DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 15 & 16
JUNE
1. WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS
LAUNCHED, ‘ANUYATRA’, AN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) West
Bengal
d) Kerala
Ans - D
2. THE STATISTICS MINISTRY IS SET
TO CHANGE THE BASE YEAR OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS TO _______ FROM 2011-12 AFTER
COMPLETION OF THE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND LABOUR FORCE DATA
BY THE END OF 2018.
a)
2017-18
b)
2016-17
c)
2013-14
d)
2014-15
Ans - A
3. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
IDENTIFIED 12 NON-PERFORMING ACCOUNTS REPRESENTING ____% OF GROSS NPAS IN
INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN UP UNDER THE INSOLVENCY
AND BANKRUPTCY CODE?
a)
45%
b)
35%
c)
25%
d)
30%
Ans - C
4. WHICH TWO CORE CONVENTIONS ON CHILD LABOUR
WERE RATIFIED BY INDIA, AT THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE IN GENEVA?
a)
Convention 140 and Convention 184
b)
Convention 138 and Convention 182
c)
Convention 137 and Convention 181
d)
Convention 139 and Convention 183
Ans - B
5.
IN CONTEXT OF INDIAN DEFENCE, WHAT IS ‘NAG’?
a)
Anti-Tank Missile
b)
Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher
c)
Anti-Tank Mine
d)
Surveillance Radar
Ans - A
6. THE NALANDA UNIVERSITY HAS SIGNED A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH AN INSTITUTE FROM WHICH COUNTRY FOR ACADEMIC
COOPERATION?
a)
South Korea
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
UK
Ans - A
7. INDIA HAS RANKED _______ ON THE GLOBAL
INNOVATION INDEX 2017?
a)
30th
b)
40th
c)
20th
d)
60th
Ans - D
8. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION HAS
APPROVED $150 MILLION EQUITY INVESTMENT LOAN TO THE INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND?
a)
Asian Development Bank
b)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
c)
World Bank
d)
New Development Bank
Ans - B
9. ISRAELI AUTHOR DAVID GROSSMAN HAS WON THE MAN
BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR HIS NOVEL?
a)
`A Lion Walks Into a Bar’
b)
`A Tiger Walks Into a Bar’
c)
`A Horse Walks Into a Bar’
d)
`A Bull Walks Into a Bar’
Ans - C
10. RAMANATHAN RAMANAN, WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS
MISSION DIRECTOR OF ATAL INNOVATION MISSION, UNDER THE GOVERNMENT’S PREMIER
THINK TANK NITI AAYOG IS A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT?
a)
Tech Mahindra
b)
Infosys
c)
Wipro
d)
Tata Consultancy Services
Ans – D
