DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 JANUARY

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