Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 25 May 2018

1. Stacey Cunningham was appointed as the first female chief of which of the following stock exchanges in its 226-year-old history recently?

1) London Stock Exchange

2) New York Stock Exchange

3) NASDAQ

4) Chicago Stock Exchange

5) NASDAQ

2. The International Bio-diversity Day is observed every year on

1) 02 May

2) 12 May

3) 22 May

4) 26 May

5) 31 May

3. Which state govt has announced to provide pension (Rs 250/month) to 16 lakh senior citizens of the state?

1) Odisha

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Assam

5) West Bengal

4. India’s Prajnesh Gunnesweran is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Squash

4) Basketball

5) Snooker

5. The joint military exercise named SURYA KIRAN-XIII is scheduled to be held between India and which country in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand?

1) Bangladesh

2) Maldives

3) Bhutan

4) Myanmar

5) Nepal

6. The govt has claimed that more than 31.56 cr accounts have been opened so far under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). The PMJDY was launched in

1) 2012

2) 2013

3) 2014

4) 2015

5) 2016

7. In Congo, the number of confirmed Ebola cases is increasing every day. The capital of Congo is

1) Kinshasa

2) Tirana

3) Nassau

4) Yerevan

5) Bogota

8. Upendra Kushwaha is the Minister of State in which of the following ministries in the present govt?

1) Home Affairs

2) External Affairs

3) Information and Broadcasting

4) Health

5) HRD

9. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) will provide financial support to Common Service Centres that act as access points for delivery of electronic services. The SIDBI is headquartered at

1) Patna

2) Lucknow

3) Jaipur

4) Bhopal

5) Hyderabad

10. What is India’s ranking among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare according to a Lancet study?

1) 48th

2) 71st

3) 134th

4) 145th

5) 149th

Answers:

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