Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 16 May 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 17 May 2018

1. The Union Cabinet has approved signing and ratification of pact between India and Brunei Darussalam with regard to Taxes. The capital of Brunei Darussalam is_______?

1) Naypyidaw

2) Phnom Penh

3) Caracas

4) Ulaanbaatar

5) Bandar Seri Begawan

2. _______ has been ranked first in India’s cleanest cities survey ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’.

1) Chandigarh

2) Bhopal

3) Indore

4) Bengaluru

5) Mysore

3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved an initial corpus of what amount for Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana?

1) Rs 2000 cr

2) Rs 5000 cr

3) Rs 8000 cr

4) Rs 10,000 cr

5) Rs 12,000 cr

4. The RBI has placed lending and deposit curbs on Allahabad Bank. The bank is headquartered in 

1) Chennai

2) Lucknow

3) Allahabad

4) Kolkata

5) New Delhi

5. _______ has set up India Trade Connect, a blockchain-based trade network in India, in partnership with seven banks.

1) Infosys

2) TCS

3) Wipro

4) HCL

5) Tech Mahindra

6. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Universal Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd with respect to violations on loans and advances. The bank is based in

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Telangana

4) Jharkhand

5) Odisha

7. The department of telecommunications (DoT) has approved the merger of Bharti Airtel and

1) Idea Cellular

2) Reliance Communication

3) Aircel India

4) Telenor India

5) MTS

8. Free banking services are likely to remain out of the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Which of the following is a free service offered by the banks?

1) Cheque book issuance

2) ATM withdrawals

3) Demand Draft issuance

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

9. The govt approved enhancement of budget for Network For Spectrum (NFS) project by what amount for laying alternative communication network for Defence Services?

1) Rs 7,000 cr

2) Rs 9,250 cr

3) Rs 10,330 cr

4) Rs 11,330 cr

5) Rs 12,110 cr

10. ________ will serve a second two-year term as the independent chairman of the International Cricket Council after he was elected unopposed recently.

1) Shashank Manohar

2) Ajay Shirke

3) Dave Richardson

4) N Srinivasan

5) Anurag Thakur

Answers:

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