DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 23 & 24 MARCH
1. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017
WORLD WATER DAY?
a) Why Waste Water?
b) Water and Sustainable Development
c) Better Water, Better Jobs
d) Water and Jobs
ANS - A
2.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CRICKET COUNCIL?
a) Gurdeep Singh
b) Ankur Khanna
c) Jayesh Pundit
d) Subhash Rathore
ANS - B
3.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SOLAR ALLIANCE ON A FULL TIME BASIS?
a) Nripendra Puri
b) Girish Chowdhary
c) Ramesh Verma
d) Upendra Tripathy
ANS - D
4.
WHICH AMONG THE GIVEN MOBILE COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN INDIA?
a) Sony Mobile
b) Microsoft
c) Samsung Electronics
d) Apple Inc
ANS - C
5.
ASSAM GOVERNMENT HAS SET A TARGET TO TRANSFORM MAJULI INTO INDIA’S FIRST CARBON
NEUTRAL DISTRICT BY WHICH YEAR?
a) 2023
b) 2020
c) 2019
d) 2021
ANS - B
6. WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2017 ABEL PRIZE?
a) Andrew J. Wiles
b) Yves Meyer
c) Yakov Sinai
d) Louis Nirenberg
ANS - B
7. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL DAY?
a) Weather and Climate: Engaging
Youth
b) Climate Knowledge for Climate
Action
c) Hotter, Drier, Wetter, Face
the Future
d) Understanding Clouds
ANS - D
8. WHO IS THE WINNER OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL
SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION SHOTGUN WORLD CUP, MEXICO, IN MEN’S DOUBLE TRAP
EVENT?
a) Ankur Mittal
b) Subhankar Pramanick
c) Gagan Narang
d) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
ANS - A
9. HOW MUCH AMOUNT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE
GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 403 KMS OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN MEGHALAYA AND
MIZORAM DURING A CABINET MEETING?
a) Rs. 5,999 cr
b) Rs 6,721 cr
c) Rs. 6,500 cr
d) Rs. 7,120 cr
ANS - B
10. NAME THE INDIAN JOURNALIST WHO HAS BEEN
CONFERRED WITH THE INAUGURAL KULDIP NAYAR JOURNALISM AWARD?
a) Rohit Sardana
b) Barkha Dutt
c) Ravish Kumar
d) Sudhir Choudhary
ANS - C
