Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 23 March 2018
1. The Union Cabinet recently apprised of an MoU between India and Guyana on cooperation in Renewable Energy. The capital city of Guyana is
1) Georgetown
2) Accra
3) Cayenne
4) Paramaribo
5) Asmara
2. The IBBI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The term IBBI means
1) Insolvency and Banking Board of India
2) Insolvency and Broking Board of India
3) Insolvency and Bureaucracy Board of India
4) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
5) None of these
3. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017 for working towards treatment of
1) AIDS
2) Cancer
3) Malaria
4) Dengue
5) Tuberculosis
4. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in which country recently?
1) Suriname
2) UAE
3) Mauritius
4) Trinidad and Tobago
5) Fiji
5. What is India’s ranking on the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s (SDSN) 2018 World Happiness Report?
1) 111th
2) 118th
3) 122nd
4) 130th
5) 133rd
6. Mathematician Robert Langlands has won the prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme connecting representation theory to number theory. He is a
1) American
2) Canadian
3) British
4) Norwegian
5) French
7. Which state govt recently declared ‘jackfruit’ as its official fruit recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
8. Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived New Delhi on a four-day visit to India recently. He is the present President of
1) Spain
2) Sweden
3) New Zealand
4) Germany
5) Norway
9. HS Prannoy is associated with which of the following games?
1) Billiards
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Squash
5) Snooker
10. Which state celebrated its 106th foundation day on 22 Mar? It was on this day in 1912 that the state was carved out of a United Bengal.
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Assam
4) West Bengal
5) Odisha
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