Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 25th August 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 25th August 2017

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Q1.Who has inaugurated the Campaign for Clean and Healthy Society in Delhi ?

A]Narendra Modi
B]Harsh Vardhan
C]Tanwar Chand Gehlot
D]Ramnath Kovind
E]Sushma Swaraj

Q2.Jet Airways has entered in a partnership with which of the following Airlines ?
A]Vistaara
B]Airbnb
C]Indigo
D]Air India
E]None of these

Q3.How many pacts are signed by India with Nepal ?
A]5
B]6
C]7
D]8
E]9

Q4.Who is appointed as the Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy of Tata Sons ?
A]Swati Singh
B]Neerja Sahani
C]Roopa Purushothaman
D]Preeti Sahai
E]Neetu Singh

Q5.The Chief Minister of which state has launched the Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar project through net-metering system ?
A]Bihar
B]Maharashtra
C]Haryana
D]Orissa
E]Uttar Pradesh

Q6.Who has chaired the 17th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council in New Delhi ?
A]Narendra Modi
B]Arun Jaitley
C]Rajnath Singh
D]Sushma Swaraj
E]None of them

Q7.Which of the following footballers has recently retired ?
A]Lionel Messi
B]Christiano Ronaldo
C]Wayne Rooney
D]Neymar
E]None of them

Q8.The Government has finalized a new cadre policy for the allocation of cadres to which services?
A]IAS, IPS and IFS
B]IAS, IPS and IRS
C]IAS, IRS and IFS
D]IRS, IRTS and IFS
E]None of these

Q9.Who has won the silver in Women's 10,000m Marathon at the World University Games ?
A]Sumedha Sahani
B]Deepa Kumari
C]Jyoti Sharma
D]Sanjivani Yadav
E]Roshni Sharma

Q10.In which city, the Digital Haryana Summit will be held ?
A]Chandigarh
B]Gurugram
C]Faridabad
D]Rohtak
E]Hisar

Explanation

Explanation 1. The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Tanwar Chand Gehlot has inaugurated the Campaign for Clean and Healthy Society in Delhi. The campaign would be carried out by Brahma Kumaris organization in many areas of Delhi, Noida, Foridabad and Gurugram.

Explanation 2. Jet Airways has entered in a partnership with Airbnb. This is the first Airline partnership of India. Airbnb is the online market place and hospitality service which enables the people to lease the short-term lodging.

Explanation 3. India and Nepal have signed 8 pacts including the cooperation to counter drug trafficking. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sher Bahadur Deuba have also talked on the strategic bilateral and regional issues.

Explanation 4. Roopa Purushothaman is appointed as the Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy of Tata Sons. She will perform policy initiatives and macroeconomic research related to the business of Tata Sons.

Explanation 5. The Chief Minister of Orissa Navin Pattanaik has launched the Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar project through the net-metering system.Under the system, the consumers can install solar plants on the rooftops and consume generated solar power at day time.

Explanation 6. Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley has chaired the 17th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council in New Delhi. The council looks after the progress of Financial Sector Assessment Program for India which is jointly conducted by the IMF and World Bank.

Explanation 7. Well Known footballer of England Wayne Rooney has recently retired from International Football. He is the greatest ever goal scorer of England.

Explanation 8. The Government has finalized a new cadre policy for the allocation of cadres to the IAS, IPS and IFS services. The center has distributed all the 26 states into 5 zones and the officers have to choose cadres from the sets.

Explanation 9. Indian runner Sanjivani Yadav from Nashik has won the silver in Women's 10,000m Marathon at the World University Games. She has won the Bronze medal in 5000 metre race.

Explanation 10. The Digital Haryana Summit will be held in Gurugram on 15th September. The main motto of the summit is to bring different stakeholders together and encourage the digital transformation of Haryana.