Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 03 Jan 2018

1. In which country, president Yoweri Museveni recently signed into law a bill that removes presidential age limit from the constitution?

1) Rwanda

2) Uganda

3) Nigeria

4) Somalia

5) Ghana

2. Anwar Jalalpuri passed away recently. He was a famous poet of

1) Bengali

2) Assamese

3) Urdu

4) Tamil

5) Marathi

3. Who among the following won the 2017 Royal Cup golf title in Pattaya, Thailand recently?

1) Shiv Kapur

2) Shiv Chawrasia

3) Arjun Atwal

4) Jyoti Randhawa

5) Gaganjeet Bhullar

4. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently revealed the contours of new ‘electoral bonds’ to be used to donate to political parties. The bonds can be bought from specified branches of

1) PNB

2) ICICI Bank

3) Bank of Baroda

4) IDBI Bank

5) SBI

5. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Women & Child Development in the present Union Cabinet?

1) Upendra Kushwaha

2) Shripad Yesso Naik

3) Inderjit Singh Rao

4) Dr Virendra Kumar

5) VK Singh

6. Which of the following banks announced a 30-basis-point cut in old lending rate benchmarks on the eve of New Year?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) SBI

5) PNB

7. G Sathiyan recently became India’s highest-ranked player in the latest rankings in the game of

1) Tennis

2) Table Tennis

3) Badminton

4) Squash

5) Snooker

8. The US military killed at least 17 Al-Shabaab terrorists recently. This terrorist group is active in

1) Somalia

2) Kuwait

3) Palestine

4) Iraq

5) Mauritania

9. India’s manufacturing PMI hit five-year high in Dec 2017 at 54.7 per cent. The term PMI stands for

1) Purchasing Material Index

2) Participatory Management Index

3) Purchasing Masters’ Index

4) Procurement Managers’ Index

5) Purchasing Managers’ Index

10. Which country recently banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation from collecting donations?

1) Afghanistan

2) Bangladesh

3) Pakistan

4) UAE

5) Malaysia

Answers:

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