Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 23 Feb 2018

1. Who among the following actors floated a new political party named Makkal Needhi Maiam recently?

1) Chiranjeevi

2) Rajnikanth

3) Kamal Haasan

4) Ram Charan

5) SS Rajamouli

2. What is India’s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index for 2017?

1) 81st

2) 42nd

3) 74th

4) 54th

5) 63rd

3. What interest rate was announced for 2017-18 recently by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)?

1) 8.15 per cent

2) 8.25 per cent

3) 8.35 per cent

4) 8.45 per cent

5) 8.55 per cent

4. Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft. She flew which of the following fighter aircrafts recently?

1) Sukhoi Su-30MKI

2) Jaguar

3) Mirage 2000

4) MiG-21 bison

5) Rafale

5. The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for snap legislative elections with the Presidential poll set for Apr 22. The capital city of Venezuela is

1) Nassau

2) Caracas

3) Manama

4) Baku

5) Yerevan

6. Marit Bjoergen has become the most successful athlete in Winter Olympics history. She represents

1) Spain

2) Norway

3) Netherlands

4) Kenya

5) Denmark

7. The panel set up by the UGC to shortlist India’s best higher educational institutions, later to be primed to have a shot at international glory, is headed by

1) N Gopalaswami

2) Amandeep Garg

3) Vinay Srivastava

4) David R. Syiemlieh

5) Ved Prakash

8. The first of its kind regional centre for agriculture for the Northeast with Israeli collaboration will be inaugurated soon in

1) Assam

2) Sikkim

3) Tripura

4) Nagaland

5) Mizoram

9. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) with an allocation of

1) Rs 35,000 cr

2) Rs 40,000 cr

3) Rs 55,000 cr

4) Rs 60,000 cr

5) Rs 75,000 cr

10. The construction of 4.531 km long Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel has been approved by the govt in which of the following states?

1) Jharkhand

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand

4) Jammu and Kashmir

5) Arunachal Pradesh

Answers:

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