Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 18, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following state government has signed MoUs worth Rs 10,400 crore with three companies that have the potential of creating 21,300 job opportunities in the state?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Rajasthan

e) Punjab

Q.2) Which of the following Indian Institute are among the world’s top 200 institutions for engineering and computer science, the Times Higher Education subject-wise rankings?

a) IIT Bombay

b) IISC Bengaluru

c) IIT Delhi

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

Q.3) Which of the following state capital Will Host India’s First International Cherry Blossom Festival?

a) Kohima

b) Agartala

c) Dispur

d) Shillong

e) Aizwal

Q.4) Which of the following Ministry has started an online campaign #Iam That Woman. The aim of the campaign is to end Gender bias in women against women.?

a) Ministry of Defence

b) Ministry of Women and Child Development

c) Ministry of Commerce

d) Ministry of Tribal Welfare

e) Ministry of Agriculture

Q.5) Which of the following state government inaugurated the Birsa Munda Tribal University in the tribal-dominated Rajpipla town?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Rajasthan

e) Punjab

Q.6) Which of the following state government inaugurated the ambitious ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna’ for the farmers of the state?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Rajasthan

e) Punjab

Q.7) Which of the following country have signed a memorandum of cooperation on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP)?

a) China

b) Japan

c) Italy

d) USA

e) UK

Q.8) Which of the following country have been elected among 15 nations to serve UN Human Rights Council?

a) Angola

b) France

c) Syria

d) Iran

e) Pakistan

Q.9) Which of the following Private bank has committed Rs 156 crore to fund first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed at Varanasi under Hybrid Annuity-PPP Model?

a) ICICI Bank

b) Axis Bank

c) yes Bank

d) HDFC Bank

e) Induslnd Bank

Q.10) Which of the following Ministry has tied up with E-commerce major Myntra to launch its CSR initiative to work directly with weavers and elevate their economic stature?

a) Ministry of Textiles

b) Ministry of Women and Child Development

c) Ministry of Commerce

d) Ministry of Tribal Welfare

e) Ministry of Agriculture

Q.11) Which of the following airport has got First and Second rank respectively in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI-ASQ Survey?

a) Jaipur

b) Srinagar

c) Hyderabad

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

Q.12) EPFO introduces a new facility for its members to link their respective UAN with Aadhaar online. Which of the following is the EPFO Website has been made available for its members?

a) www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-PAN Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR

b) epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR

c) www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-Aadhaar Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR

d) www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-UAN Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR

e) www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-EPFO Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR

Q.13) Which of the following cities is not among the top five worst cities by a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters Foundation?

a) Cairo

b) Karachi

c) New Delhi

d) Lima

e) Syria

Q.14) Which of the following has launched a programme, Prerna, to empower women working in the agriculture sector by promoting efficient and ergonomic farm tools and equipment?

a) Larsen & turbo

b) Mahindra & Mahindra

c) Infosys

d) Wipro

e) IBM

Q.15) Who has been conferred with Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award in recently held Swachh Bharat National Award ceremony on Gandhi Jayanti, 02nd October 2017 in New Delhi?

a) P.S. Ahluwalia

b) R.S. Ahluwalia

c) K.S. Ahluwalia

d) S.S. Ahluwalia

e) B.S. Ahluwalia

Q.16) Who has been selected for the Padma Prabha Puraskaram for 2017 recently?

a) Prabha Varma

b) Praneeth Varma

c) Praghat Varma

d) Prakash Varma

e) Pranesh Varma

Q.17) Who has been selected Kalakar Puraskar 2017 recently?

a) Gopal Reddy

b) Gopal Kumar

c) Gopal Varma

d) Gopal Gowda

e) Gopal Naicker

Q.18) Who won this year’s Man Booker Prize recently?

a) George Paul

b) George Robin

c) George Rock

d) George Scavenger

e) George Saunders

Q.19) Name the Journalist who penned the biography of Malini Beyond the Dream Girl.

a) Ram Vimal Mukherjee

b) Ram Kamal Mukherjee

c) Ram Samal Mukherjee

d) Sam Kamal Mukherjee

e) Ram Kumar Mukherjee

Q.20) Name the India’s first Olympic swimmer who passed away recently.

a) Shamsher Khan

b) Sansher Khan

c) Salnasher Khan

d) Sanjay sher Khan

e) Shamsherji Khan