QUIZ OF DAY 24-03/2017 GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

QUIZ OF DAY 24-03

Ques. :1 The govt-owned Hudco has received SEBI’s approval to float initial public offer to offload 10 per cent stake through an OFS route. Here, the term OFS stands for
1) Offer For Stock
2) Offer For Subscription
3) Offer For Sale
4) Offer For Subsidy
5) None of these

Ans. 3) Offer For Sale

Ques. :2 The ace badminton player PV Sindhu has been roped in as brand ambassador by which company for its sports drink Gatorade?
1) Coca Cola
2) PepsiCo
3) Parle
4) Nestle
5) GlaxoSmithKline

Ans. 2) PepsiCo

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Ques. :3 The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently appointed who among the following to the post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
1) Diana Edulji
2) Vikram Limaye
3) Ramachandra Guha
4) Ankur Khanna
5) David Richardson

Ans. 4) Ankur Khanna

Ques. :4 The RBI recently proposed to fix the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments at _______ in view of growing usage of PPIs for purchase of goods and services.
1) Rs 20,000 lakh
2) Rs 25,000 lakh
3) Rs 50,000 lakh
4) Rs 75,000 lakh
5) Rs 1 lakh

Ans. 5) Rs 1 lakh

Ques. :5 The Govt has made amendments to the Finance Bill 2017 proposing to make which of the following mandatory while filing the income tax returns?
1) Aadhaar card
2) Passport
3) Driving Licence
4) Voter ID card
5) All the above

Ans. 1) Aadhaar card

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Ques. :6 Which of the following cities has been ranked as the cheapest city to live globally as per a report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?
1) Kiev
2) Algiers
3) Almaty
4) Karachi
5) Lagos

Ans. 3) Almaty

Ques. :7 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Govt of India recently signed a $350-mn loan for improving about 1,500 km of major district roads in
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Rajasthan

Ans. 1) Madhya Pradesh

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Ques. :8 The World Meteorological Day is observed globally on
1) 20 Mar
2) 21 Mar
3) 23 Mar
4) 24 Mar
5) 25 Mar

Ans. 3) 23 Mar

Ques. :9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation “Chenani-Nashri tunnel,” the country’s longest road tunnel (9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel), on 2 Apr in the state of
1) Maharashtra
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans. 3) Jammu & Kashmir

Ques. :10 What is India’s ranking among 188 countries in the UN Development Programme (UNDP)’s 2016 ‘Human Development for Everyone’ report released recently?
1) 122nd
2) 128th
3) 89th
4) 91st
5) 131st

Ans. 5) 131st