Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 17 November 2018

1. Chairman of Yes Bank Ltd, Ashok Chawla resigned with immediate effect from the lender’s board after being named in a corruption charge sheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Yes bank is headquartered at

1) Bengaluru

2) Chennai

3) Mumbai

4) Mangalore

5) New Delhi

2. India ranked at what position in the World Press Freedom Index 2018 compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)?

1) 125

2) 130

3) 136

4) 138

5) 140

3. World Tolerance Summit held recently with the theme ‘Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing Diversity through Innovation and Collaboration’. Where is the venue of the Summit?

1) Singapore

2) Vienna, Austria

3) Beijing

4) Dubai, UAE

5) New York, US

4. 2018 India International Cherry Blossom Festival held recently in

1) Shillong

2) Gangtok

3) Gurugram

4) Dispur

5) Kohima

5. National Press Day is celebrated every year in India on

1) Nov 15

2) Nov 16

3) Nov 17

4) Nov 18

5) Nov 19

6. NITI Aayog has constituted the ‘Himalayan State Regional Council’ to ensure sustainable development of the Indian Himalayan region. Who will head the council?

1) Nidhi Sharma

2) Dr. VK Saraswat

3) Ramesh Chand

4) Vinod Kumar Pal

5) Ratan P. Watal

7. India- Taiwan SME Development Forum held recently at

1) New Delhi, India

2) Taichung, Taiwan

3) Taipei, Taiwan

4) Bengaluru, India

5) Chennai, India

8. South Asian Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure: New Approaches to Public and Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Municipal Finance Innovations held in

1) New Delhi

2) Lucknow

3) Chennai

4) Noida

5) Agra

9. Who has been selected for 2018 Raja Ram Mohan Roy award?

1) Ruby Sarkar

2) Rajesh Parshuram Joshte

3) Subhash Paul

4) N Ram

5) None of these

10. Regional meeting of World Customs Organisation (WCO) held in

1) Gwalior

2) Hyderabad

3) Varanasi

4) Delhi

5) Jaipur

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 17 November 2018