Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 11 July 2017

1. Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is suffering from terminal cancer, is a prominent dissident from

1) North Korea

2) China

3) Malaysia

4) Thailand

5) Russia

2. Which of the following automakers rolled out “Model 3,” an all-electric car recently?

1) General Motors

2) Renault

3) SAIC

4) Tesla

5) Ford

3. The SBI’s executive committee has given the final approval to divest 80 mn shares in SBI Life through an initial public offering. SBI Life is a joint venture between SBI and

1) BNP Paribas

2) MetLife

3) Japan Holdings

4) AXA Group

5) Allianz Group

4. Kewal Handa was appointed as the new Chairman and part-time non-official Director of which of the following banks recently?

1) Bank of India

2) Indian Bank

3) Union Bank of India

4) Syndicate Bank

5) Canara Bank

5. Which telecom firm recently launched Rs 2,000-cr ‘Project Next’ programme aimed at transforming customer experience across all its services and touch points?

1) Idea Cellular

2) Reliance Jio

3) Vodafone

4) BSNL

5) Bharti Airtel

6. India (world’s third-largest oil importer) will import crude oil from which country for the first time as Indian Oil has bought a cargo from this country which will be delivered in Oct?

1) US

2) China

3) Japan

4) Malaysia

5) Canada

7. Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said a bill will be pushed for passage in the monsoon session of Parliament which seeks to double the tax-free gratuity ceiling to

1) Rs 08 lakh

2) Rs 10 lakh

3) Rs 16 lakh

4) Rs 20 lakh

5) Rs 24 lakh

8. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has relaxed the norms on bonds under GST to help exports. The present Chairman of CBEC is

1) Yogesh Aggarwal

2) Yaduvendra Mathur

3) Vanaja N Sarna

4) Sushil Chandra

5) Najib Shah

9. The Malabar Naval exercise is a regular exercise between India and the US. This year, which nation is participating in the exercise with its biggest warship Izumo?

1) South Korea

2) Australia

3) New Zealand

4) Canada

5) Japan

10. Who won the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix F1 championship recently?

1) Lewis Hamilton

2) Valtteri Bottas

3) Daniel Ricciardo

4) Sebastian Vettel

5) Nico Rosberg

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 11 July 2017