Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 24th & 25th November 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 24th & 25th November 2017

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Practice the Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 24th and 25th November 2017 and get ready to face the upcoming IBPS, SSC exams easily. The Current Affairs Set consists of the questions, answers along with explanations related to latest news updates.
Q1. The Union Cabinet has approved the membership of India for which of the following banks ?

A]Asian Development Bank
B]European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
C]World Bank
D]Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
E]None of them




Q2.What is the theme of the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space ?
A]Cyber Space: An Initiative to Develop
B]Cyber World : A step towards Development
C]Cyber4All: A Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace for Sustainable Development
D]Cyber4U: A Developmental Initiative
E]None of these


Q3.The BRICS Development Bank has approved infrastructure and sustainable development projects with loans in which country(s) ?
A]India
B]Russia
C]China
D]A and B
E]A and C


Q4.The center has initiated the process of formulating comprehensive safe-city plans for women in which of the following cities ?
A]Delhi and Mumbai
B]Kolkata and Channai
C]Ahmedabad and Bengaluru
D]Lukhnow and Hyderabad
E]All of these


Q5.The countries of which region is/ are the most violent region in the world for women accourding to UN ?
A]Latin America
B]Caribbean
C]South Asia
D]A and B
E]B and C


Q6.The Arbind Modi led panel set up by the Government is related to which of the following ?
A]Customs
B]Defense
C]Income Tax
D]Women Safety
E]None of these


Q7.India and Philippines have signed an agreement related to which sectors ?
A]Defense
B]Customs
C]Trade
D]Water Policy
E]None of these


Q8.Who has become the first female pilot of Indian Navy ?
A]Shalini Chopra
B]Sweta Kapoor
C]Shubhangi Swaroop
D]Sraddha Singh
E]Simran Kaur


Q9.Which of the Indian Universities have/ has got place in the list of top 20 varsities in BRICS countries as per the latest QS ranking ?
A]IISc Bangalore
B]IIT Delhi
C]IIT Bombay
D]IIT Madras
E]All of these


Q10.Which state first time has announced the withdrawal of cases against the youths involved in Stone Pelting ?
A]Haryana
B]Jammu and Kashmir
C]Manipur
D]Assam
E]Maharashtra


Q11.Emmerson Mnangagwa is elected as the President of which country ?
A]Kenya
B]Zimbabwe
C]South Africa
D]Uruguay
E]West Indies


Q12. The YONO (You Need Only One) is launched by which Bank ?
A]State Bank of India
B]Vijaya Bank
C]Dena Bank
D]Andhra Bank
E]Allahabad Bank


Q13.UMANG App is launched by which of the following ministries ?
A]Ministry of Agriculture
B]Ministry of Home Affairs
C]Ministry of Human Resource
D]Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
E]None of these


Q14.Which city of Uttar Pradesh get the first ever woman Mayor in a hundred years ?
A]Kanpur
B]Lukhnow
C]Varanasi
D]Agra
E]Etwah


Q15.Which city will become the first city to jointly host the Badminton and Para-Badminton World Championships in 2019 ?
A]Rome
B]New Delhi
C]Beijing
D]Basel
E]Colombo


Q16.Which State hosted the Sanghai Festival 2017 ?
A]Mizoram
B]Manipur
C]Sikkim
D]Nagaland
E]Arunachal Pradesh


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The Union Cabinet has approved the membership of India for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The membership of EBRD would enhance India's international profile and promote its economic interests.

Explanation 2. The theme of the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space is Cyber4All: A Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace for Sustainable Development. The conference will be held in New Delhi and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi would ainaugurate it.

Explanation 3. The BRICS Development Bank has approved infrastructure and sustainable development projects with loans in India and Russia. The loans will be used to rehabilitate the Indira Gandhi canal system in India and to build a toll transport corridor connecting Ufa city centre to the M-5 federal highway in Russia.

Explanation 4. The Central government began a process of formulating a comprehensive safe city plans for women in eight metropolitan cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Hyderabad. The process was started in the Steering Committee meeting constituted by the Home Ministry under the chairmanship of Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and attended by Municipal Commissioners, Police Commissioners, senior state government officials and civil society representatives.

Explanation 5. Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world for women, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting Central America and Mexico as particularly dangerous. In a report presented in Panama, UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) found assaults on women persisted in the region despite severe laws aimed at curbing the phenomenon.

Explanation 6. The Arbind-Modi led panel set up by the Government is related to Income Tax. Modi, Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), will steer a six-member panel on the issue.

Explanation 7. India and Philippines have signed an agreement related to the Customs. The agreement would help in the availability of relevant information for prevention and investigation of Customs offences.

Explanation 8. Shubhangi Swaroop has become the first female pilot of Indian Navy. Though Shubhangi Swaroop is the first Naval woman pilot, the Navy's Aviation branch has had women officers operating as air traffic control officers and as 'observers' in the aircraft who are responsible for communication and weapons.

Explanation 9. Two Indian institutions have made it to the top 10 of a ranking of universities in the BRICS bloc of nations, compared with just one last year. IIT-Bombay has moved up to the 9th spot in QS World University Rankings: BRICS 2018, from 13th last time, making its debut in the top 10. IISc-Bangalore has slipped four positions to no. 10 from 6. Two more Indian institutions feature among the top 20 — IITDelhi, which has fallen to 17th place from 15th, and IIT Madras that climbed a spot to 18th.

Explanation 10. Jammu and Kashmir first time has announced the withdrawal of cases against the youths involved in Stone Pelting. The Chief Minister of the Mehboobva Mufti has announced this.

Explanation 11. Emmerson Mnangagwa is elected as the President of Zimbabwe. He has been sworn in as the third president of Zimbabwe since the country gained independence in 1980, taking the oath of office in front of 70,000 people in Harare's main sports stadium.

Explanation 12. State Bank of India, the country's largest public sector bank, has launched a unified integrated app called YONO (You Need Only One) that would offer all kinds of financial and lifestyle products.

Explanation 13. This e-governance application UMANG is developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) in order to drive Mobile Governance in India and also promote Modi's Digital India program.

Explanation 14. Lukhnow city of Uttar Pradesh get the first ever woman Mayor in a hundred years.

Explanation 15. Basel will become the first city to jointly host the Badminton and Para-Badminton World Championships in 2019. The city defeated Tokyo to land the tournament.

Explanation 16. Indian state Manipur hosted the Sanghai Festival 2017. The event was inaugurated by President Ramnath Kovind.