QUIZ OF DAY-12-02/2017 WEEKEND SPECIAL

QUIZ OF DAY-12-02

Ques. :1 Which state has topped the list of states in distribution of LED bulbs as part of country-wide campaign for reducing power consumption?
1) Maharshtra
2)  Gujrat
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these

Ans .2)  Gujrat

Ques. :2 India recently launched operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in which of the following countries?
1) Nigeria
2) Libya
3) Syria
4) Yemen
5) South Sudan

Ans. 5) South Sudan

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Ques. :3 India’sExim Bank has extended a loan of USD 44.95 mn to which African country for a textile factory and development of small and medium enterprises?
1) Kenya
2) Tanzania
3) South Africa
4) Uganda
5) Somalia

Ans. 1) Kenya

Ques. :4 The govt has approved what amount for the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart skills to 1 crore people over the next four years (2016-20)?
1) Rs 2,000 cr
2) Rs 4,000 cr
3) Rs 8,000 cr
4) Rs 12,000 cr
5) Rs 16,000 cr

Ans. 4) Rs 12,000 cr

Ques. :5 The World Youth Skills Day is observed every year on
1) 05 Jul
2) 10 Jul
3) 15 Jul
4) 25 Jul
5) 31 Jul

Ans. 3) 15 Jul

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Ques. :6 The Union Cabinet has given its approval for Revised Cost Estimate of Rs 7290.62-cr for the ongoing 1020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP) in
1) Nepal
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) Afghanistan

Ans. 4) Bhutan

Ques. :7 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the disinvestment of 15 per cent paid up equity of which of the following PSUs?
1) NBCC
2) BSNL
3) MTNL
4) HMT
5) EIL

Ans. 1) NBCC

Ques. :8 The Bombay Stock Exchange has introduced ‘Paperless SIP’ to allow mutual fund investors to make transactions through various modes of payments. The term SIP stands for
1) Stock Investment Plan
2) Substitute Investment Plan
3) Systematic Investment Plan
4) Serial Investment Plan
5) None of these

Ans. 3) Systematic Investment Plan

Ques. :9 According to a survey of millions of airline passengers conducted by Skytrax, which airline has been ranked as world’s best airline?
1) British Airways
2) Lufthansa
3) Air India
4) Jet Airways
5) Emirates

Ans. 5) Emirates

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Ques. :10 The Union Govt has constituted a high-level committee to tackle the shortage of pulses in India. The Committee is headed by
1) Subir Gokarn
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) Urjit Patel
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Rakesh Mohan

Ans. 2) Arvind Subramanian

Ques. :11 The BHEL has commissioned a 250 MW unit based on eco-friendly Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (CFBC) technology at Bhavnagar thermal power project in
1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Gujarat

Ans. 5) Gujarat

Ques. :12 Which of the following countries was recently acknowledged as the first country in the world to become YAWS-free by the WHO?
1) India
2) Thailand
3) Philippines
4) Myanmar
5) Sri Lanka

Ans. 1) India

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Ques. :13 Who among the following won the Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy of Chess in China?
1) Koneru Humpy
2) Olga Girya
3) Harika Dronavalli
4) Padmini Rout
5) Tania Sachdev

Ans. 3) Harika Dronavalli

Ques. :14 Joe Antic, who passed away recently, was a
1) hockey player
2) cricketer
3) shuttler
4) tennis player
5) pugilist

Ans. 1) hockey player

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Ques. :15 As per the Census 2011 findings, the literacy rate among the disabled has increased from 49.3 per cent in 2001 to 54.5 per cent in 2011. What is the overall literacy level of India?
1) 58 per cent
2) 61 per cent
3) 68 per cent
4) 72 per cent
5) 74 per cent

Ans. 5) 74 per cent

Ques. :16 Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been appointed as the new chairman of
1) ICSE
2) CBSE
3) UPSC
4) IBPS
5) SSC

Ans. 2) CBSE

Ques. :17 Which state govt has set a target to construct toilets across all villages of the state by Mar 2019?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Assam
4) Jharkhand
5) Tamil Nadu

Ans. 2) West Bengal

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Ques. :18 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money has recommended ban on cash transactions of above
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 3 lakh
5) Rs 5 lakh

Ans. 5) Rs 5 lakh

Ques. :19 Vice-President Ansari recently visited Ulaanbaatar for two-day 11th Asia Europe Meeting- ASEM-Summit. Ulaanbaatar is the capital city of
1) Kazakhstan
2) Uzbekistan
3) Mongolia
4) Vietnam
5) Turkmenistan

Ans. 3) Mongolia

Ques. :20 Who among the following has authored the book titled The Shade of Swords?
1) Arun Shourie
2) Venkaiah Naidu
3) Tavleen Singh
4) MJ Akbar
5) Natwar Singh

