Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 4th and 5th February 2017
APPOINTMENTS
1. Who has been appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of
National Stock Exchange?
a) Chitra Ramkrishna
b) Ravi Narain
c) D.K. Mehrotra
d) Vikram Limaye
e) None of these
a) Anushka Sharma
b) Aishwarya Rai
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Sunny Leone
e) Deepika Padukone
3. Who among the following has has taken over the charge as
director commercial at NTPC?
a) Mahesh Bhutt
b) Vikram Gupta
c) Anand Kumar Gupta
d) Vijayendra Singh Chowhan
e) None of these
AWARDS AND HONOURS
4. Which IT company has ranked the top brand among Global 500
brands?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Intel
d) Google
e) Samsung
5. Which among the following Indian Airways has bagged three
awards at the Asia One Awards held recently in Singapore?
a) Air India
b) Spice Jet
c) Jet Airways
d) GoAir
e) AirAsia
6. Which of the following player has been honoured with
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)?
a) Alastair Cook
b) Joe Root
c) David Beckham
d) Ben Stokes
e) None of these
BANKING AFFAIRS
7. Which private bank has increased the cash transaction fees
on savings account?
a) YES Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) ICICI Bank
e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
8. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill,
2017 was introduced in the Lok Sabha. This bill provides for holding, transfer
and receiving of old Rs 500 and _______ currency notes.
a) Rs 200
b) Rs 100
c) Rs 2000
d) Rs 1000
e) Rs 50
9. Alphabet Inc’s Google will sell its satellite imaging
business, Terra Bella, to which private satellite operator company?
a) Planet Labs
b) AppDynamics
c) Astrolink
d) Spacenet
e) None of these
10. Name the India’s first ever online exhibition gateway
launched by LIQVD ASIA in collaboration with iKarmik.com?
a) ExFirst.com
b) Exhibit.com
c) Exhibition.com
d) FirstEx.com
e) ExhibitFirst.com
DEATHS
11. Name the Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
director who passed away after a prolonged illness.
a) Joginder Singh
b) Vijay Manohar
c) Kiran Gangopadhyaya
d) Manohar Verma
e) None of these
IMPORTANT DAYS
12. What is the theme for 2017 World Cancer Day?
a) Not Beyond Us
b) Debunk the Myths
c) Cancer – Did you know?
d) We can. I can
e) None of these
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
13. India and which country has founded a Coalition for
Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to accelerate life-saving research and
development for epidemics.
a) Singapore
b) Finland
c) Oman
d) Norway
e) Philippines
14. The Right to Information (RTI) Act of which country came
into force recently?
a) Iran
b) Oman
c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar
e) Bhutan
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
15. The Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju recently
announced the government’s decision of installing smart fence along one of the
India’s borders. With which country does India share the border?
a) Myanmar
b) Bhutan
c) Pakistan
d) China
e) Bangladesh
16. The Union Ministry of Railways has signed an MoU with
which country for technical cooperation in rail sector on February 2, 2017 with
focus on safety operations.
a) Indonesia
b) Italy
c) China
d) Japan
e) Bhutan
17. Who will be the next Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu?
a) L. Sasikala Pushpa
b) V. K. Sasikala
c) S. Gokula Indira
d) Trisha Krishnan
e) None of these
18. How many fraud websites and Mobile Applications have been
shut down by the UIDAI for offering illegal Aadhaar related services?
a) 42
b) 48
c) 50
d) 58
e) 60
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AFFAIRS
19. Name the first solar power spacecraft of NASA to orbit
Jupiter that recently completed closest flyby of Jupiter mysterious cloud tops
for the fourth time?
a) Hybo
b) Hunda
c) Juno
d) Hyper
e) None of these
SPORTS AFFAIRS
20. Who won the 29th the National Snooker Championship title?
a) Aditya Mehta
b) Geet Sethi
c) Anuja Thakur
d) Pankaj Advani
e) None of these
