Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 11 March 2018

1. _______ has started a new venture investment fund called “10100” to invest in emerging technologies in countries such as India and China.

1) Travis Kalanick

2) Warren Buffett

3) Jeff Bezos

4) Bill Gates

5) Mark Zuckerberg

2. Which of the following has become the country’s first energy surplus Union Territory?

1) Andaman and Nicobar

2) Diu

3) Lakshadweep

4) Chandigarh

5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

3. The name of Anjum Moudgil is associated with which of the following games?

1) Shooting

2) Boxing

3) Wrestling

4) Weightlifting

5) Archery

4. Which state govt has announced “Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh” scheme under which women who aren’t married and are above the age of 50 will be given pension?

1) Rajasthan

2) Karnataka

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Odisha

5) Tamil Nadu

5. ______ has been appointed as an official ambassador for the Industrial Cadets programme designed to nurture manufacturing skills in the UK.

1) Anshu Jain

2) Anurag Dikshit

3) Karan Bilimoria

4) Sanjeev Gupta

5) Vikrant Bhargava

6. The 25-year- old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in which of the following forces?

1) ITBP

2) BSF

3) SSB

4) CRPF

5) CISF

7. The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier _______ conference.

1) internal security

2) economic reforms

3) defence

4) technology

5) foreign policy

8. Which country recently overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s top crude oil supplier, meeting more than a fifth of the country’s oil needs in 2017-18?

1) Iran

2) US

3) Russia

4) Iraq

5) Venezuela

9. The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari recently launched a toll-free emergency number for assistance while travelling on highways. The number is

1) 4000

2) 1033

3) 7800

4) 1390

5) 1091

10. The recently-released book “A Century Is Not Enough” has been authored by

1) MS Dhoni

2) Rohit Sharma

3) Sourav Ganguly

4) Rahul Dravid

5) Virat Kohli

Answers:

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