Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 4th January 2018

Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 4th January 2018

Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 4th January 2018 gives you the opportunity to practice the important MCQs on  recent news and you can easily check your preparation by solving It. You must follow the Current Affairs Update - 4th January 2018 as it provides you brief knowledge about recent awards, sports, MoUs, schemes etc.

Q1. Who has become India’s highest-ranked player in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. ?

A]Sharath Kamal
B]Soumyajit Ghosh
C]G Sathiyan
D]Anthony Amalraj
E]None of them




Q2.Ms. Preeti Sudan has launched the Allied and Healthcare Professional's Database portal. She is the Secretary of which Ministry ?
A]Minisry of Women's Affair
B]Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C]Ministry of Public Health
D]Ministry of Home Affairs
E]None of these


Q3.The Government of which State/Union Territory has launched a special police force, with distinct blue-coloured head gears, to ensure the safety of visitors ?
A]Delhi
B]Himachal Pradesh
C]Gujrat
D]Puducherry
E]Maharashtra


Q4.UNESCO has added the endangered 'bird language' of which country in Intangible Cultural Heritage list ?
A]Oman
B]Turkey
C]UAE
D]Egypt
E]None of these


Q5.Which country has recently raised the minimum wage of the workers by 40 percent ?
A]South Africa
B]Kenya
C]Ghana
D]Venezuela
E]Colombia


Q6.Which Bank has announced a partnership with Rajasthan Government to promote and nurture startups in the state ?
A]Yes Bank
B]Bandhan Bank
C]ICICI Babk
D]Axis Bank
E]HDFC Bank


Q7.The 171st Araadhanai Music Festival (AMF) has started in which state of India ?
A]Keral
B]Tamilnadu
C]Karnataka
D]Andhra Pradesh
E]None of these


Q8.The "International Travel Expo" would be held in ____ from 28th February .
A]Tamilnadu
B]Andhra Pradesh
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Karnataka
E]Maharashtra


Q9.Which state would get the electric vehicles under the Center's FAME-India scheme ?
A]Keral
B]Tamilnadu
C]Punjab
D]Haryana
E]Karnataka


Q10.State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd has commissioned the country's second largest rooftop solar power plant at its petrochemical complex in ________.
A]Madhya Pradesh
B]Bihar
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Haryana
E]Punjab


Q11.Which Indian state is declared as "Disturbed Area" for more six months under AFSPA ?
A]Assam
B]Manipur
C]Arunachala Pradesh
D]Nagaland
E]None of these


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. G Sathiyan becomes India’s highest-ranked player in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. The current ranking of Sathiyan is 49, pushing Kamal to the second spot at 51.

Explanation 2. Ms. Preeti Sudan has launched the Allied and Healthcare Professional's Database portal. She is the Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Explanation 3. In a tourist-friendly measure, the Puducherry government has launched a special police force, with distinct blue-coloured head gears, to ensure the safety of visitors. The personnel of the newly-launched 'Tourist Police' wing would also don blue badges bearing the police emblem, marking a departure from the conventional red colour caps, the hall mark of territorial police since the French rule.

Explanation 4. UNESCO added Turkey's endangered 'bird language' in Intangible Cultural Heritage list The unusual and very efficient whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in remote northern Turkey entered the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Explanation 5. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage as of January. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage as of January, a move that will foment what many economists already consider hyperinflation in the oil-rich but crisis-stricken nation.

Explanation 6. HDFC Bank has announced a partnership with Rajasthan Government to promote and nurture startups in the state. The MoU was signed between Akhil Arora, principal Secretary – IT and Communication, Government of Rajasthan and Smita Bhagat, Head – Branch Banking, Government Business and Ecommerce at HDFC Bank, in presence of Satyen Modi, Zonal Head of HDFC Bank.

Explanation 7. The 171st Araadhanai Music Festival (AMF) has started in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu on January 2, 2018. The fest is one of the Trinities of Carnatic music Saint Thyagaraja, which was inaugurated by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

Explanation 8. The Karnataka government announced that 'Karnataka International Travel Expo' (KITE) will be held here from February 28, billing it as the "largest" B2B travel event in the country.

Explanation 9. Karnataka government said it would be obtaining electric vehicles under the Centre's FAME-India scheme. As per the approval received in response to the Expression of Interest by Department of Heavy Industries of the Union government under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India (FAME-India) India scheme Karnataka is set to procure and ply 40 electric buses, 100 four wheeler and 500 three wheeler along with setting up of charging infrastructure across the city of Bengaluru.

Explanation 10. State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd said it has commissioned the country's second largest rooftop solar power plant at its petrochemical complex at Pata in Uttar Pradesh.

Explanation 11. Nagaland is declared as "Disturbed Area" for more six months under AFSPA till June end.