Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 20, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following Indian Navy ships are visiting Jakarta, Indonesia
from 18 to 22 Oct 17?
A) INS Tir
B) INS Sujata
C) INS Shardul

a) Only A
b) Only B
c) Both A and B
d) Both B and C
e) All A, B & C

Q.2) Name the Union Minister who inaugurated first phase of Piped Natural Gas
supply system in Bhubaneswar, Odisha?
a) Radha Mohan Singh
b) Narendra Modi
c) Rajnath Singh
d) Dharmendra Pradhan
e) Smriti Irani

Q.3) Which of the following government has released a sum of Rs 4,000 crore, in
which Rs 3,200 crore will be for writing off the loans of 4.62 lakh farmers?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
e) Gujarat

Q.4) Which of the following country has decided to release the crucial
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the Indian Navy's future
aircraft carrier?
a) South Africa
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) UK
e) USA

Q.5) In which of the following country NATO states opened a counter-espionage
hub?
a) Greenland
b) Switzerland
c) Poland
d) Iceland
e) England

Q.6) Which of the following life Insurance has received capital markets regulator
Securities and Exchange Board of India‘s (SEBI) go ahead to raise an estimated
Rs 7,500 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?
a) SBI Life Insurance Company
b) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company
c) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company
d) ICICI Lombard Life Insurance Company
e) Life Insurance Corporation

Q.7) Which of the following government entity says linking bank account with
Aadhaar not mandatory?
a) GOI
b) MEA
c) RBI
d) IRDAI
e) SEBI

Q.8) Which of the following country is among the five countries – Pakistan,
Nigeria, Congo and Ethiopia being the others, responsible for half of all new-born
deaths in the world, according to a UN report?
a) Chad
b) India
c) Bangladesh
d) Japan
e) China

Q.9) Under Which of the following Section the Companies Act 2013, related to
Valuation by Registered Valuers comes into force?
a) Section 243
b) Section 244
c) Section 245
d) Section 246
e) Section 247

Q.10) Who will become the world’s youngest female leader after cutting a deal
to form a coalition government in New Zealand?
a) Kate Sheppard
b) Āpirana Ngata
c) Jacinda Ardern
d) Kate William
e) Jacinda Sheppard

Q.11) Name the solicitor general of India who resigned recently.
a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Ramesh Kumar
c) Ranveer Kumar
d) Ranjit Kumar
e) Rajesh Kumar

Q.12) Which of the following country Exchange India won Indcom Award 2017
for Best Digital Media Campaign?
a) UAE
b) USA
c) Singapore
d) Scotland
e) UK

Q.13) World Statistics Day is celebrated on ________ October.
a) 16 th
b) 17 th
c) 18 th
d) 19 th
e) 20 th