Current Affairs Daily Quiz: February 2nd 2017

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Current Affairs Quiz based on 2nd February 2017 Current Affairs & News for all competitive-govt. Exams. 
APPOINTMENTS
1. Who was sworn in as the 69th US Secretary of State under the new President Donald Trump’s government?
a) Condoleezza Rice
b) Colin Powell
c) Rex Tillerson
d) Hillary Rodham Clinton
e) None of these


2. Who among the following has been appointed as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation?
a) Alok Kumar Verma
b) Santosh Kumar Upadhyay
c) M.K.Chhabra
d) M. Akhaya
e) None of these

3. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of BAE Systems’ India operations
a) Naresh Chandra
b) Nik Khanna
c) Deepak Parekh
d) Ravindra Bhargava
e) None of these

AWARDS AND HONOURS
4. Who has presented the 2016 National Entrepreneurship Awards?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Manmohan Singh
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) Rajnath Singh
e) None of these

5. Which among the following Indian business school Ranked Top Indian B-School in FT Global MBA Ranking 2017?
a) Indian School of Business (ISB),
b) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA),
c) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
d) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
e) None of these

BANKING AFFAIRS
6. The Union Budget has allocated _________ towards recapitalisation of public sector banks in FY 2017-18.
a) Rs. 10,000 crore
b) Rs. 12,000 crore
c) Rs. 13,000 crore
d) Rs. 15,000 crore
e) Rs. 17,000 crore

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
7. Name the Organisation that has launched 3.3 billion US Dollar to help 48 million children caught up in crises worldwide?
a) IMF
b) NOCIRC
c) Save the Children
d) UNICEF
e) None of these

8. Name the operation launched by the Income Tax Department to track deposits post demonetisation?
a) Operation Track Black Money
b) Operation Clean Deposits
c) Operation Clean Money
d) Operation Clean Black Money
e) None of these

9. Recently Indian Government decided to ban on cash transactions above
a) Rs.5 Lakhs
b) Rs.4 Lakhs
c) Rs.3 Lakhs
d) Rs.2 Lakhs
e) Rs.1.5 Lakhs

DEATHS
10. Name the eminent theatre personality, who has passed away on on 1 February 2017.
a) Asim Basu
b) Mithilesh Singh
c) Prassana Srinivasan
d) Bhaskar Shukla
e) None of these

IMPORTANT DAYS
11. World Wetlands Day is globally observed on
a) February 1st
b) February 2nd
c) February 3rd
d) February 4th
e) February 5th

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
12. The world’s first live cows with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis (TB) developed in which country?
a) USA
b) China
c) Russia
d) Japan
e) Australia

13. Which country has suspended the process of issuing visa for travellers from Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan?
a) Qatar
b) Oman
c) Singapore
d) Kuwait
e) China

14. Which country has been invited as the Guest of Honour for the 2017 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum scheduled to be held from June 1 to 3, 2017?
a) Nepal
b) India
c) Bangladesh
d) Bhutan
e) Sri Lanka

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
15. The Union Cabinet had approved the amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of SC in which state
a) Odisha
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Himachal Pradesh

16. The 19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav was held in which city with the special focus on the different genres of Indian theater?
a) Mumbai
b) Bangalore
c) Ahmedabad
d) New Delhi
e) Hyderabad

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AFFAIRS
17. Which Arabian nation is planning to launch its first-ever mission to Mars in 2020
a) Qatar
b) Kuwait
c) Saudi Arabia
d) United Arab Emirates
e) Oman

SPORTS AFFAIRS
18. Name the Indian Cricketer who became India's highest wicket taker in T20 cricket?
a) Raichandran Ashwin
b) Ashish Nehra
c) Amith Mishra
d) Ravindra Jadeja
e) None of these