Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 10 Jan 2018

1. The World Bank has projected India’s growth rate at what per cent in 2018 in its 2018 Global Economics Prospect released recently?

1) 6.7 per cent

2) 6.9 per cent

3) 7.1 per cent

4) 7.3 per cent

5) 7.6 per cent

2. The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, will take place from 9 to 25 Feb 2018 in

1) Tokyo, Japan

2) Pyeongchang, South Korea

3) Beijing, China

4) Manila, Philippines

5) London, UK

3. Maithripala Sirisena has sought Supreme Court’s opinion on whether he can stay in office for six years till 2021. He is the present president of

1) Cambodia

2) Venezuela

3) Sri Lanka

4) Maldives

5) Thailand

4. The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is situated in the state of

1) Odisha

2) West Bengal

3) Karnataka

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Gujarat

5. Klaus Martin Schwab is an economist best known as the founder and executive chairman of the

1) SIPRI

2) BIS

3) SWIFT

4) OECD

5) WEF

6. Barmer refinery cum petrochemical complex is situated in which state?

1) Rajasthan

2) Gujarat

3) Maharashtra

4) Karnataka

5) Madhya Pradesh

7. VG Mathew is the present MD & CEO of which of the following banks? It is a major private sector bank headquartered at Thrissur in Kerala.

1) Federal Bank

2) IndusInd Bank

3) Karnataka Bank

4) South Indian Bank

5) RBL Bank

8. The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is annually celebrated on which day to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community towards their homeland?

1) 01 Jan

2) 03 Jan

3) 04 Jan

4) 07 Jan

5) 09 Jan

9. The World Bank upgraded the global growth forecast which now is expected to rise to _______ in 2018.

1) 2.7 per cent

2) 2.9 per cent

3) 3.1 per cent

4) 3.2 per cent

5) 3.4 per cent

10. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for retail payment systems in India, has appointed who among the following its new MD and CEO?

1) R Gandhi

2) Dilip Asbe

3) Uday Kotak

4) Shikha Sharma

5) Arundhati Bhattacharya

Answers:

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