DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 AUG
1.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION IN LOK SABHA, ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL, MINISTER OF
STATE FOR FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS STATED THAT GOVERNMENT HAS REVISED THE
BASE YEAR OF ALL-INDIA WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX FROM 2004-05 TO?
a) 2015-16
b) 2013-14
c) 2014-15
d) 2011-12
ANS - D
2.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE NITI
AAYOG?
a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Vidyut Kant
c) Vinay Khattar
d) Nandish Jaiswal
ANS - A
3.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO DISTRIBUTE 13 LAKH SOIL HEALTH CARDS
AMONG FARMERS?
a) Rajasthan
b) Kerala
c) Assam
d) Gujarat
ANS - C
4.
WHICH INDIAN WRESTLER CLINCHED THE BRONZE MEDAL IN WOMEN’S 59KG CATEGORY OF THE
JUNIOR WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP IN TAMPERE, FINLAND?
a) Sangeeta Singh
b) Manju Kumari
c) Latika Rajput
d) Vijaya Narang
ANS - B
5.
BJP-LED NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE NOMINEE AND FORMER UNION MINISTER, M
VENKAIAH NAIDU HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE ____ VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA?
a) 15th
b) 11th
c) 14th
d) 13th
ANS - D
6. UNION HOME MINISTRY PASSED AN ORDER TO MERGE
THE THREE-DECADE OLD NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU WITH BPRD. ABBREVIATION BPRD
STANDS FOR?
a) Bureau of Police Research and Development
b) Bureau of Patrolling Research and
Development
c) Bureau of Police Regulation and
Development
d) Border Police Research and Development
ANS - A
7. CUSTOMERS OF WHICH PUBLIC SECTOR BANK WILL
HAVE TO PAY CHARGES FOR DEPOSITING CASH ABOVE RS 5,000 IN A NON-BASE BRANCH
EVEN IF IT IS LOCATED IN THE SAME CITY?
a) Bank of Baroda
b) State Bank of India
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Bank of India
ANS - C
8. LEADING FMCG COMPANY BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES
WILL INVEST RS 1000 CR AT ITS PROPOSED LARGEST PLANT AT A FOOD PARK IN?
a) Haryana
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Karnataka
ANS - B
9. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE WORLD BANK IN THE US?
a) Sandhya Iyer
b) Rujuta Parikh
c) Manisha Chandra
d) S Aparna
ANS - D
10. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING INDIAN SHOOTER HAS
WON THE INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS THE TEAM GOLD MEDAL IN MEN’S DOUBLE TRAP AT THE
7TH ASIAN SHOTGUN CHAMPIONSHIP?
a) Ankur Mittal
b) Pankaj Dixit
c) Rajat Dandekar
d) Hitesh Joshi
ANS - A
