Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 24, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following is the first ever Indian INSV (Indian Naval Sailing Vessel) entered Fremantle (Australia) port during its maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

a) INSV Mhadei

b) INSV Tarini

c) INSV Sindhurakshak

d) INSV sindhumarg

e) INSV vishvakarma

Q.2) Which of the following entity announced that it has commenced execution of Yadadri supercritical thermal power project ordered by the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO)?

a) BHEL

b) BEL

c) NTPC

d) NHPC

e) SAIL

Q.3) Which of the following state Election Department has entered Limca Book of Records for the formation of the biggest human logo comprising young voters in the state?

a) Manipur

b) Tripura

c) Nagaland

d) Meghalaya

e) Assam

Q.4) Name the minster who launched the official website for the Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).

a) Narendra Modi

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Nirmala Sitharaman

d) Arun Jaitley

e) Suresh Prabhu

Q.5) Name the minister who was inaugurated India’s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in smart cities on October 23 in New Delhi.

a) Narendra Modi

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Nirmala Sitharaman

d) Arun Jaitley

e) Suresh Prabhu

Q.6) Which of the following country signed long-term sales and purchase agreement with an Indian refiner to import gas oil to meet the country’s energy demand?

a) Nepal

b) Thailand

c) Bhutan

d) Bangladesh

e) Myanmar

Q.7) Which of the following country has signed the Paris climate agreement, meaning that the US and Syria are the only two countries not to be giving the accord their support?

a) Nicaragua

b) Canada

c) Puerto Rico

d) Panama

e) Belize

Q.8) Who arrived on a day-long visit to India. He met his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj?

a) Xi Jinping

b) Abdul Hamid

c) Ashraf Ghani

d) Emmanuel Macron

e) Reuven Rivlin

Q.9) The 2nd World Congress on Marxism is scheduled to be held in Peking University in ________ next May.

a) Sofia

b) Minsk

c) Thimphu

d) Brussels

e) Beijing

Q.10) Which of the following bank launched the second edition of its Hackathon. This hackathon has been named ‘Digitize for Bank’?

a) Dena Bank

b) Indian Overseas Bank

c) Indian Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) Punjab National Bank

Q.11) Which of the following bank has signed an agreement with Escorts Ltd to finance farmers for purchase of Escorts tractors?

a) Dena Bank

b) Indian Overseas Bank

c) Indian Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) Punjab National Bank

Q.12) Who will be the Centre’s interlocutor and it will be left to him to decide whom to engage with — a formulation that puts the onus on separatists, some of who have been arrested by the NIA for alleged terror funding?

a) Rajiv Mathur

b) A K Mathur

c) Dineshwar Sharma

d) Rajiv Jain

e) Ajit Doval

Q.13) Who was appointed as MD & CEO of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)?

a) Rajiv Mathur

b) Suresh Sethi

c) Dineshwar Sharma

d) Rajiv Jain

e) Ajit Doval

Q.14) Who was appointed as member of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Manipur and Mizoram?

a) Ngangom Sarat Singh

b) Mairembam Koireng Singh

c) Yangmasho Shaiza

d) Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh

e) Rishang Keishing

Q.15) Which of the following country government accepted the resignation of Deep Kumar Upadhyay, the country’s ambassador to India, who has quit to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections?

a) Nepal

b) Thailand

c) Bhutan

d) Bangladesh

e) Myanmar

Q.16) Who was appointed as Additional Director General for CISF?

a) Rajiv Kumar Pateria

b) Manish Kumar Pateria

c) Rajesh Kumar Pateria

d) Alok Kumar Pateria

e) Rakesh Kumar Pateria

Q.17) Who was appointed the special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?

a) Ravnesh Asthana

b) Rakesh Asthana

c) Ranjit Asthana

d) Ramesh Asthana

e) Rajiv Asthana

Q.18) Who was appointed as New CEO of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)?

a) AS Venkatesh

b) MS Venkatesh

c) DS Venkatesh

d) NS Venkatesh

e) KS Venkatesh

Q.19) Who was named as America’s Top Young Scientist winner of this year’s Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her sensor that can detect lead levels in water better than traditional methods?

a) Geethavani Rao

b) Gitanjali Rao

c) Ganga Rao

d) Geetha Rao

e) Manisha Rao

Q.20) Name the persons who gave India their first gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi, clinching the top honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening day of competitions.

A) Harveen Srao

B) Jitu Rai

C) Heena Sidhu

a) Only A

b) Both A and B

c) Both B and C

d) Both A and C

e) All A, B and C

Q.21) Who won Macao Open Golf Title 2017 recently?

a) Gaganjeet Bhullar

b) Anirban Lahiri

c) Jyoti Randhawa

d) Arjun Atwal

e) Jeev Milkha Singh

Q.22) Name the noted Malayalam filmmaker who passed away recently.

a) K.V. Sasi

b) L.V. Sasi

c) F.V. Sasi

d) I.V. Sasi

e) A.V. Sasi

Q.23) United Nations Day is celebrated on ________ October.

a) 21st

b) 22nd

c) 23rd

d) 24th

e) 25th