Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 28 Dec 2017

1. Alberto Fujimori recently asked the public for forgiveness after receiving a Presidential pardon. He is the former President of

1) Chile

2) Peru

3) Colombia

4) Spain

5) South Africa

2. Which of the following states will receive $318 mn from the World Bank for irrigation projects?

1) Odisha

2) West Bengal

3) Assam

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Karnataka

3. Jairam Thakur was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of which of the following states recently?

1) Gujara

2) Haryana

3) Arunachal Pradesh

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Himachal Pradesh

4. Which of the following has become the first plane to be made in India for commercial flights as it has received DGCA’s nod?

1) Dornier 228

2) Kiran

3) HAL HTT-40

4) Ilyushin II-276

5) Pushpak

5. The govt has slashed interest rates on small savings schemes by 0.2 percentage point for the Jan-Mar period. Now, the interest rate on five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will be

1) 7.4 per cent

2) 7.6 per cent

3) 7.9 per cent

4) 8.1 per cent

5) 8.3 per cent

6. The govt has decided to make additional borrowing of what amount this fiscal (FY18) through dated securities?

1) Rs 30,000 cr

2) Rs 40,000 cr

3) Rs 50,000 cr

4) Rs 70,000 cr

5) Rs 80,000 cr

7. _______ has unveiled a plan to exit its ongoing Strategic Debt Restructuring (SDR) exercise and reduce its debt by 87 per cent to about Rs 6,000 cr.

1) Reliance Communications

2) Unitech

3) DLF

4) JSW Steel

5) United Breweries

8. Robbie Malinga passed away recently. He was a legendary musician from

1) France

2) Italy

3) South Africa

4) UK

5) US

9. Which country hosted the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships for the first time recently?

1) Qatar

2) Israel

3) Iran

4) Saudi Arabia

5) Brazil

10. Who among the following has been declared animal rights group PETA’s Person of the Year 2017?

1) Ranbir Kapoor

2) Anushka Sharma

3) Katrina Kaif

4) Deepika Padukone

5) Virat Kohli

Answers:

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