Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 16 October 2017

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 16 October 2017

1. The country’s first aviation university is all set to be inaugurated soon. The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University is situated in

1) Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh

2) Patna, Bihar

3) Raipur, Chhattisgarh

4) Chandigarh, Chandigarh

5) Jaipur, Rajasthan

2. Who among the following Indian sports persons has been appointed as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Physical Activity in South-East Asia Region?

1) Dutee Chand

2) Mary Kom

3) Milkha Singh

4) PT Usha

5) Kapil Dev

3. Reenat Sandhu has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of San Marino, a mountainous microstate which is surrounded by

1) France

2) Sweden

3) Spain

4) Netherlands

5) Italy

4. Canara Bank unveiled Bharat QR (Quick Response) and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) services recently. The headquarters of Canara Bank is located in

1) Chennai

2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Chandigarh

5) Kochi

5. The German nun Ruth Pfau, who devoted her life to combating leprosy, passed away recently. She was known as the Mother Teresa of

1) Bangladesh

2) Maldives

3) Afghanistan

4) Pakistan

5) Malaysia

6. Which of the following is not a member-country of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)?

1) Bhutan

2) Thailand

3) Sri Lanka

4) Myanmar

5) None of these

7. Which of the following airways has named Vinay Dube as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?

1) Jet Airways

2) Vistara

3) AirAsia India

4) Indigo

5) Spicejet

8. _________ is launching the “Smart Streets Lab” programme in collaboration with the WRI (World Resources Institute) Ross Centre India to improve road safety in the state capital.

1) Karnataka

2) Maharashtra

3) Telangana

4) Rajasthan

5) Gujarat

9. _________ has appointed Dilip Asbe to act as its chief executive officer in the wake of the retirement of AP Hota, its founding managing director.

1) SIDBI

2) NPCI

3) EXIM Bank

4) NABARD

5) NHB

10. The International Youth Day is observed across the world on

1) 02 Aug

2) 10 Aug

3) 11 Aug

4) 12 Aug

5) 16 Aug

Answers:

1. 1
2. 3
3. 5
4. 2
5. 4
6. 5
7. 1
8. 3
9. 2
10. 4