Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 07 Feb 2018

1. Sushil Chandra is the present chairman of

1) ASSOCHAM

2) Central Board of Direct Taxes

3) Central Board of Excise and Customs

4) CII

5) National Housing Bank

2. Bank of Baroda (BoB) has slashed benchmark lending rate MCLR by 10-25 basis points. In the term MCLR, letter C denotes

1) Capital

2) Course

3) Committee

4) Cost

5) Capacity

3. Several people were killed in Congo in inter-communal violence recently. The capital city of Congo is

1) Addis Ababa

2) Mogadishu

3) Juba

4) Asmara

5) Kinshasa

4. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj embarked on her first official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently. The currency of Saudi Arabia is

1) Riel

2) Real

3) Rand

4) Riyal

5) Dinar

5. The Abdul Kalam Island was formerly known as

1) Wheeler Island

2) Yellow Island

3) Red Island

4) Barren Island

5) Cellular Island

6. The Indian Bank has revised the interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident (banking) term deposits. The bank is headquartered in

1) Mumbai

2) Kolkata

3) Chennai

4) Hyderabad

5) New Delhi

7. Which of the following state govts, in collaboration with UNICEF, has launched Dastak Campaign against Japanese Encephalitis?

1) Bihar

2) Rajasthan

3) Gujarat

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) West Bengal

8. Sweden has committed record $370-m aid to the UN WFP. Here, the term WFP stands for

1) World Food Programme

2) World Forestry Programme

3) World Fisheries Programme

4) World Fertilizer Programme

5) None of these

9. Jerome Powell was sworn-in as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve recently. The Federal Reserve is the central bank of

1) France

2) US

3) UK

4) Germany

5) Russia

10. Shubhankar Sharma has become the top-ranked Indian _______ with a rank of 72 in the recent world rankings.

1) archer

2) shooter

3) shuttler

4) table tennis player

5) golfer

Answers:

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