Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 09 July 2018

1. Which of the following state govts recently launched ‘Purna’ project to eliminate malnutrition among girls in the age group of 14 to 18?

1) Odisha

2) West Bengal

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Gujarat

2. The high court in which of the following states recently declared the entire animal kingdom, including birds and aquatic animals, as a legal entity having rights of a “living person”?

1) Rajasthan

2) Jharkhand

3) Uttarakhand

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Sikkim

3. _______ is set to become the first central force to opt for e-ticketing instead of railway warrants.

1) BSF

2) NSG

3) SSB

4) CISF

5) CRPF

4. A UK High Court recently issued an enforcement order in favour of a consortium of 13 Indian banks, seeking to recover funds owed to them by

1) Vijay Mallya

2) Nirav Modi

3) Mehul Choksi

4) Vikram Kothari

5) Gautam Adani

5. Which of the following banks recently announced to have crossed the milestone of disbursing mortgage loans of over Rs 1.5 tn?

1) SBI

2) PNB

3) HDFC Bank

4) ICICI Bank

5) Axis Bank

6. Jose Eladio Alcain has been appointed head of the UN mission for monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan. He hails from Uruguay which has its capital in

1) Asuncion

2) Montevideo

3) Yerevan

4) Sana’a

5) Bogota

7. The finance ministry has come up with stricter KYC norms for the foreign institutional investors from 25 destinations termed as ‘high-risk’ countries. The list excludes

1) China

2) Mauritius

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Malaysia

5) None of these

8. Payments Council of India (PCI), an apex body representing companies in payments and settlement system, has appointed who among the following as its new chairman?

1) Sangram Singh

2) Sameer Nigam

3) Vishal Mehta

4) Sachin Bansal

5) Vishwas Patel

9. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $100 mn in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. IFC is a group member of

1) WTO

2) IMF

3) World Bank

4) AIIB

5) ADB

10. ______ recently unveiled the world’s first all-digital psychedelic art museum.

1) New York

2) Shanghai

3) London

4) Tokyo

5) Manila

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 09 July 2018