Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 11th December 2017

Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 11th December 2017

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You must solve the Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 11th December 2017 and get ready to face the upcoming IBPS, SSC exams easily. The Current Affairs Set consists of the questions of latest pattern, answers along with explanations that covers all the latest news updates i.e. sports, awards etc.

Q1. On which day, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were adopted ?
A]9th December
B]10th December
C]11th December
D]12th December
E]13th December

Q2.Which Automobile Company of India has topped in terms of the market capitalization ?
A]Tata Motors
B]Ford
C]Honda Motors
D]Maruti Suzuki
E]None of these

Q3.What is the theme of ASEAN India Connectivity Summit ?
A]ASEAN - the Heart of Dynamic Asia
B]Vision and Mission of ASEAN Countries
C]Energy, Environment and Empowerment
D]Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century
E]None of these

Q4.Who has launched the public procurement portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ ?
A]Narendra Modi
B]Harsh Vardhan
C]Giriraj Singh
D]Sushma Swaraj
E]Rajnath Singh

Q5.For which novel writer Mamta Kalia would be honoured with literary award Vyas Samman 2017 ?
A]Beghar
B]Tere Angne Mein
C]Kesariya
D]Dukkham Sukkham
E]None of these

Q6.The International Council for Monuments and Sites 2017 would be held in which city ?
A]New Delhi
B]Moscow
C]Berlin
D]Beijing
E]None of these

Q7.Tushar Mane and Mehuli Ghosh have secured their place in 2018 Olympic Games ?
A]Badminton
B]Squash
C]Tennis
D]Boxing
E]Shooting

Q8.Central Government has decided to set up a LPG plant in which state of India ?
A]Assam
B]Nagaland
C]Haryana
D]Meghalaya
E]Tripura

Q9.The 2nd Naval Museum of India would be built in which state ?
A]Andhra Pradesh
B]West Bengal
C]Tamilnadu
D]Orissa
E]Maharashtra

Q10.Who is appointed as the Executive Director of RBI? ?
A]Mahendra Pratap
B]Uma Shankar
C]Sooraj Kumar
D]Sudanshu Sekhar
E]None of them

Q11.Who has discovered Excitonium ?
A]Thomas M Baer
B]Jukes Brandon
C]Willie Smith
D]Bert Halperin
E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.

Explanation 2. India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India's sixth most valued firm, crossing India's largest lender SBI. Maruti Suzuki's market capitalisation stood at 2.74 trillion, marginally ahead of SBI's market value of 2.71 trillion. Reliance Industries is the country's most valued company with a market value of 5.8 trillion, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ITC and Hindustan Unilever.

Explanation 3. India to host 2-day Connectivity Summit with ASEAN countries aimed at enhancing economic and trade relations between India and Southeast Asian nations. Theme: 'Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century'.

Explanation 4. A public procurement portal, ‘MSME Sambandh’, was launched by Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises Minister (Independent charge) Giriraj Singh

Explanation 5. Eminent Hindi writer Mamta Kalia will be honoured with literary award Vyas Samman for year 2017 for her novel "Dukkham Sukkham" by the K K Birla Foundation.

Explanation 6. The International Council for Monuments and Sites or ICOMOS, the global pioneers and front runners in promoting and enhancing professionalism in conservation, management, planning and development of India's diverse heritage is geared to organise the first ever ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 2017 in Delhi. Theme: "Heritage and Democracy"

Explanation 7. Mehuli Ghosh and Tushar Mane became the first Indian shooters to secure the women's and men's quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by winning a gold and bronze each at the 10th Asian Championship 10M Rifle/Pistol at Wako City, Japan.

Explanation 8. A mou was inked between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the state government for setting up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Meghalaya which will help increase the clean fuel's penetration, especially in the rural areas of the state.

Explanation 9. The Navy is planning to hand over a decommissioned Tupolev-142 reconnaissance plane to the West Bengal government for setting up an aircraft museum here, the second of its kind in the country. The Navy is expecting a clearance from the defence ministry for handing over the TU-142 aircraft to the state government by the end of this month.

Explanation 10. Uma Shankar, chief general manager (CGM) in charge of the Reserve Bank of India's financial inclusion and development department has taken over as executive director (ED) in the central bank.

Explanation 11. Bert Halperin has discovered Excitonium.