QUIZ OF DAY-09-05/2017 GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

QUIZ OF DAY-09-05

Ques. :1 The govt has appointed Melwyn Rego as the new MD and CEO of which of the following banks?
1) Syndicate Bank
2) Dena Bank
3) UCO Bank
4) Indian Bank
5) Allahabad Bank

Ans. 1) Syndicate Bank

Ques. :2 PM Narendra Modi will travel to which country (on May 11) to attend the biggest Buddhist festival, ‘Vesak Day’?
1) Bhutan
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) South Korea
5) Philippines

Ans. 3) Sri Lanka

QUIZ OF DAY-09-05

Ques. :3 The Pakistani artist Rais Khan passed away recently. He was a legendary
1) guitarist
2) tabla maestro
3) flutist
4) violinist
5) sitarist

Ans. 5) sitarist

Ques. :4 Justice Leila Seth passed away recently. She was the first woman judge of the
1) Bombay High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Allahabad High Court
4) Patna High Court
5) Madras High Court

Ans. 2) Delhi High Court

Ques. :5 Which of the following teams won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament recently?
1) Japan
2) New Zealand
3) Malaysia
4) Great Britain
5) Australia

Ans. 4) Great Britain

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Ques. :6 __________ has been elected as the new President of France after the recent elections.
1) Alain Juppe
2) Francois Fillon
3) Marine Le Pen
4) Emmanuel Macron
5) Bruno Le Maire

Ans. 4) Emmanuel Macron

Ques. :7 Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah has become the first non-IAS to head
1) Coffee Board of India
2) Tea Board of India
3) Rubber Board of India
4) National Dairy Development Board
5) None of these

Ans. 2) Tea Board of India

Ques. :8 Who among the following Indian-origin scientists has/have been elected fellow(s) of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence?
1) Subhash Khot
2) Yadvinder Malhi
3) Krishna Chatterjee
4) Only 1) and 3)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)

Ans. 5) All 1), 2) and 3)

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Ques. :9 India will organise a cultural festival (from May 8-12) to mark the 156th birth anniversary of the famous Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, in
1) Turkey
2) England
3) Egypt
4) France
5) Japan

Ans. 3) Egypt

Ques. :10 The World Red Cross Day is observed every year on
1) 01 May
2) 08 May
3) 18 May
4) 28 May
5) 31 May

Ans. 2) 08 May