Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 28 Jan 2018
1. At the 69th Republic Day, Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala was posthumous awarded India’s highest peacetime gallantry award
1) Shaurya Chakra
2) Ashok Chakra
3) Vir Chakra
4) Kirti Chakra
5) Mahavir Chakra
2. Padmashri awardee Supriya Devi passed away recently. She was a veteran
1) Assamese actress
2) Punjabi actress
3) Bengali actress
4) Marathi actress
5) Gujarati actress
3. Who among the following has/have been awarded Padma Vibhushan award announced by the govt on the eve of the 69th Republic Day?
1) P Parameswaran
2) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
3) Illaiyaraja
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
4. Who among the following has been elected as the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Chitra Ramkrishna
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Shikha Sharma
5) Usha Ananthasubramanian
5. How many Payments Banks have received license from RBI to start operations till date?
1) 04
2) 06
3) 10
4) 11
5) 12
6. India and which country recently released first ever set of commemorative postage stamps to mark the long term friendly bilateral relationships?
1) Myanmar
2) Vietnam
3) Singapore
4) Sri Lanka
5) Nepal
7. Which state govt recently launched the release of benefits under ‘Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana’ aimed at the inclusive growth?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Chhattisgarh
8. ______ has become the first metro city in India to have a floating market. The market is located on a water-body with boats doubling up as shops.
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) New Delhi
4) Kolkata
5) Bengaluru
9. Alexander Kadakin was posthumously awarded with Padma Bhushan award announced by the govt on the eve of the 69th Republic Day. He belonged to
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Russia
4) Ukraine
5) Mongolia
10. Sharda Sinha has been awarded Padma Bhushan announced by the govt on the eve of the 69th Republic Day. She is from
1) Assam
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Bihar
Answers:
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 5