Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 03 September 2017

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 01 September 2017

1. India and which country jointly submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) calling for elimination of farm subsidies by developed nations?

1) China

2) Brazil

3) Russia

4) Japan

5) Mongolia

2. Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of________?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Kerala

4) Odisha

5) Assam

3. Indian-origin veteran civil servant JY Pillay was appointed as the acting President of________?

1) Switzerland

2) Malaysia

3) Mauritius

4) Trinidad and Tobago

5) Singapore

4. The Swedish company Saab announced a partnership to build the Gripen E fighter jets in India with the____________?

1) Tata Advanced Systems

2) Adani Group

3) Mahindra Aerospace

4) Reliance Defence

5) Punj Lloyd

5. The US President Donald Trump has nominated Ken Juster to be the US ambassador to________?

1) China

2) Japan

3) France

4) India

5) Russia

6. Which of the following removes the need for a third-party (e.g. a bank) to complete a transaction by directly connecting the customers and suppliers?

1) Blockchain

2) UPI

3) SWIFT

4) NEFT

5) RTGS

7. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?

1) Virander Singh Chauhan

2) David R Syiemlieh

3) Anita Karwal

4) Jose Aikara

5) Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe

8. The two-day annual conference, Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 was held in_______?

1) Mumbai

2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Chennai

5) New Delhi

9. Which city in India has been formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO?

1) Mumbai

2) Ahmedabad

3) New Delhi

4) Hyderabad

5) Madurai

10. Htin Kyaw is the present President of which of the following countries?

1) Vietnam

2) Philippines

3) Venezuela

4) Myanmar

5) Thailand

Answers:

1. 1
2. 3
3. 5
4. 2
5. 4
6. 1
7. 3
8. 5
9. 2
10. 4