Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 05 November 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 05 November 2018

1. Valmiki Tiger Reserve is situated in which of the following states? The number of tigers at the state’s lone tiger reserve has increased to 35.

1) Jharkhand

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Gujarat

4) Haryana

5) Bihar

2. The NIIF has acquired infrastructure debt provider IDFC Infrastructure Finance. In the term NIIF, the two ‘Is’ stand for

1) Innovation and Investment

2) Investment and Infrastructure

3) Innovation and Institution

4) Infrastructure and Integration

5) Improvement and Integration

3. Lilongwe is the capital city of which country? Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited the country recently.

1) Zimbabwe

2) Botswana

3) Rwanda

4) Malawi

5) Nigeria

4. At present, nearly half of the public sector banks are under PCA. Here, the term PCA stands for

1) Prompt Curative Action

2) Prompt Coercive Action

3) Prompt Corrective Action

4) Prompt Collaborative Action

5) None of these

5. India’s Kurin Systems has got the patent for the ‘world’s largest air purifier’ published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The WIPO is headquartered in

1) Geneva

2) Washington DC

3) Basel

4) Ottawa

5) Sydney

6. In a first for India, which bank recently executed a trade finance transaction involving an export by Reliance Industries to the US-based Tricon Energy using the blockchain?

1) CITI Bank

2) Standard Chartered

3) HSBC

4) Morgan Stanley

5) American Express

7. The RBI has initiated steps to set up a wide-based digital PCR to capture details of all borrowers. Here, the term PCR means

1) Public Control Room

2) Public Confidential Registry

3) Public Credit Record

4) Public Credit Registry

5) None of these

8. The Finance Ministry is likely to finalise the second round of capital infusion for public sector banks (PSBs) soon. In the first round, it had infused Rs 113.36 bn in

1) three PSBs

2) five PSBs

3) six PSBs

4) seven PSBs

5) nine PSBs

9. Soura Jalanidhi scheme, that aims to increase use of solar energy for helping farmers in irrigating their land, was launched recently in which state?

1) Odisha

2) Bihar

3) Uttarakhand

4) Punjab

5) Karnataka

10. The headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is located in

1) Stockholm

2) Helsinki

3) Oslo

4) Rome

5) Madrid

Answers:

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