Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 01 and 02 January 2018
1. Who
has won the Best Player of the Year accolade at the Globe Soccer Awards?
(a) Lionel Messi
(b) Cristiano Ronaldo
(c) Paris Saint-Germain Neymar
2. Which
country cuts the ribbon of its first solar highway which will charge the
running electric vehicles?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Iraq
(c) China
(d) France
3. Indian
Air Force has bid farewell to __________ over Hasimara Air Force base in West
Bengal.
(a) Ilyushin I1-78
(b) Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
(c) HAL Tejas
(d) MiG-27 ML Bahadur
4. Whom
to share his thoughts in 'Mann Ki Baat' program?
(a) Shri Narendra Modi
(b) Shri Vijay Sharma
(c) Shri Naresh Iyer
(d) Shri Arun Jaitley
5. How
much amount of financial assistance has been sanctioned by the central
government for the development of inland transport sector of Assam?
(a) Rs 1250 crore
(b) Rs 1200 crore
(c) Rs 1275 crore
(d) Rs 1225 crore
6. The
government of India has recently infused an amount of Rs ______ crore in 6 weak
public sector banks to help them meet their equity requirements
(a) Rs 8,588 crore
(b) Rs 5,555 crore
(c) Rs 6,566 crore
(d) Rs 7,577 crore
7. Who
has won gold in men’s senior 50m pistol event at the 61st National Shooting
Championships Competition (NSCC-2017)?
(a) Jitu Rai
(b) Omprakash Mitherwal
(c) Omkar Singh
(d) Arjun Singh Cheema
8. Which
country cuts the ribbon of its first solar highway which will charge the
running electric vehicles?
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Suadi Arabia
(d) UK
9. Sue
Grafton, the author of detective novels passed away. She hails from which
country?
(a) Italy
(b) United States
(c) Germany
(d) France
10. Which
state Chief Minister has flagged off a mobile museum, showcasing various
aspects of the life of Adi Shankaracharya, from the home of the saints mother
near Kochi, Kerala?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
11. _________
Bans Solo Climbing on Mount Everest
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Japan
12. _________
Withdraws from UNESCO
(a) Israel
(b) Nepal
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Japan
13. Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has laid foundation stones for more than 100
projects worth Rs.______________
(a) 720 crore
(b) 900 crore
(c) 600 crore
(d) 700 crore
14. The
great Indian philosopher, Adi Shankara, was born in which state of India?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
15. India
has outpaced the global milk production with an annual growth rate of
__________
(a) 5.12%
(b) 5.28%
(c) 5.87%
(d) 5.53%
16. Which
state government has announced to provide 24 hours free power supply to farmers
of the state from the midnight of December 31, being the first Indian state to
do so?
(a) Haryana
(b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka
(d) Punjab
17. Who
is the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways?
(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Prakash Javadekar
(c) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
(d) Gopinath Munde
18. The
state-run National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) has been registered as
an Information Utility (IU) entity under ____
(a) IBBI (Information Utilities)
Regulations, 2016
(b) IBBI (Information Utilities)
Regulations, 2017
(c) IBBI (Information Utilities)
Regulations, 2015
(d) IBBI (Information Utilities)
Regulations, 2014
19. Which
country Launches World's Largest Human Genome Research Project?
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) South Africa
(d) India
20. Who
hails Real-time Governance module of Chandrababu Naidu?
(a) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(b) Naresh Iyer
(c) Vignesh Sharath
(d) Selvaraman
Answers:
1. B) 2. C) 3. D)
4. A) 5. A) 6. D)
7. A) 8. B) 9. B)
10. A)
11. B) 12. A) 13. D)
14. B) 15. D) 16. B)
17. A) 18. B) 19. A)
20. A)
