Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 24 Jan 2018

1. Hasan Ali has won the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC Awards 2017. He plays for

1) Pakistan

2) Bangladesh

3) Sri Lanka

4) Afghanistan

5) South Africa

2. Which of the following companies has/have crossed Rs 5-tn market capitalisation so far in India?

1) TCS

2) HDFC Bank

3) RIL

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3)

3. Which of the following states signed sister-state agreement with Zurich recently?

1) Karnataka

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Maharashtra

5) Haryana

4. ______ has got the consent for acquiring controlling stake in HPCL in a transaction of Rs 36,915 cr.

1) IOC

2) ONGC

3) GAIL

4) NTPC

5) NHPC

5. Who among the following actors was honoured with the 24th Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland recently?

1) Salman Khan

2) Aamir Khan

3) Amitabh Bachchan

4) Akshay Kumar

5) Shah Rukh Khan

6. As announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 2018 edition of the Women’s World T20 will be hosted in Nov 2018 by

1) West Indies

2) England

3) India

4) South Africa

5) New Zealand

7. The trumpeter, composer and singer Hugh Masekela passed away recently. He was known as the father of jazz of

1) Australia

2) Italy

3) Spain

4) South Africa

5) UK

8. Which of the following teams won the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup title in Sharjah recently?

1) India

2) Pakistan

3) Bangladesh

4) Sri Lanka

5) England

9. The fourth edition of the India International Science Festival will be held in

1) New Delhi

2) Mumbai

3) Lucknow

4) Bengaluru

5) Hyderabad

10. _______ was the largest source of foreign investment in India (21.8 per cent share at market value), according to the Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies 2016-17, released by RBI.

1) Japan

2) Germany

3) US

4) Mauritius

5) Switzerland

Answers:

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