Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 20th October 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 20th October 2017

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Q1.Who is appointed as Country Manager for WPP ?

A]Venkata Raju

B]S L Ranganathan

C]CVL Srinivas

D]Ramaswamy Iyer

E]None of them

Q2.Who has appointed as the Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh ?

A]Sudhir Parekh

B]Naresh Gupta

C]Satyam Chouhan

D]Kuldeep Sharma

E]None of them

Q3.Which Airport of India has got the first rank in Service Quality by ACI ?

A]Indira Gandhi International Airport

B]Chennai International Airport

C]Biju Patnaik International Airport

D]Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

E]None of these

Q4.Which state has released Rs. 4000 Crore in the phase 1 of the Loan Waiver Scheme ?

A]Uttar Pradesh

B]Karnataka

C]Maharashtra

D]Punjab

E]Goa

Q5.The foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum is laid in which city of India ?

A]Chennai

B]Mumbai

C]New Delhi

D]Pune

E]Vishakhapatnam

Q6.Which city has reduced interest on loan under Saksham Yojona ?

A]Noida

B]Gurugram

C]Chandigarh

D]Lukhnow

E]Kanpur

Q7.Who is honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award ?

A]Selim Khan

B]Javed Akhter

C]Mani Ratnam

D]Shubhash Ghai

E]None of them

Q8.Who is the next Prime Minister of New Zealand ?

A]Jenny Shipley

B]Jacinda Ardern

C]Helen Clark

D]Daisy Stephens

E]None of them

Q9.Which Indian University has emerged the best Indian university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian University Rankings for 2018 ?

A]IIT Delhi

B]IIT Chennai

C]IIT Bombay

D]IIT Kharagpur

E]IISc Bengaluru

Q10.Which city of India has celebrated the largest Diwali Celebrations "Deepotsav" ever ?

A]Varanasi

B]Ayodhya

C]Gorakhpur

D]Lukhnow

E]Kanpur

Q11.Which of the following women cricketers has/have not signed for Big Bash League ?

A]Smriti Mandhana

B]Harmanpreet Kaur

C]Veda Krishnamurthy

D]Jhulan Goswami

E]None of them

Q12.Which of the following species is more threatened than tigers and elephants ?

A]Dolphin

B]Blue Whale

C]Star Fish

D]Saw Fish

E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. CVL Srinivas is appointed as Country Manager for WPP in India. The responsibility has come as an additional charge along with his role as CEO, South Asia, GroupM.

Explanation 2. Naresh Gupta has appointed as the Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh. He is a retired judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Explanation 3. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad has got the first rank in Service Quality by ACI( Airports Council International's service quality).

Explanation 4. Maharashtra has released Rs. 4000 Crore in the phase 1 of the Loan Waiver Scheme. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has announced this scheme.

Explanation 5. The foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum is laid in Vishakhapatnam by the chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu long with Eastern naval command chief Vice Admiral H. C. S. Bisht.

Explanation 6. Chandigarh has reduced interest on loan given to the women and their Self-Help Groups under Saksham Yojona from 6.5% to 5%. The State Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu took decision.

Explanation 7. Veteran Writer-Lyricist Javed Akhter is honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award on the 28th Anniversary of Hridayesh Arts and the 80th birthday of veteran music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar.

Explanation 8. Jacinda Ardern is the next Prime Minister of New Zealand. She will be the third woman Prime Minister of the country.

Explanation 9. Indian University IIT Bombay has emerged the best Indian university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian University Rankings for 2018. The ranking of IIT Bombay is 34th in Asia.

Explanation 10. Ayodhya has celebrated the largest Diwali Celebrations "Deepotsav" ever. The city has made a Guinness World Record by lightening 2 Lakh Diyas on the eve of Diwali. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has performed aarti on the bank of Saryu river.

Explanation 11. 3 Indian Cricketer Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy have signed for Big Bash League.

Explanation 12. According to the marine scientists, Saw Fish is more threatened than tigers and elephants. It is the most endangered fish species in India.