QUIZ OF DAY 22-01/2017 WEEKEND SPECIAL

QUIZ OF DAY 22-01

Ques. :1 International Finance Corporation (IFC) is likely to invest $68 mn in India’s Apollo Health & Lifestyle Limited. IFC is an arm of the
1) Federal Reserve
2) World Bank
3) IMF
4) ADB
5) New Development Bank

Ans. 2) World Bank

Ques. :2 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mary Robinson as special envoys for El Nino and climate. Robinson is the former President of
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) France
4) Ireland
5) Turkey

Ans. 4) Ireland

Ques. :3 __________ has won the award for the ‘Best Far-shore Team’ instituted by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA).
1) Intelenet Global Services
2) Wipro BPO
3) HCL BPO
4) Aegis Limited
5) WNS Global Services

Ans. 1) Intelenet Global Services

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Ques. :4 Rakesh Kumar Mishra has been appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) situated in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Bengaluru
4) Bhopal
5) Thane

Ans. 2) Hyderabad

Ques. :5 The indigenously developed fecal incontinence (FI) management system ‘Qora’ was launched recently. The FI is a medical condition marked by inability to control our
1) eye movements
2) leg movements
3) bowel movements
4) hand movements
5) None of these

Ans. 3) bowel movements

Ques. :6 The first World Conference on Tourism for Development (WCTD) was held recently in
1) Tokyo
2) Manila
3) Bangkok
4) Beijing
5) Male

Ans. 4) Beijing

Ques. :7 _________ climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time recently, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by any woman.
1) Ang Rita
2) Phurba Tashi Sherpa
3) Apa Sherpa
4) Arunima Sinha
5) Lhakpa Sherpa

Ans. 5) Lhakpa Sherpa

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Ques. :8 Which of the following foreign banks has announced to halve its branches in the country to 26 as customers shift to digital alternatives?
1) DBS
2) RBS
3) CITI Bank
4) Standard Chartered
5) HSBC

Ans. 5) HSBC

Ques. :9 The Union Cabinet cleared an ordinance to keep which of the following out of NEET ambit for one academic year?
1) Private medical colleges
2) Deemed universities
3) State boards
4) All the above
5) None of these

Ans. 3) State boards

Ques. ;10 The world’s first scanning helium microscope was recently built by the researchers in
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) Australia
5) France

Ans. 4) Australia

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Ques. : 11 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Macharia Kamau as special envoy for El Nino and climate. Kamau is ambassador of which country to the UN?
1) Kenya
2) Nigeria
3) Sudan
4) Albania
5) Estonia

Ans. 1) Kenya

Ques. :12 The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is headquartered in
1) Ankara
2) Madrid
3) Zurich
4) Stockholm
5) Oslo

Ans. 2) Madrid

Ques. :13 Who among the following has been elected as new BCCI President, the 34th President of the cricket body?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Ajay Shirke
3) CK Khanna
4) Shashank Manohar
5) Anurag Thakur

Ans. 5) Anurag Thakur

Ques. :14 Who among the following was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry recently?
1) Subramanian Swamy
2) MJ Akbar
3) AK Singh
4) Kiran Bedi
5) Bhim Sain Bassi

Ans. 4) Kiran Bedi

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Ques. :15 PM Modi embarked upon on a 2-day visit to Iran recently. India is hopeful of signing deal for which of the following strategic ports with Iran?
1) Hambantota Port
2) Gwadar Port
3) Chabahar Port
4) Chittagong Port
5) Bagamoyo Port

Ans. 3) Chabahar Port