Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 16 June 2018

1. The govt released Niti Aayog’s composite water management index report recently. Which of the following states was adjudged as the worst performer on the index?

1) Jharkhand

2) Bihar

3) West Bengal

4) Maharashtra

5) Karnataka

2. The Union Minister for Finance, Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal recently inaugurated three 100-MW solar power projects erected at Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli districts in

1) Karnataka

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Telangana

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Odisha

3. Emmerson Mnangagwa is the present President of which of the following countries?

1) Nigeria

2) Chad

3) Zimbabwe

4) Sudan

5) Venezuela

4. Mostafa Madbouli was appointed as Prime Minister and assigned to form the new Cabinet in which country recently?

1) Turkey

2) Colombia

3) Jordan

4) Egypt

5) Bahrain

5. Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Squash

3) Table tennis

4) Shooting

5) Badminton

6. Who among the following is the present CEO of the World Bank headquartered at Washington DC?

1) Kristalina Georgieva

2) Paul Wolfowitz

3) Jan Pronk

4) Robert Zoellick

5) Jim Yong Kim

7. The Govt has approved financial assistance amounting to Rs 5.5 lakh per family to WPRs. Here, letter ‘P’ in the term WPRs stands for

1) Philippines

2) Palestine

3) Pakistan

4) Portugal

5) Paraguay

8. President Ram Nath Kovind went on an official visit to Suriname recently. The capital of Suriname is

1) Georgetown

2) Caracas

3) Bogota

4) Yerevan

5) Paramaribo

9. The World Blood Donors Day is observed every year on

1) 04 Jun

2) 14 Jun

3) 24 Jun

4) 28 Jun

5) 30 Jun

10. ________ has been ranked as the fifth biggest public company globally in the ‘consumer financial services category’ on a list compiled by Forbes magazine.

1) Indiabulls Housing Finance

2) Aditya Birla Capital

3) Reliance Capital

4) HDFC

5) Tata Capital

Answers:

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