QUIZ OF DAY-11/03/2017 GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Ques. :
1
 
Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honored with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel ‘Hawthan’. He is an eminent writer of
1)
Konkani
2)
Assamese
3)
Bengali
4)
Odia
5)
Marathi
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Ques. :
2
 
Which
country, recently, successfully tested a ballistic missile named
“Hormuz 2” capable of hitting floating targets with high accuracy within
a range of 300 km?
1)
Iran
2)
Turkey
3)
North Korea
4)
Japan
5)
Indonesia
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Ques. :
3
 
The National Thermal Power Corporation recently commissioned 45-MW solar plant at Bhadla in which state?
1)
Gujarat
2)
Maharashtra
3)
Assam
4)
Karnataka
5)
Rajasthan
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Ques. :
4
 
The Indian Navy recently commissioned INS Tillanchang in Karwar, Karnataka. It is a/an
1)
Diesel submarine
2)
Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
3)
Fuel tanker
4)
Torpedo launch and recovery vessel
5)
None of these
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Ques. :
5
 
The Parliament passed the Maternity Benefit Bill recently which will provide paid leave to would be mothers of
1)
44 weeks
2)
50 weeks
3)
12 weeks
4)
26 weeks
5)
24 weeks
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Ques. :
6
 
Chief Minister K Palaniswami launched a housing scheme with an estimate of Rs 1,580 cr in which state recently?
1)
Karnataka
2)
Telangana
3)
Tamil Nadu
4)
Andhra Pradesh
5)
Kerala
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Ques. :
7
 
The
24*7 helpline number “181” was launched to assist women in distress in
which state on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 Mar 2017)?
1)
Delhi
2)
Odisha
3)
Jharkhand
4)
Rajasthan
5)
Madhya Pradesh
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Ques. :
8
 
The
10th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of
Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2017) was held recently in
1)
Mumbai
2)
Pune
3)
Bengaluru
4)
Hyderabad
5)
New Delhi
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Ques. :
9
 
India
and Belgium have signed an agreement related to avoidance of double
taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion. The currency of Belgium
is
1)
Baht
2)
Euro
3)
Ringgit
4)
Pound
5)
Ruble
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Ques. :
10
 
The
RBI has notified that it is soon going to issue Rs 10 denomination
notes with enhanced security features for circulation. The Rs 10
banknotes bear the signature of
1)
Union Finance Minister
2)
Finance Secretary
3)
President
4)
RBI Governor
5)
NITI Aayog CEO
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