Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 23 July 2017

1. Who among the following has been appointed as Secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind?

1) Jigmet Takpa

2) Bishwanath Sinha

3) AR Sule

4) Sanjay Kothari

5) Jayant N Khobragade

2. _____ recently blocked USD 350-mn in coalition support funds to Pakistan as Islamabad failed to act against the dreaded Haqqani network.

1) UN

2) World Bank

3) US

4) UK

5) NATO

3. The Supreme Court recently passed a slew of directions for effective implementation of provisions of the NFS Act as its compliance has been pathetic. The term NFS means

1) National Food Security

2) National Forensic Science

3) National Flood Security

4) National Fisheries and Seafood

5) None of these

4. India’s Karamjyoti Dalal won bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in which game recently?

1) Javelin throw

2) Discus throw

3) Archery

4) Boxing

5) Wrestling

5. According to a UN report, which is/are among the 10 countries that accounted for more than 95 per cent of all new HIV infections in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2016?

1) Malaysia

2) Thailand

3) Philippines

4) Papua New Guinea

5) All of these

6. As informed by the Union Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha to the Parliament, recently, mobile phones worth _ were produced in the country in 2016-17.

1) Rs 90,000 cr

2) Rs 54,000 cr

3) Rs 24,364 cr

4) Rs 18,900 cr

5) Rs 12,500 cr

7. A bill to repeal SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act and State Bank of Hyderabad Act was introduced in the Parliament recently. On 1 Apr 2017, five associate banks and which of the following banks was acquired by the SBI?

1) Punjab and Sind Bank

2) UCO Bank

3) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

4) Vijaya Bank

5) Andhra Bank

8. The govt launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana for elderly people recently. The plan provides an annual assured return of what per cent (payable monthly)?

1) 10 per cent

2) 9.5 per cent

3) 9 per cent

4) 8.5 per cent

5) 8 per cent

9. ____ recently renewed its association with the Star India and IMG Reliance-promoted Indian Super League (ISL) domestic football tournament for another three years at Rs 160 cr.

1) TVS

2) Hero MotoCorp

3) HMSI

4) Mahindra & Mahindra

5) Royal Enfield

10. Which state hosted the fifth edition of South India Writers Ensemble (SIWE) at Chengannur in Alappuzha district?

1) Telangana

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Kerala

5) Karnataka

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