Ans .4) MJ Akbar

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Ques. :21 The DRDO recently successfully conducted the proof firing of ATAGS system which is a
1) light assault rifle
2) artillery gun
3) anti-aircraft gun
4) rocket system
5) None of these

Ans. 2) artillery gun

Ques. :22 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on blackmoney has recommended restricting cash holding with individuals to not more than
1) Rs 2 lakh
2) Rs 3 lakh
3) Rs 5 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) Rs 15 lakh

Ans. 5) Rs 15 lakh

Ques. :23 India and the ADB have signed a $100-mn loan agreement for strengthening irrigation, drainage and water management in the Vennar sub-basin of the Cauvery delta in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Kerala

Ans. 1) Tamil Nadu

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Ques. :24 _______ became the sixth oldest player in Test history to make a century recently. He scored unbeaten 110 against England.
1) Misbah-ul-Haq
2) Umar Akmal
3) Mohammad Hafeez
4) Shahid Afridi
5) Younus Khan

Ans. 1) Misbah-ul-Haq

Ques. :25 Indonesia and Timor-Leste are now the only remaining countries with yaws transmission in the WHO South-East Asia Region. The capital city of Timor-Leste is
1) Dilli
2) Naypyidaw
3) Hanoi
4) Phnom Penh
5) Port Moresby

Ans.  1) Dilli

Ques. :26 The RBI has set up a working group to study the entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to Financial Technology and Digital Banking in India which is headed by
1) Nitin Chugh
2) Mrutyunjay Mahapatra
3) AS Ramasastri
4) AP Hota
5) Sudarshan Sen

Ans. 5) Sudarshan Sen

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Ques. :27 The RBI recently asked banks to exchange up to what number of soiled currency notes with a maximum value of Rs 5,000 over the counter free of charge?
1) 5
2) 10
3) 15
4) 20
5) 25

Ans. 4) 20

Ques. :28 Vijender Singh clinched the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title defeating who among the following recently?
1) Lucian Bute
2) James DeGale
3) Amir Khan
4) Jean Pascal
5) Kerry Hope

Ans. 5) Kerry Hope

Ques. :29 A terrorist truck attack in which of the following French cities killed at least 84 people recently?
1) Paris
2) Marseille
3) Nice
4) Lyon
5) Toulouse

Ans. 3) Nice

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Ques. :30 A faction of army launched a failed coup attempt against incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which of the following countries recently?
1) Cambodia
2) Chile
3) Philippines
4) Turkey
5) Thailand

Ans. 4) Turkey

Ques. :31 Which Indian firm and Bell Helicopter have signed an agreement to develop the helicopter market in India?
1) Tata Advanced Systems
2) Mahindra Aerospace
3) L & T
4) Reliance Defence
5) None of these

Ans.  1) Tata Advanced Systems

Ques. :32 With the aim of sharing the impact of various governance initiatives with citizens in real-time, the govt has launched a website. Name the website.
1) Transforming India
2) Changing India
3) Achhe Din
4) My India
5) Badalata Bharat

Ans.  1) Transforming India

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Ques. :33 The Lifeline Express, also known as the Magic Train of India, recently celebrated 25 years of service. This is the world’s first
1) hotel on a train
2) school on a train
3) Public Distribution System on train
4) hospital on a train
5) Yoga centre on train

Ans.  4) hospital on a train

Ques. :34 Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to set up ‘Happiness Department’?
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Haryana

Ans. 2) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. :35 The four new sites included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List do not include which of the following?
1) Nan Madol (Eastern Micronesia)
2) The Persian Qanat (Iran)
3) Nalanda Mahavihara (India)
4) Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (China)
5) None of these

Ans. 5) None of these

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Ques. :36 Which of the following is the currency of Mongolia?
1) Mongolian riel
2) Mongolian shekel
3) Mongolian krona
4) Mongolian ringgit
5) Mongolian togrog

Ans. 5) Mongolian togrog

Ques. :37 Which state govt has signed an MoU with the Netherlands to set up a skill development centre to help farmers in the state?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Andhra Pradesh

Ans. 3) Uttar Pradesh

Ques. :38 Who among the following has authored the book titled Who Moved My Interest Rate?: Leading the Reserve Bank of India Through Five Turbulent Years?
1) C Rangarajan
2) Bimal Jalan
3) Y Venugopal Reddy
4) Raghuram Rajan
5) Duvvuri Subbarao

Ans. 5) Duvvuri Subbarao

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Ques. :39 Pema Khandu was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1) Manipur
2) Mizoram
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans. 5) Arunachal Pradesh

Ques. :40 Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
1) Ashwani Lohani
2) Ajay Singh
3) Naresh Goyal
4) Guruprasad Mohapatra
5) Rahul Bhatia

Ans. 4) Guruprasad Mohapatra