QUIZ OF DAY 21-03/2017 GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

QUIZ OF DAY 21-03

Ques. :1 In its drive to promote digital payments, the govt is emphasizing on AePS. In the term AePS what does letter ‘A’ stand for?
1) Advance
2) Accredited
3) Associated
4) Aadhar
5) Account

Ans. 4) Aadhar

Ques. :2 A top Egyptian court recently upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer two Red Sea islands from Egypt to
1) Iran
2) Turkey
3) Kuwait
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Bahrain

Ans. 4) Saudi Arabia

QUIZ OF DAY 21-03

Ques. :3 India has signed a financing agreement with World Bank for USD 48-mn for the Health Project of the state of
1) Assam
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Sikkim
4) Nagaland
5) Jammu and Kashmir

Ans. 4) Nagaland

Ques. :4 _______ is the first Indian company and the first bank or financial institution from non-Japan Asia to be listed on the NYSE.
1) ICICI
2) UTI
3) LIC of India
4) HDFC
5) IDFC

Ans. 1) ICICI

Ques. :5 The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in the country. It was set up in
1) 1991
2) 1999
3) 2001
4) 2004
5) 2009

Ans. 5) 2009

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Ques. :6 Donald Trump was recently inaugurated as the ______ President of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years.
1) 41th
2) 43th
3) 45th
4) 46th
5) 48th

Ans. 3) 45th

Ques. :7 ________ has become the worldwide Olympic partner through 2028 after signing the first long-term partnership with International Olympic Committee (IOC).
1) Alibaba
2) Total
3) Amazon
4) Xiaomi
5) Lenovo

Ans. 1) Alibaba

Ques. :8 The govt’s ambitious scheme, under which air fares have been capped at Rs 2,500 for a one-hour flight, is all set to roll out. The scheme is named
1) UDAN
2) SAFAR
3) AAKASH
4) PUSHPAK
5) PAWAN HANSH

Ans. 1) UDAN

Ques. :9 Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is the chief guest for this year’s Republic Day celebrations, is the present crown prince of
1) Abu Dhabi
2) Bahrain
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Qatar
5) Kuwait

Ans. 1) Abu Dhabi

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Ques. :10 The 12th Five Year Plan is the last five-year Plan and from 2017-18, the Centre would adopt a ________ action plan and a fifteen-year vision document.
1) one-year
2) two-year
3) three-year
4) four-year
5) ten-year

Ans. 3) three-year