Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 10th January 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 10th January 2018

You must solve the Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 10th January 2018 if you want to score high in upcoming SSC, IBPS, Railway examinations. These quizzes include all recent current affairs like sports, MoUs, schemes etc. Read the Daily Current Affairs Update - 10th January 2018 for thorough knowledge.

Q1.Which among the following Chief Ministers is selected for the 1st Mufti Mahammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Public Life ?

A]Mamta Banerjee
B]Nitish Kumar
C]Vijay Rupani
D]Arvind Kejriwal
E]Vasundhara Raje




Q2.Which day is celebrated as the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in India ?
A]7th January
B]8th January
C]9th January
D]10th January
E]Non of these


Q3._____ has won the first ever International medal in Skiing for India .
A]Haseena Mirza
B]Kanchan Sharma
C]Survi Mishra
D]Anchal Thakur
E]Gurmeet Kaur


Q4. Supreme Court has declared playing of national anthem is not mandatory in Cinema Halls before screening movies. The bench is headed by whom ?
A]Girish Mehta
B]Surinder Sodhi
C]Dipak Misra
D]Sahil Kumar
E]Purav Shetty


Q5.Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of NPCI ?
A]Govind Mehta
B]Dilip Asbe
C]Krish Yadav
D]Vikram Khurana
E]Sourav Sharma


Q6.India has signed a pact with ____ for returning illegal Indian migrants .
A]US
B]Japan
C]Germany
D]Russia
E]UK


Q7.The Government has laid optical fiber in more than 1 Lakh Gram Panchayats under which of the following projects ?
A]Digital India
B]India Vikas
C]Bharat Net
D]Green India Better India
E]None of these


Q8.Which state has banned the e-cigarettes within the state ?
A]Andhra Pradesh
B]Punjab
C]Haryana
D]Bihar
E]Himachal Pradesh


Q9.Which bank has tied up with National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) to assist SC families living below Double Poverty Line ?
A]Canara Bank
B]Punjab National Bank
C]Andhra Bank
D]Vijaya Bank
E]UCO Bank


Q10.Which station of India has entered in the Limca Book of Records for having all-woman staff ?
A]Thane
B]Bandra
C]Matunga
D]Pune
E]None of these


Q11.Name the player who has won the Kolkata Open 2018 International Invitation Snooker Championship .
A]Alfie Burden
B]Pankaj Advani
C]Yasin Merchant
D]Aditya Mehta
E]None of them


Q12.Which state has topped the list with investment intentions of Rs. 1.49 Lakh Crore among all Indian states ?
A]Andhra Pradesh
B]Karnataka
C]Tamilnadu
D]Uttar Pradesh
E]Maharashtra


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been selected for the 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Public Life. He will be conferred the award at an official function of Jammu & Kashmir government to be held at Jammu.

Explanation 2. 9th January is celebrated as the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in India. The day is celebrated to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India.

Explanation 3. In a major boost to India before the start of Winter Olympics in South Korea from February, 21-year old Aanchal Thakur created history by becoming the first Indian to win an international medal in skiing.

Explanation 4. A bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra has declared that the playing of national anthem in cinema halls must be optional.

Explanation 5. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for retail payment systems in India, has appointed Dilip Asbe as Managing Director and CEO of the organisation.

Explanation 6. India will sign an MoU with the United Kingdom to enable the return of illegal Indian migrants within a month of their detection by authorities. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju’s visit to London along with a delegation is a step towards the move that could affect hundreds of Indians.

Explanation 7. The government has completed the first phase of the BharatNet program, having connected 1 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) with optic fibre. The Telecom minister Manoj Sinha hoped that the second phase to connect to 1.5 lakh more GPs will be completed before time by December this year.

Explanation 8. Bihar government has banned even e-cigarette in Bihar. E-cigarette is smoked through electronics nicotine delivery system (ENDS) for nicotine intake.

Explanation 9. Punjab National Bank (PNB) and National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) have tied up to provide financial assistance for economic empowerment of persons belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) families living below Double Poverty Line (DPL).

Explanation 10. The Matunga suburban station on the Central Railway (CR) has found its way into the Limca Book of Records for having an all-woman staff. The achievement comes six months after Matunga became the first railway station in the country to be run by an all- woman staff.

Explanation 11. Professional player Aditya Mehta won the Kolkata Open 2018 International Invitation Snooker Championship here at Hindusthan Club in the city. In the thrilling final he defeated Englishman Professional Player Alfie Burden 5-4.

Explanation 12. Karnataka topped all states with investment intentions of Rs. 1.49 lakh crore till October 2017, which was 43 per cent of the country's total investment intentions.