Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 30 June 2018
1. According to data on language released recently as part of Census 2011, which of the following languages has replaced Telugu for the third place?
1) Dogri
2) Konkani
3) Manipuri
4) Marathi
5) Bodo
2. A permanent ceasefire begun recently in South Sudan in the latest attempt to end a five-year civil war. The capital of South Sudan is
1) Maputo
2) Juba
3) Bogota
4) Yerevan
5) Nassau
3. According to the official annual data released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over what per cent to CHF (Swiss franc) 1.01 bn (Rs 7,000 cr) in 2017?
1) 05 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 50 per cent
4. ISRO will launch a rover in Oct 2018 to explore which of the following celestial bodies to analyze crust samples for signs of water and helium-3, the source of waste-free nuclear energy?
1) Moon
2) Mars
3) Mercury
4) Venus
5) Jupiter
5. According to a recent World Bank report, the climate change could cost India what percent of GDP, and depress living standards of nearly half of its population by 2050?
1) 1.8 per cent
2) 2.1 per cent
3) 2.8 per cent
4) 3.1 per cent
5) 3.8 per cent
6. B Sriram resigned as one of the Managing Directors of which of the following public sector banks recently?
1) PNB
2) BoB
3) Dena Bank
4) UCO Bank
5) SBI
7. The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) recently extended USD 10-mn line of credit (LoC) to which country for healthcare and procurement of goods and projects?
1) Seychelles
2) Myanmar
3) Nepal
4) Maldives
5) Suriname
8. __________ programme received the ‘Gold Award’ in infrastructure sector in the recently concluded 52nd Skoch Summit 2018 in New Delhi.
1) Namami Gange
2) Swachh Bharat
3) Sagarmala
4) Golden Quadrilateral
5) Yamuna Expressway
9. Niti Aayog’s WEP has signed statement of intent (SoI) with financial institutions’s social organisations. Here, the term WEP means
1) Women Empowerment Platform
2) Women Entrepreneurs Platform
3) Women Endeavour Platform
4) Women Engagement Platform
5) None of these
10. The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, laid the foundation stone for Dharmashastra National Law University recently in
1) Jaipur, Rajasthan
2) Patna, Bihar
3) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
4) Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
5) Hisar, Haryana
Answers:
- 1) 4
- 2) 2
- 3 ) 5
- 4) 1
- 5) 3
- 6) 5
- 7) 1
- 8) 3
- 9) 2
- 10) 4
