Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 19, 2017
Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 19, 2017
Q.1) Which of the following state government laid the foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum?
a) Goa
b) Odisha
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
Q.2) Which of the following state government has reduced the rate of interest on loan given to women and their self-help groups (SHGs) under ‘Saksham Yojna’ from 6.5 per cent to 5 per cent?
a) Goa
b) Odisha
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
Q.3) Name the Open Government Data Platform launched by Odisha recently for Accessing government data.
a) odisha.data.gov.in.
b) www.odisha.data.gov.edu.
c) www.odisha.data.gov.co.in.
d) www.odisha.data.gov.com.
e) www.odisha.data.gov.org.
Q.4) Which of the following state government has passed a bill paving way for creation of a new district to be named Kamle, bifurcating the present Upper and Lower Subansiri districts?
a) Goa
b) Odisha
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
Q.5) The AYUSH Festival of Stamps 2017 was inaugurated by Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar at Maquinez Palace in ________.
a) Goa
b) Odisha
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
Q.6) Name the Union minister who led a delegation to Tokyo, Japan to participate in LNG Producer- Consumer Conference.
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Radha Mohan Singh
e) Smriti Irani
Q.7) Which of the following country will be the partner country at the 23rd iteration of the Tech Summit, India’s largest knowledge and technology conference and exhibition to be held from November 14 to 15, 2017 in New Delhi?
a) El-Salvador
b) Panama
c) Belize
d) Mexico
e) Canada
Q.8) India, Brazil and South Africa signed the IBSA Trust Fund Agreement that seeks to fight ________in developing countries.
a) Migration
b) Corruption
c) poverty
d) Racial Discrimination
e) Womens safety
Q.9) Which of the following state capital has ranked No. 1 in the Airports Council International’s (ACI) service quality survey in the category of 5 to 15 million passengers per annum?
a) Jaipur
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad
e) Bhopal
Q.10) Name the Indian Origin student who has become the youngest millionaire in the UK is also the founder of doorstep.uk, an online estate agency business that has recently been valued at 12 million pounds, in just over a year.
a) Akshay Ruparelia
b) Amitabh Ruparelia
c) Andrew Ruparelia
d) Abhishek Ruparelia
e) Salman Ruparelia
Q.11) The SBI Foundation has committed Rs________ for the conservation and restoration of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) of Mumbai.
a) 10 crores
b) 20 crores
c) 30 crores
d) 40 crores
e) 50 crores
Q.12) The RBI has said banks will provide funds to women self help groups, SHGs, in rural areas at________ per cent under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) in the current fiscal.
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
e) 9
Q.13) Which of the following Private Bank Bank and Zeta, a fintech pioneer announced the launch of ‘Paymint’, a comprehensive digital wallet to manage multiple employee benefits?
a) ICICI Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) yes Bank
d) HDFC Bank
e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q.14) Who is appointed as WBCSD Chair from 2018?
a) Lawrence Verghese
b) Sunny Verghese
c) Benny Verghese
d) Paul Polman
e) Rial Polman
Q.15) Who is appointed as Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Cambodia?
a) Manasa Jain
b) Manisha Jain
c) Mallika Jain
d) Manika Jain
e) Magathi Jain
Q.16) Who has been conferred with the Life Time Achievement Award here for his outstanding contributions in the fields of manufacturing industry, education and philanthropy?
a) Swraj Paul
b) Swami Paul
c) Sanjay Paul
d) Swagath Paul
e) Swran Paul
Q.17) Name the Veteran writer and lyricist who is to be honored with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.
a) Javed Suleiman
b) Javed mohammed
c) Javed Akhtar
d) Javed khan
e) Javed Akbar
Q.18) Name the Environmental scientist who received Blue Planet Prize, world’s most prestigious award for pioneers in environmental science.
a) Hans Joan Schellnhuber
b) Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
c) Hans Jodar Schellnhuber
d) Hans John Schellnhuber
e) Hans Johnson Schellnhuber
Q.19) Name the most talented and promising chess players of his generation who died recently.
a) William R. Lombardy
b) William S. Lombardy
c) William L. Lombardy
d) William J. Lombardy
e) William K. Lombardy
Q.20) Name the person Who has become the highest-earning cricket coach in the world ($1.17 million), a recent report by ESPNcricinfo has stated.
a) Grey Chappal
b) Ravi Shastri
c) Darren Lehmann
d) Richard Wilbur
e) Joachim Schellnhuber
Q.21) Name the Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Winner who died recently in Belmont, Mass.
a) Grey Chappal
b) William Lombardy
c) Darren Lehmann
d) Richard Wilbur
e) Joachim Schellnhuber
