Static GK Quiz – 56

1) Which Indian Cricketer was named as one of the eight ambassadors for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled in England from June 1 to 18?

a) Harbhajan Singh

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Ravindra Jadeja

d) MS Dhoni

e) Rahul Dravid

2) Name the new version of a missile which can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads from the Taiyuan Space successfully launched in Shanxi province by China in 2017?

a) Dongfeng-4C

b) Dongfeng-5C

c) Tieuanfeng-2C

d) Tieunfeng-3C

e) Faeinkuain-5C

3) The first freight train linking China with which country arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu after a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) trip, becoming the world’s second-longest rail route?

a) Italy

b) Sweden

c) Norway

d) Spain

e) United Kingdom

4) Which of the following Indian has won the top prize (‘Unite Ideas #UNGAViz Textual Analysis and Visualisation Challenge’) at a global challenge for an open-source tool?

a) Ranjeet Singh

b) Vardarajan

c) Aashim Rashik

d) Abdulqadir Rashik

e) Ayub Khan

5) Which bank has signed an MoU with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to provide technology platform for pilot launch of IPPB?

a) ICICI Bank

b) Punjab National Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) HDFC Bank

e) Punjab and Sind bank

6) Where was the first edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 function organized?

a) IIT Delhi

b) IIT Mumbai

c) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

d) IIT Chennai

e) IIT Kolkata

7) Who scored Worlds 1^st rank in the latest Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking on 2017?

a) Chetan Anand

b) Pullela Gopichand

c) Saina Neihawal

d) Lakshya Sen

e) Aparna Popet

8) The 14^th edition of Hockey World cup 2018 will be held at ____.

a) India

b) Australia

c) New Zealand

d) United Kingdom

e) Spain

9) The Najafgarh Lake is located in______.

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Gujarat

d) Haryana

e) Punjab

10) Which scheme has been launched by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry for monitoring the elementary education initiative Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?

a) ShakSham

b) ShaGun

c) SuVidha

d) SamaDhan

e) Shamsham