Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 20 June 2018

1. The ESAF Small Finance Bank recently received the RBI’s approval for NRI operations. The banks is headquartered in

1) Manipal (Karnataka)

2) Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

3) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

4) Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)

5) Thrissur (Kerala)

2. Nerella Venumadhav passed away recently. He was a noted

1) flutist

2) mimicry artist

3) guitarist

4) cartoonist

5) poet

3. Peggy Whitson retired recently. She is a record-breaking

1) cricketer

2) mathematician

3) boxer

4) astronaut

5) scientist

4. President Ram Nath Kovind went on three-nation visit to Greece, Suriname and Cuba recently. The currency of Cuba is

1) Baht

2) Ngultrum

3) Peso

4) Krona

5) Kyat

5. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj embarked on a four-nation visit recently to Italy, France, Luxembourg and

1) Belgium

2) Greece

3) Turkey

4) Spain

5) Netherland

6. The RBI has increased the Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) cap on investment in govt security to what per cent of the outstanding stock of that security?

1) 20 per cent

2) 25 per cent

3) 30 per cent

4) 35 per cent

5) 40 per cent

7. Mehbooba Mufti resigned as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir recently submitting her resignation to the state governor

1) NN Vohra

2) Jagdish Mukhi

3) Kaptan Singh Solanki

4) Satya Pal Malik

5) Acharya Dev Vrat

8. The Kaiga atomic power plant has set a new record of operating for 766 days continuously. The plant is situated in

1) Kerala

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Telangana

4) Gujarat

5) Karnataka

9. The indigenously upgraded artillery gun has successfully completed final user trials and is ready for induction into the Army. The gun is named

1) Prahar

2) Tudir

3) Talvar

4) Dhanush

5) Shakti

10. Which country has surpassed India to become the top destination for greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2017 with $87.4 bn of announced FDI?

1) China

2) US

3) Indonesia

4) Malaysia

5) Brazil

Answers:

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