Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 19 March 2018

1. Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary in the central govt?

1) Rita Teaotia

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Arvind Mayaram

4) Rajiv Mehrishi

5) Hasmukh Adhia

2. Which state govt recently passed a bill proposing death penalty and rigorous imprisonment in respect of rape/gang rape of girls below 12 years?

1) Bihar

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Jharkhand

5) Haryana

3. The 105th session of the Indian Science Congress was organised recently in

1) Guwahati

2) Bhopal

3) Imphal

4) Hyderabad

5) Bengaluru

4. Who among the following is the present Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament?

1) M Thambidurai

2) Mallikarjun Kharge

3) Naresh Agrawal

4) PJ Kurien

5) TTV Dhinakaran

5. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh Mandaviya was elected to Rajya Sabha recently from the state of

1) Rajasthan

2) Gujarat

3) Punjab

4) Haryana

5) Karnataka

6. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 survey, the most expensive city in the world is

1) Geneva

2) Hong Kong

3) Zurich

4) Paris

5) Singapore

7. Sangeeta Bahadur has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to

1) Mongolia

2) Belarus

3) Chile

4) Peru

5) Mexico

8. Robert Fico resigned recently as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Slovakia

2) Estonia

3) Eretria

4) Ghana

5) Niger

9. The World Bank has said that GST is one of the most complex and second highest tax rate in the world. The present President of the World Bank is

1) Robert Zoellick

2) Christine Lagarde

3) Paul Farmer

4) Jim Yong Kim

5) Roberto Azevedo

10. The name of Deepa Malik is associated with which of the following games?

1) Pole vault

2) Javelin

3) Discus throw

4) Triple jump

5) Long jump

Answers:

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