Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 29 Dec 2017

1. The Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will fetch what per cent interest rate for the Jan-Mar period of FT18?

1) 8.6 per cent

2) 8.3 per cent

3) 7.9 per cent

4) 7.6 per cent

5) 7.4 per cent

2. The Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will yield what per cent interest for the Jan-Mar period after the govt has slashed interest rates on small savings schemes?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 8.2 per cent

5) 8.4 per cent

3. Anisa Sayyed won a gold medal with a new record at the 61st National Championship Competitions recently. She is a

1) Shooter

2) Boxer

3) Wrestler

4) Weightlifter

5) Archer

4. Veteran singer KS Chitra has been selected for 2017 Harivarasanam award. The award is instituted by the govt of

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Karnataka

3) Rajasthan

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Kerala

5. Which of the following has become India’s first payments app to cross 100 mn downloads on Google Play Store?

1) Freecharge

2) Phonepe

3) Paytm

4) Tez

5) Mobikwik

6. The board of which of the following banks recently approved raising Rs 8,000 cr to meet Basel III capital norms?

1) PNB

2) HDFC Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) Axis Bank

5) SBI

7. The President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Fibregrid, Surveillance Project, Drone Project; and Free Space Optical Communication project in which state recently? 

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Odisha

5) West Bengal

8. President Sergio Mattarella recently dissolved Parliament for general elections in which country?

1) Spain

2) Italy

3) Denmark

4) Norway

5) Sweden

9. The 78th session of Indian History Congress was held recently at Jadavpur University in

1) Kolkata

2) New Delhi

3) Chennai

4) Hyderabad

5) Bengaluru

10. Which of the following firms has agreed to acquire spectrum, tower, optical fibre network and other wireless assets of the debt-ridden Reliance Communications?

1) Bharti Airtel

2) Idea Cellular

3) Vodafone

4) Reliance Jio

5) Aircel

Answers:

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