Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 20 Feb 2018
1. Who among the following has become the oldest (36) No. 1 in tennis history?
1) Andreas Seppi
2) Robin Haase
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Marin Cilic
5) Roger Federer
2. Sanjiv Bajaj has been declared 2017’s “EY Entrepreneur of the Year.” He is the present Managing Director of
1) Paytm Payments Bank
2) Airtel Payments Bank
3) Bajaj Finserv
4) Reliance Capital
5) Reliance Jio
3. The ISRO plans to launch AstroSat-2. The Astrosat is generally described as India’s version of the Hubble telescope that Nasa had put in space in
1) 1985
2) 1988
3) 1990
4) 1994
5) 1996
4. Which of the following has been recognised as the ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017?
1) Swiggy
2) Milkbasket
3) Grofers
4) Cloudcherry
5) Firstcry
5. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched plans worth Rs 1,918 cr for supplementing farmers’ income in
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Telangana
4) Punjab
5) Rajasthan
6. India’s first artificial intelligence centre will come up in which of the following cities?
1) Pune
2) Mumbai
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
7. Which of the following private sector banks is headquartered in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu?
1) City Union Bank
2) Catholic Syrian Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) Dhanlaxmi Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
8. The private sector lender, Axis Bank opened off-shore banking unit at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. The present MD and CEO of Axis Bank is
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) Shikha Sharma
4) Chanda Kochhar
5) Usha Ananthasubramanian
9. Which of the following states is at the bottom of the list with regard to maternal mortality rate (MMR) with a figure of 300 against the national average of 167?
1) Telangana
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Mizoram
4) Assam
5) West Bengal
10. Alex Blackwell announced her retirement from international and state cricket recently. She has been playing for
1) New Zealand
2) England
3) West Indies
4) South Africa
5) Australia
Answers:
- 5
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 5
