Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :1 Who won women’s singles title of the 2016 French Open tennis tournament?

1) Serena Williams
2) Garbine Muguruza
3) Ana Ivanovic
4) Venus Williams
5) Eugenie Bouchard

Ques. :2 Asia’s largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue, to talk about security issues in the Asia-Pacific region, was held recently in

1) Singapore
2) Japan
3) China
4) Myanmar
5) Malaysia

Ques. :3 Which state govt launched Asia’s first ‘Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme’ at the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore recently?

1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Odisha

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :4 Which of the following has became the first state in the country to give transgender people social welfare benefits – such as a housing, pension and food grains?

1) Delhi
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Karnataka

Ques. :5 CR Sasikumar took over as Managing Director of which of the following associate banks of the State Bank of India (SBI)?

1) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
2) State Bank of Patiala
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Hyderabad
5) State Bank of Travancore

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :6 Muhammad Ali, who passed away recently, was an iconic player of

1) baseball
2) basketball
3) hockey
4) boxing
5) wrestling

Ques. :7 HDFC Ergo General Insurance acquired which of the following general insurers for Rs 551 cr recently?

1) IFFCO Tokio
2) L&T General Insurance
3) ICICI Lombard
4) Bharti AXA General Insurance
5) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :8 Which port bagged National Award for Excellence in Cost Management for the year 2015 from ICAI under the category of Public Service Sector – Small?

1) Visakhapatnam Port
2) Mangalore Port
3) Kochi Port
4) Mundra Port
5) VO Chidambaranar Port

Ques. :9 World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on

1) 1 Jun
2) 3 Jun
3) 5 Jun
4) 6 Jun
5) 7 Jun

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :10 Which of the following pairs won the mixed doubles title of the 2016 French Open tennis tournament?

1) Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
2) Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig
3) Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares
4) Yaroslava Shvedova and Florin Mergea
5) Chan Hao-ching and Jamie Murray

Ques. :11 Who won the men’s singles title of the 2016 French Open tennis tournament?

1) Andy Murray
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Kei Nishikori
4) Roger Federer
5) Rafael Nadal

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :12 V Narayanasamy is the new Chief Minister of

1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Assam
4) Puducherry
5) Goa

Ques. :13 Sulabha Deshpande, who passed away recently, was a veteran

1) singer
2) dancer
3) author
4) film actor
5) social activist

Ques. :14 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Salma Dam (Herat Dam) in his recent visit to which of the following countries?

1) Qatar
2) Afghanistan
3) Tajikistan
4) Iran
5) Myanmar

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :15 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indian Govt have signed a $200-mn loan agreement to upgrade 176 km of State roads in

1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Assam
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan

Ques. :16 In which of the following countries voters rejected a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone in a recent plebiscite?

1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Switzerland

Ques. :17 India and Qatar inked 7 agreements to boost cooperation recently. The capital city and currency of Qatar respectively are

1) Manama, Qatari dinar
2) Doha, Qatari riyal
3) Riyadh, Qatari ringgit
4) Tripoli, Qatari krona
5) Damascus, Qatari peso

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :18 The Tiger Express, a semi-luxury tourist train, was flagged off recently which will take the guests on board to the world famous Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks in

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

Ques. :19 Avtar Singh qualified for Rio Olympic Games recently. He plays

1) boxing
2) wrestling
3) weightlifting
4) judo
5) discuss throw

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :20 Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited which of the following countries recently to which India plans to sell BrahMos missiles?

1) Philippines
2) Thailand
3) Cambodia
4) Vietnam
5) Malaysia

Ques. :21 Which of the following state govts launched Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act recently which seeks disposal of peoples’ complaints within 60-days?

1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Maharashtra

Ques. :22 India and Qatar signed an MoU for investment in NIIF of India. Here the term NIIF stands for

1) National Innovation and Infrastructure Fund
2) National Investment and Innovation Fund
3) National Innovation and Insurance Fund
4) National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
5) None of these

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017

Ques. :23 Sudarsan Pattnaik won gold medal in people’s choice prize at world championship festival of sand sculpting Russe, 2016. His sand art highlighted the issue

1) Childhood in Chains
2) Drugs Kill Sports
3) Save the Birds
4) World without Bloodshed
5) None of these

Ques. :24 P Dhanapal is the new speaker of which of the following state assemblies?

1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Kerala
4) Puducherry
5) Tamil Nadu

Ques. :25 Manohar Aich passed away recently at the age of 104 years. He was India’s first

1) Pugilist
2) Wrestler
3) Weightlifter
4) Athlete
5) Mr Universe

Weekend Special Quiz On 5 Feb 2017