14) d)     Fourth

Q.15) b)     HDFC bank

Q.16) b)     Krishna KumariKohli

Q.17) b)      16 km

Q.18) b)     Australia

Q.19) d)     Viswanathan Anand

Q.20) b)     Yakwe framework

Q.21) d)     M S Dhoni

Q.22) e)     Actress

Q.23) a)     Pokhran, Rajasthan

Q.24) c)      Narendra Modi

Q.25) b)     JavedAbidi


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