QUIZ OF DAY-21/06/2017 GK AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

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Ques. :1 Putting an end to the VIP culture, the central govt has decided to remove beacons atop all vehicles, including that of PM Narendra Modi, from

1) May 01, 2017
2) Apr 30, 2017
3) May 31, 2017
4) Jun 01, 2017
5) Jan 01, 2018

Ans. 1) May 01, 2017

Ques. :2 The Union Cabinet has sanctioned what amount over the next two years to enable the Election Commission of India (ECI) to procure voting machines that use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Units for use in the 2019 general elections?

1) Rs 1,200 cr
2) Rs 2,300 cr
3) Rs 2,800 cr
4) Rs 3,200 cr
5) Rs 3,800 cr

Ans. 4) Rs 3,200 cr

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Ques. :3 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained India’s growth forecast at 7.2% for FY18. Who among the following is the present Managing Director of IMF?

1) Anne Osborn Krueger
2) Paul Romer
3) Christine Lagarde
4) Jim Yong Kim
5) Roberto Azevedo

Ans. 3) Christine Lagarde

Ques. :4 The Union Cabinet has approved signing of double taxation avoidance protocol with Portugal. The capital city of Portugal is

1) Lisbon
2) Madrid
3) Warsaw
4) Istanbul
5) Helsinki

Ans. 1) Lisbon

Ques. :5 Barasingha, or swamp deer, is the state animal of which of the following states?

1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) West Bengal
5) Maharashtra

Ans. 1) Madhya Pradesh

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Ques. :6 Which state govt has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to supply 24 per cent of electricity generated from the Rewa ultra mega solar project?

1) Haryana
2) Rajasthan
3) Punjab
4) Uttarakhand
5) Madhya Pradesh

Ans. 5) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. :7 The IMF has projected a marginally higher than expected growth for the world economy in 2017 at

1) 2.5 per cent
2) 3.1 per cent
3) 3.5 per cent
4) 4.2 per cent
5) 4.3 per cent

Ans. 3) 3.5 per cent

Ques. :8 The RBI has permitted banks to invest up to what per cent of the unit capital of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) or Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)?

1) 15%
2) 10%
3) 20%
4) 12.5%
5) 25%

Ans. 2) 10%

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Ques. :9 The English translation of writer Perumal Murugan’s novel Mathorubhagan (One Part Woman) has won the Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation in English 2016. The translation was done by

1) Ashwin Sanghi
2) Amish Tripathi
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Aniruddhan Vasudevan
5) Anand Neelakantan

Ans. 5) Anand Neelakantan

Ques. :10 The Third Gender Day is observed on

1) 01 Apr
2) 25 Apr
3) 30 Apr
4) 21 Apr
5) 15 Apr

Ans. 5) 15 Apr