Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 21 October 2017
1. Panaya probe was in news recently which is associated with which of the following IT majors?
1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) Infosys
4) HCL
5) Microsoft
2. Which of the following has become the first state to implement coal utilisation between power units in the country? The power developers will receive cheap coal for selling coal-based power at less than Rs 2.82 a unit.
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Jharkhand
3. India is trying to expedite the completion of Chabahar Port and proposed rail link between Chabahar and Zahedan in which of the following countries?
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Afghanistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
4. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairman of the NITI Aayog?
1) Vinod Paul
2) Ramesh Chand
3) VK Saraswat
4) Rajiv Kumar
5) Bibek Debroy
5. Bharat 22 is an ETF that will track the performance of 22 stocks the govt plans to pare its stake in. The full form of the term ETF is
1) Exchange Transferred Fund
2) Externally Traded Fund
3) Exchange Traded Fund
4) Exchange Tailored Fund
5) None of these
6. The High-Level Committee set up to review the Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India submitted its report to the Union Law Ministry. It was headed by
1) Altamas Kabir
2) Rajendra Mal Lodha
3) HL Dattu
4) TS Thakur
5) BN Srikrishna
7. Venkaiah Naidu won the Vice Presidential elections recently. He has become the ____ Vice President of India.
1) 09th
2) 10th
3) 11th
4) 13th
5) 15th
8. The National Handloom Day is celebrated every year on
1) 07 Aug
2) 09 Aug
3) 10 Aug
4) 11 Aug
5) 12 Aug
9. Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh outslugged Zulpikar Maimaitiali to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title. Zulpikar belongs to
1) China
2) Mongolia
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) North Korea
10. The Punjab National Bank (PNB) will revise the non-credit related charges with effect from Sep 1, 2017, for cash deposit above Rs 5,000. The headquarters of PNB is located in
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) New Delhi
4) Amritsar
5) Chandigarh
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