Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 04 Jan 2018

1. The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of Asia’s longest bi-directional Zojila Pass tunnel at an estimated cost of Rs 6,089 cr is the state of

1) Jammu and Kashmir

2) Kerala

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Sikkim

5) Arunachal Pradesh

2. The Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, recently launched an online portal to provide women with easy access to information on govt schemes and initiatives for them. The portal is

1) SHAKTI

2) NARI

3) SAATHI

4) SAHAY

5) SAHELI

3. The Reliance Industries recently commissioned world’s largest refinery off-gas cracker (ROGC) project of 1.5 MMTPA capacity in

1) Mumbai

2) Mathura

3) Vadodara

4) Mangalore

5) Jamnagar

4. Who among the following has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?

1) Simran

2) Swapna Mannam

3) Shree Saini

4) Ishwarya

5) Prerna

5. The SFIO will probe 57 suspected shell firms that deposited billions of rupees post-demonetisation period. The term SFIO means

1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office

2) Serious Fraud Interrogation Office

3) Suspicious Finance Investigation Office

4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office

5) None of these

6. Salil Parekh took charge as the new CEO of which of the following firms recently?

1) Wipro

2) TCS

3) Infosys

4) HCL

5) Tech Mahindra

7. The market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced the MPS rule for listed companies. What is the full form of the term MPS?

1) Maximum Public Shareholding

2) Minimum Public Shareholding

3) Maximum Private Shareholding

4) Minimum Private Shareholding

5) None of these

8. Who among the following has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?

1) Syed Asif Ibrahim

2) Rajiv Mathur

3) Dineshwar Sharma

4) Anil Kumar Dhasmana

5) Rajinder Khanna

9. The govt recently scrapped ‘Spike’ missile deal with Rafael which is based in

1) France

2) Sweden

3) Germany

4) Israel

5) Norway

10. The Union Cabinet approved an MoU between India and which country recently to improve public transport in the country?

1) UK

2) Singapore

3) Switzerland

4) Denmark

5) Japan

Answers:

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