Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 27 November 2018
1. Professor SP Ganguly has been awarded the “Order of the Aztec Eagle”, the highest civilian honour given to a foreigner by
1) Mexico
2) Germany
3) France
4) Spain
5) Greece
2. Which country launched its second earth observation satellite ‘Mohammed VI-B’ recently through Arianespace?
1) Turkey
2) Colombia
3) Nigeria
4) Kenya
5) Morocco
3. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2018 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships?
1) Sikki Reddy
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Han Yue
4) Saina Nehwal
5) PV Sindhu
4. The RBI’s board recently decided to ease capital pressure on banks by allowing them one more year to meet the CCB. Here, the term CCB means
1) Capital Conversion Buffer
2) Capital Conservation Buffer
3) Capital Coordination Buffer
4) Capital Collection Buffer
5) None of these
5. The Universal Children’s Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 Nov
2) 06 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 20 Nov
5) 30 Nov
6. The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), a govt funded organisation under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is headquartered in
1) Jaipur
2) Bhopal
3) Dehradun
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
7. Which of the following is the only bank promoted by a state govt in the country? The state govt holds 59.3 per cent shares in the bank.
1) J&K Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Karnataka Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Bank of Maharashtra
8. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held delegation-level talks with Teodor Melescanu in New Delhi recently. Teodor is her counterpart from
1) Estonia
2) Kenya
3) Chad
4) Slovakia
5) Romania
9. Which of the following NASA spacecraft landed on Mars in Nov 2018 after six-month journey?
1) Curiosity
2) InSight
3) Viking
4) Parker
5) Messenger
10. Who among the following is the new Chief Election Commissioner of India? He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat who retired recently.
1) Achal Kumar Jyoti
2) Sandeep Saxena
3) Umesh Sinha
4) Sunil Arora
5) Ashok Lavasa
Answers:
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- 5
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 5
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- 4
