DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 MAY
1.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO BECOME THE 2ND STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO
RESCHEDULE ITS FINANCIAL YEAR FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER?
a) Jharkhand
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Rajasthan
ANS - A
2.
WHICH STATE WILL INTRODUCE BOAT AMBULANCE SERVICE IN 4 DISTRICTS WHERE PEOPLE
FACE DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING HEALTH SERVICE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
ANS - C
3.
UNION MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND THE UNION SKILL DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRY HAVE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO SET UP ________ DRIVER
TRAINING INSTITUTES ACROSS INDIA?
a) 50
b) 100
c) 125
d) 75
ANS - B
4.
WHICH INDIAN BOXER HAS WON A SILVER MEDAL AT THE ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN?
a) Devendro Singh
b) Vijender Singh
c) Manoj Kumar
d) Shiva Thapa
ANS - D
5.
NEPAL’S 86-YEAR-OLD MOUNTAINEER ________, WHO WAS ONCE THE OLDEST CLIMBER TO
SCALE THE MOUNT EVEREST, DIED AT ITS BASE CAMP?
a) Bal Krishna Mahara
b) Gauri Shankar Khand
c) Min Bahadur Sherchan
d) Ajay Kumar Karki
ANS - C
6.
INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LTD HAS DECIDED TO START WHICH
TWO NEW CIRCUITS OF THEIR FLAGSHIP LUXURY TRAIN MAHARAJAS’ EXPRESS?
a) ”Southern Sojourn” and
“Southern Paradise”
b) ”Southern Sojourn” and “Southern
Jewels”
c) ”Southern Paradise” and
“Southern Jewels”
d) ”Southern Sojourn” and
“Southern Delight”
ANS - B
7.
INDIA WILL ORGANISE CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN _____ FROM 8TH – 12TH MAY 2017TO MARK
156TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
a) Egypt
b) Japan
c) France
d) UK
ANS - C
8.
AN INTER-MINISTERIAL INDIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY MR. AJAY NARAYAN JHA –
SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE PARTICIPATED IN
THE 2017 CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS
FROM 24THAPRIL 2017 TO 5THMAY 2017 IN?
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Paris, France
c) Beijing, China
d) New York, US
ANS - A
9. WHICH INDIAN CRICKETER RECEIVED THE
FELLOWSHIP AWARD AT THE 7TH ANNUAL ASIAN AWARDS HELD IN LONDON, UK?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Virender Sehwag
c) M S Dhoni
d) Sachin Tendulkar
ANS - D
10.
WHICH COUNTRY HAS WON 26TH EDITION OF THE SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP HOCKEY
TOURNAMENT BY DEFEATING AUSTRALIA IN THE FINAL MATCH?
a) Malaysia
b) Great Britain
c) Bangladesh
d) India
ANS - B
