DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 29 & 30 JANUARY
1.
IN HOW MANY DISTRICTS THE INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT HAS PLANNED TO SET UP
WEATHER STATIONS BY THE END OF 2019?
a) 400 Districts
b) 710 Districts
c) 660 Districts
d) 520 Districts
ANS - C
2.
WORLD LEPROSY DAY IS CELEBRATED ON JANUARY 30 ANNUALLY TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH
ANNIVERSARY OF WHICH FAMOUS FREEDOM FIGHTER?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
ANS - A
3. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING WON THE
2017 KOLKATA MARATHON?
a) Paritosh Roy
b) Abul Hossain
c) Shubhankar Ghosh
d) Biswanath Pal
ANS - B
4.
IN WHICH CITY OF KARNATAKA, DESHPANDE FOUNDATIONS IS SET TO LAUNCH INDIA’S
LARGEST STARTUP INCUBATION CENTRE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2017?
a) Mangalore
b) Mysore
c) Bengaluru
d) Hubballi
ANS - D
5.
A PERSONAL STATUS AND INHERITANCE COURT FOR NON MUSLIMS WOULD BE SET UP IN
WHICH COUNTRY TO ENSURE EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY?
a) Abu Dhabi, UAE
b) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
c) Baghdad, Iraq
d) Kabul, Afghanistan
ANS - A
6.
NAME THE RENOWNED HOLLYWOOD ACTOR WHO STARRED IN THREE HARRY POTTER FILMS AS
MR. OLLIVANDER AND DIED RECENTLY?
a) Sir Sean Bean
b) Sir Michael Caine
c) Sir John Hurt
d) Sir Colin Firth
ANS - C
7.
WHICH BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO APPOINT ‘DIGITAL AMBASSADOR’ ?
a) Switzerland
b) Denmark
c) USA
d) Australia
ANS - B
8.
FUTURE GENERAL INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY HAS ENTERED INTO CORPORATE AGENCY TIE UP
FOR ITS PRODUCT WITH WHICH BANK ON JANUARY 30, 2017?
a) Central Bank of India
b) Andhra Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Bank of Maharashtra
ANS - D
9.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE UNITED NATIONS IN INDIA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
a) Syed Akbaruddin
b) Ashok Amritraj
c) A. Ramaswamy
d) Radha Kumar
ANS - B
10.
MARTYRS DAY IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON JANUARY 30 TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH
ANNIVERSARY OF WHICH GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Lala Lajpath Rai
ANS - C
