Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 14 Jan 2018

1. India has extended a financial assistance of $45.27 mn for upgrading Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour in

1) Sri Lanka

2) Bangladesh

3) Maldives

4) Myanmar

5) Seychelles

2. Tanzania has ruled that Bharti Airtel operations there were privatised illegally. The capital of Tanzania is

1) Belmopan

2) Minsk

3) Dodoma

4) Luanda

5) Tirana

3. A survey by Gallup International has ranked who among the following on top among world readers? PM Narendra Modi is ranked at number three.

1) Emmanuel Macron

2) Angela Merkel

3) Benjamin Netanyahu

4) Vladimir Putin

5) Xi Jinping

4. Which of the following telecom firms has joined hands with Amazon to offer Amazon Prime services?

1) Reliance Jio

2) Vodafone

3) Aircel

4) Bharti Airtel

5) Idea

5. As per the Sample Registration System data, under-five child mortality in India came down to ______ per thousand in 2016.

1) 25

2) 33

3) 39

4) 43

5) 45

6. The headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is located in which city? The vice president and chief investment officer of AIIB is DJ Pandian.

1) Tokyo

2) Manila

3) Beijing

4) Bangkok

5) Mumbai

7. The festival of Magh Bihu in celebrated in which of the following states in India?

1) Rajasthan

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Gujarat

4) Maharashtra

5) Assam

8. V Vaidyanathan is the chairman of which of the following non-banking finance companies? His NBFC is merging with a private sector bank.

1) Sundaram Finance

2) Bajaj Finserv

3) India Bulls

4) Capital First

5) L&T Finance

9. The Teen Murti Chowk was recently renamed as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk. Haifa is a city situated in

1) UK

2) Israel

3) Italy

4) France

5) Germany

10. Who among the following is India’s permanent representative to the United Nations? His Twitter account was hacked recently.

1) Syed Akbaruddin

2) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

3) Devyani Khobragade

4) Asoke Kumar Mukerji

5) Vikas Swarup

Answers:

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