Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 11th January 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 11th January 2018

If you want to crack upcoming IBPS, SSC, Railway and other competitive exams, you must practice Current Affairs Quiz on daily basis. You must solve the Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 11th January 2018 and can judge your preparation. Read the Current Affairs Update - 11th January 2018 carefully.

Q1.K. Sivan is appointed as the Chairman of which of the following organizations ? 

A]DRDO
B]SAIL
C]ISRO
D]BARC
E]None of them



Q2.South Korea and GCCI have signed a Memo of understanding for cooperation in textile, defence and automobile sectors. GCCI stands for which of the following ?
A]Gandhinagar Chamber of Commerce and Industry
B]Gujrat Chamber of Commerce and Industry
C]Gujrat Center of Commerce and Industry
D]Gaushala Center of Commerce and Industry
E]None of them

Q3.Peter Sutherland has passed away recently. He was the first Director-General of _____ .
A]WHO
B]UN
C]World Bank
D]WTO
E]None of them

Q4.President Ramnath Kovind has inaugurated ___ International Dharma-Dhamma Conference at ____ in Bihar.
A]2nd, Patna
B]3rd, Sasaram
C]4th, Rajgir
D]5th, Gaya
E]None of these

Q5.PhonePe has partnered with which of the following mobile wallet companies ?
A]Juspay
B]Mswipe
C]Paytm
D]FreeCharge
E]None of them

Q6.Which of the following tribes is denied habitat in Simlipal ?
A]Santhal
B]Mankidia
C]Badagas
D]Bodo
E]Mundas

Q7.Name the first Railway station of India that have installed a Sanitary Napkin Vending machine .
A]Indore
B]Gwalior
C]Bhopal
D]Jabalpur
E]Amarkantak

Q8.Name the Bank which has planned to raise 2 Billion Dollar via overseas bond .
A]Andhra Bank
B]UCO Bank
C]Allahabad Bank
D]SBI
E]None of these

Q9.____ has introduced a concept of "Virtual ID" to further strengthen privacy and security of Aadhar number holders .
A]NITI Aayog
B]UIDAI
C]RBI
D]Election Commission
E]None of them

Q10.Who among the following is the richest personof the world as per the Bloomberg Report ?
A]Bill Gates
B]Mark Zuckerberg
C]Laxmi Mittal
D]Jeff Bejos
E]Mukesh Ambani

Q11.____ has been appointed as the Chaiman of Geneva-based World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBSCD) .
A]David Smith
B]Mohit Khurana
C]Rahul Raghav
D]Suman Sahoo
E]Sunny Verghese

Q12.____ is appointed by Indian Olympic Association as the Chef De Mission for the ___ Winter Olympic Games to be held in South Korea .
A]Balbinder Sidhu, 21st
B]Gurwant Singh, 22nd
C]Rameswar Kumar, 24th
D]Harjinder Singh, 23rd
E]Siddharth Dhawan, 26th

Q13.Railway Ministry recently has launched SFOORTY app for freight managers. SFOORTI stands for which of the following ?
A]Scheduled Freight Operation Optimisation and Real Time Information
B]Smart Freight Operation Optimisation and Real Time Information
C]Successive Freight Operation Optimisation and Real Time Information
D]Standard Freight Operation Optimisation and Real Time Information
E]None of these

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. K Sivan was appointed chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday. He would replace AS Kiran Kumar.

Explanation 2. South Korea and GCCI (Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry) have signed MoU for business cooperation. The main objective of the MoU is to help Gujarat-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to explore opportunities through joint ventures with South Korean firms.

Explanation 3. Peter Sutherland, the first Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has passed away in his home city of Dublin.

Explanation 4. President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated 4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on "State and Social Order in Dharma-Dhamma Traditions" at Rajgir in Nalanda district.

Explanation 5. Flipkart's payments arm PhonePe has partnered mobile wallet company FreeCharge to allow the latter’s customers pay for transactions at PhonePe's partner merchants. According to the deal terms, PhonePe has now enabled its over 45 million users to link their existing FreeCharge wallets to the PhonePe app.

Explanation 6. Mankidia, one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha, were denied habitat rights inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) under the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, as the State Forest Department has objected on grounds that tribals could be attacked by wild animals, especially tigers.

Explanation 7. Considering the needs of its women commuters, Bhopal Junction has become the first railway station in India to install a sanitary napkin vending machine.

Explanation 8. State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to raise $ 2 billion by issuing bonds in U.S. dollar or in some other convertible currency in the current and the next financial year.

Explanation 9. The Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI has introduced a concept of Virtual ID to further strengthen privacy and security of Aadhaar number holders. The Aadhaar number holder can use Virtual ID in place of an Aadhaar number whenever authentication or KYC services are performed.

Explanation 10. Jeff Bejos, CEO of Amazon, is the richest personof the world as per the Bloomberg Report.Jeff Bezos surpasses Bill Gates to Become World's Richest Person of all time.

Explanation 11. Singapore-based Indian-origin businessman Sunny Verghese has been appointed as the Chairman of the Geneva-based World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Verghese, 57, Co-Founder and the CEO of Singapore's agri-business group Olam International Limited, is the first World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Chair from the agri-sector.

Explanation 12. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has appointed Harjinder Singh as the Chef De Mission for the 23rd Winter Olympic Games to be held in Pyeongchang next month. Singh currently holds the post of General Secretary in the Ice Hockey Association of India.

Explanation 13. In a move that would help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations, Ministry of Railways has launched Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI) App for Freight Managers.