Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 11 August 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 11 August 2018

1. The Assam govt is going conduct door to door survey under PMAY-G. Here the term PMAY means

1) Pradhan Mantri Anna Yojana

2) Pradhan Mantri Antyodaya Yojana

3) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

4) Pradhan Mantri Award Yojana

5) Pradhan Mantri Aadhar Yojana

2. Ajay Bisaria is the Indian envoy to which of the following countries at present?

1) Afghanistan

2) Pakistan

3) Bangladesh

4) Myanmar

5) Nepal

3. Lira is the currency of which of the following countries? It tumbled to new record lows against the dollar recently amid strain in relations with the US.

1) Greece

2) Iran

3) North Korea

4) Venezuela

5) Turkey

4. Michelle Bachelet has been appointed as the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is the former President of which country?

1) Chile

2) Peru

3) Mexico

4) Ghana

5) Jordan

5. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces has been elected as the President of the 73rd UN General Assembly. She is a diplomat from

1) Eretria

2) Zambia

3) Spain

4) Ecuador

5) Netherlands

6. Which of the following banks recently reported a net loss of Rs 4,876 cr in the first quarter ended Jun 30, 2018? It had reported Rs 7,718-cr loss in the preceding quarter.

1) PNB

2) Bank of Baroda

3) SBI

4) Canara Bank

5) ICICI Bank

7. Ajay Jayaram and Mithun Manjunath are associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Table tennis

3) Squash

4) Snooker

5) Badminton

8. The factory production, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), remained at what percent in Jun 2018?

1) 6 per cent

2) 6.5 per cent

3) 7 per cent

4) 7.5 per cent

5) 8 per cent

9. Exim Bank of India has signed a pact related to blockchain technology with member development banks of BRICS. The present Managing Director of the Exim Bank of India is

1) Subhash Chandra Khuntia

2) David Rasquinha

3) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

4) Hemant Contractor

5) RS Sharma

10. Paresh Sukthankar resigned recently as the Deputy Managing Director of which of the following private sector banks?

1) HDFC Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5) Federal Bank

Answers:

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