Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 08 July 2017
1. Which of the following teams won the 2017 Indian Premier League cricket tournament?
1) Royal Challengers Bangalore
2) Kolkata Knight Riders
3) Mumbai Indians
4) Chennai Super Kings
5) Rising Pune Supergiant
2. Which of the following railway stations was found to be the dirtiest among the 75 busiest stations in the country in a survey conducted recently by the Quality Council of India?
1) Bhopal
2) Jogbani
3) Old Delhi
4) Anand Vihar
5) Darbhanga
3. The telecoms and financial services will be taxed at a standard rate of ________ under the new Goods and Services Tax regime.
1) 5 per cent
2) 12 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
4. The US President Donald Trump visited which of the following countries in his maiden foreign trip recently?
1) Iran
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) Turkey
5. The GST Council recently finalised a four-tier structure for taxation of services. What will be the tax rate on education, healthcare and third tier railway travel?
1) Zero
2) 5 per cent
3) 12 Per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
6. A special court recently convicted HC Gupta. He is the former
1) Revenue secretary
2) Finance secretary
3) Telecom secretary
4) Coal secretary
5) None of these
7. Sanjay Gubbi and Purnima Barman have won the prestigious Whitley Award, popularly known as Green Oscars, for their efforts in wildlife conservation. Sanjay is from Karnataka while Purnima is from
1) Kerala
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Jharkhand
5) Maharashtra
8. The govt of which of the following countries recently approved a bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne?
1) Japan
2) Thailand
3) Vietnam
4) Philippines
5) Cambodia
9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently mandated that _______ of the total number of ‘banking outlets’ opened during a financial year should be located in unbanked rural centres.
1) 05 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) 25 per cent
10. The broking, insurance and banking transactions have crossed $4-bn mark at GIFT City’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). The GIFT City is located in the state of
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Telangana
5) Haryana
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5
4
2
1
4
2
1
5
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