Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 24 July 2017

1. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana. Which insurer has been given the sole privilege to operate this scheme?

1) LIC of India

2) SBI Life

3) ICICI Prudential

4) HDFC Standard

5) Tata AIG

2. The maximum investment limit under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) is

1) Rs 5.5 lakh

2) Rs 6 lakh

3) Rs 6.5 lakh

4) Rs 7 lakh

5) Rs 7.5 lakh

3. Which of the following teams won the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017?

1) India

2) Australia

3) England

4) New Zealand

5) South Africa

4. The book “Doughnut Economics- Seven Ways to Think Like A 21st Century Economist” has been authored by

1) Paul Krugman

2) Kate Raworth

3) Tony Atkinson

4) Joseph Stiglitz

5) Emmanuel Saez

5. The host of the 2017 Women’s Asia Cup of Federation of International Basketball (FIBA) is

1) Hyderabad

2) Mumbai

3) Chennai

4) Bengaluru

5) New Delhi

6. Punjab state recently announced a cash reward of Rs five lakh for who among the following for her 171 not out in the semi-final against Australia in the Women’s World Cup?

1) Harmanpreet Kaur

2) Ekta Bisht

3) Jhulan Goswami

4) Smriti Mandhana

5) Mithali Raj

7. Mukul Sangma recently launched ‘Mission Football’ to help develop skills of football enthusiasts and develop young footballers for the country. He is the present Chief Minister of

1) Sikkim

2) Mizoram

3) Meghalaya

4) Tripura

5) Nagaland

8. The very first flood water of the current monsoon season was released from Hirakud dam, Asia’s longest earthen dam, recently in

1) Uttarakhand

2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) West Bengal

5) Odisha

9. Viktor Orban is the present Prime Minister of which country? He recently vowed to defend Poland from criticism from the EU after it approved controversial court reforms.

1) Greece

2) Hungary

3) Denmark

4) Sweden

5) Norway

10. India and which country recently signed a pact to connect both the countries by waterways?

1) Maldives

2) Sri Lanka

3) Myanmar

4) Bangladesh

5) Vietnam

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 24 July 2017