Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 06 May 2018

1. The twelfth informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers was held recently in Manila, the capital of

1) Thailand

2) Myanmar

3) Vietnam

4) Philippines

5) Bhutan

2. The 4th Regional Conference on ‘Futuristic, Resilient and Digital Infrastructure’ was held recently in which of the following cities?

1) Chennai

2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Mumbai

5) Gurugram

3. Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched ‘Go to Village’ mission in which of the following states recently?

1) Manipur

2) Mizoram

3) Nagaland

4) Tripura

5) Meghalaya

4. Which of the following Nobel prizes was cancelled for 2018 after sexual assault scandal?

1) Physics

2) Chemistry

3) Economics

4) Medicine and Physiology

5) Literature

5. Which of the following US states has now become world’s fifth largest economy?

1) Florida

2) Georgia

3) California

4) Massachusetts

5) Virginia

6. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently went on a five-day visit to South American nations of Guatemala, Peru and

1) Panama

2) Honduras

3) Belize

4) El Salvador

5) Nicaragua

7. The World Tuna Day is observed every year on_____?

1) 01 May

2) 02 May

3) 12 May

4) 22 May

5) 31 May

8. The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmednra Pradhan has said that govt has set a target of providing gas connections to 80 lakh households by end of Dec 2018 in

1) Odisha

2) Jharkhand

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Gujarat

9. The polling to elect new parliament was held recently in Lebanon for the first time in nine years. The capital of Lebanon is

1) Manama

2) Nassau

3) Baku

4) Yerevan

5) Beirut

10. The Asian Development Bank has said that India’s 7% projected growth rate is ‘amazingly fast’ and will double economy in 10 years. The ADB has its headquarters in

1) Bangkok

2) Tokyo

3) Beijing

4) Manila

5) Caracas

Answers:

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