Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 20 November 2018

1. The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, the place associated with India's role in the First World War, is situated in

1) France

2) Israel

3) UK

4) Germany

5) Spain

2. The Science and Technology Minister recently launched the Global Cooling Prize. In the present Union Cabinet, this Ministry is held by

1) DV Sadananda Gowda

2) Thawar Chand Gehlot

3) Prakash Javadekar

4) Radha Mohan Singh

5) Dr Harsh Vardhan

3. The National Press Day is observed every year on which date?

1) 01 Nov

2) 06 Nov

3) 16 Nov

4) 26 Nov

5) 30 Nov

4. India and which country recently held their 9th Annual Defence and Security Dialogue after one-year gap?

1) Bangladesh

2) Australia

3) Canada

4) China

5) US

5. The govt of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed $169-mn loan pact to provide water and sanitation services in

1) Karnataka

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Telangana

5) Madhya Pradesh

6. _____ has signed three loan agreements with the govt to provide debt of $574 mn for on-lending, electricity transmission and water supply infrastructure projects.

1) World Bank

2) IMF

3) ADB

4) NDB

5) AIIB

7. The officials of India, US, Japan and which country met at Singapore recently and held consultations on regional and global issues of common interest?

1) South Korea

2) Singapore

3) Myanmar

4) Australia

5) Canada

8. The Women and Child Development Ministry (WCD) has nominated three people to be members of the National Commission for Women. The present chairman of NCW is

1) Kamlesh Gautam

2) Soso Shaiza

3) Chandramukhi Devi

4) Lalitha Kumaramangalam

5) Rekha Sharma

9. Asian Development Bank has signed a $300-mn loan pact with India to support lending by India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. The present chairman of ADB is

1) KV Kamath

2) Takehiko Nakao

3) Jin Liqun

4) Jim Yong Kim

5) Ron Chernow

10. India’s first specialized hospital for elephants was formally opened in which of the following cities recently?

1) Mathura

2) Hyderabad

3) Jaipur

4) Bhubaneswar

5) Kolkata

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 20 November 2018