Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 29 June 2018
1. PM Narendra Modi recently approved a proposal for setting up a committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems. The Committee is headed by
1) TN Seshan
2) MS Swaminathan
3) Mangu Singh
4) G Madhavan Nair
5) E Sreedharan
2. From 1 Jul 2018, no private manufacturer will be allowed to manufacture Oxytocin for domestic use. Oxytocin is misused in the
1) fisheries industry
2) sea food industry
3) dairy industry
4) trans fat industry
5) sericulture
3. The 222nd meeting of the Central Board of Trustees, EPF was held recently under the chairmanship of Union Minister of State for Labour ‘s Employment (Independent Charge)
1) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
2) Thawar Chand Gehlot
3) Shripad Naik
4) Jual Oram
5) Rao Inderjit Singh
4. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has officially placed which country on its grey list for failing to curb terror financing on its soil?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Syria
5. According to data on language released recently as part of Census 2011, Hindi is the mother tongue of 44% in India. The second most spoken language in India is
1) Telugu
2) Marathi
3) Assamese
4) Bengali
5) Punjabi
6. Sixteen-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary set a new world record on the way to winning a gold medal in the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany recently. He is an Indian
1) archer
2) shooter
3) boxer
4) weightlifter
5) javelin thrower
7. The world’s largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) began recently off Hawaii in
1) Russia
2) Australia
3) Canada
4) US
5) Germany
8. Nikki Haley visited India recently to strengthen strong alliance between the US and India. She is the US envoy to
1) India
2) China
3) WTO
4) United Nations
5) Australia
9. The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of additional 6.5 mn metric tonne strategic petroleum reserve facilities at Chandikhol in Odisha and Padur in
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) Jharkhand
10. The Centre is set to replace the apex higher education regulator body University Grants Commission (UGC) with
1) HECI
2) HEERA
3) HERB
4) HECA
5) HEAD
Answers:
1) 5
2) 3
3) 1
4) 2
5) 4
6) 2
7) 4
8) 4
9) 3
10) 1
