DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 JANUARY
1. WHAT IS THE INDIA’S RANK IN
PASSPORT INDEX 2017?
a) 78th
b) 73rd
c) 77th
d) 82nd
ANS - A
2. WHICH CITY RANKED MOST DYNAMIC
CITY IN THE WORLD IN WEF REPORT?
a) Hyderabad
b) Pune
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai
ANS - C
3. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED
AANANDAM SCHEME TO HELP POOR?
a) Telangana
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
ANS - B
4. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS WON
THE HINDU PRIZE 2016?
a) Anil Menon
b) Manjula Padmanabhan
c) Kunal Basu
d) Kiran Doshi
ANS - D
5. WHICH INDIAN CRICKETER HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO
THE LEGENDS CLUB ‘HALL OF FAME’?
a) Ravi Shastri
b) Kapil Dev
c) Mohammad Azharuddin
d) Javagal Srinath
ANS - B
6. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CEO AND MD OF
BHARTI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE?
a) Pankaj Murarka
b) Anoop Rao
c) V.K. Sharma
d) Sanjeev Srinivasan
ANS - D
7. WHICH INDIAN SCIENTIST DIED RECENTLY WHO WAS
WELL-KNOWN AS THE BLACK HOLE MAN OF INDIA?
a) CV Vishveshwara
b) M.G.K. Menon
c) Raja Ramanna
d) Soumya Swaminathan
ANS - A
8. FOR
WHAT AMOUNT THE ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE HAS ACQUIRED 8.41% STAKE IN
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDER FINO PAYTECH LTD?
a) Rs. 170 crore
b) Rs. 100 crore
c) Rs. 155 crroe
d) Rs. 120 crore
ANS - B
9. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON JANUARY 17, 2017?
a) François Hollande
b) Sergio Mattarella
c) Antonio Tajani
d) Petro Poroshenko
ANS - C
10. WHO IS THE CURRENT UNION MINSTER OF CHEMICALS
AND FERTILISERS?
a) Ananth Kumar
b) Narendra Singh Tomar
c) Kalraj Mishra
d) Thawar Chand Gehlot
ANS - A
