Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 7th February 2017

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Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 7th February 2017

APPOINTMENTS
1. Who among the following has taken over as the acting chief executive officer (CEO) of the public service broadcaster of India “Prasar Bharati”?
a) Suresh Panda
b) Rajiv Singh
c) Dinesh Kumar
d) Ashok Verma
e) Rakesh Chowdary

AWARDS AND HONOURS
2. Which Indian state has recently introduced the Civil Service Awards for excellence in public administration in the state?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
e) Uttar Pradesh

BANKING AFFAIRS
3. The Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has started the Pilot Operation in which city?
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) Ahmadabad
d) Bengaluru
e) Kolkata

4. Which private bank has tied up with Earthport Plc?
a) Axis Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) YES Bank
d) ICICI Bank
e) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5. Which bank has partnered with insurance company Cigna TTK Health to market the insurer’s products in the bank’s branches across the entire country?
a) Andhra Bank
b) Bank of India
c) Bank of Maharashtra
d) Canara Bank
e) State Bank of India

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
6. The Lok Sabha has passed the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017.This bill to amend the Payment of Wages Act of which year?
a) 1945
b) 1987
c) 1975
d) 1936
e) 1926

7. Uber launched a new category in the first week of February 2017. Which of the following is the company’s latest service?
a) UberPOOL
b) UberX
c) UberXL
d) UberHIRE
e) None of these

DEATHS
8. Name the freedom fighter, who has passed away on 6 February 2017?
a) Rajesh Varma
b) Ravi Krishana
c) Racharla Samrajyam
d) Muthammal
e) Vuddanti Maheshwari

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
9. Which of the following company app to find 611 missing Chinese children?
a) Tencent
b) Baidu
c) NetEase
d) Alibaba
e) None of these

10. Indian Coast Guard to have Joint Exercise with which country Coast Guard?
a) China
b) Russia
c) USA
d) UAE
e) Bangladesh

11. The 17th session of senior officials' meeting of BIMSTEC will be held in which city?
a) Colombo
b) Kathmandu
c) Islamabad
d) New Delhi
e) Mumbai

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
12. Which state has inaugurated the first Smart Police Station?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Telangana

13. Which state to submit memorandum to PM to exempt it from Part IX A of Constitution?
a) Nagaland
b) Mizoram
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
e) Bihar

14. Which state government has announced two per cent reservation to sports persons in government jobs and nutritious food to them?
a) Assam
b) Jharkhand
c) Haryana
d) West Bengal
e) Gujarat

15. The Railway Ministry is set to develop the first ever railway line in which of the following State/Union Territories?
a) Assam
b) Daman and Diu
c) Andaman and Nicobar Island
d) Chandigarh
e) None of these

16. Which state signed a tripartite MoU with the Ministry of Tourism for the implementation of the Tourism project in the state?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Kerala
e) Karnataka

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AFFAIRS
17. ISRO will launch 104 satellites through its workhorse rocket PSLV-C37 on February 15 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Out of these how many satellites are from India?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 4
d) 3
e) 7

SPORTS AFFAIRS
18. Which country will miss this summer's World Athletics Championships after governing body IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) voted to extend their suspension from international competition in Monaco?
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) Netherlands
d) Canada
e) Russia

19. Who won the 2017 National Badminton Championship women’s singles?
a) Prajakta Sawant
b) Rituparna Das
c) Aparna Balan
d) Shikha Gautam
e) None of these