Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 13th & 14th January 2018

Current Affairs Quiz - 13th and 14th January 2018

Judge your preparation by solving the Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 13th and 14th January 2018 question set and get ready to face the upcoming competitive exams. The question set covers all important current affairs those may come in IBPS, SSC , Railway exams.

Q1. The Central Government has urged everyone not to use a ____ made National Flag .

A]Rubber
B]Cloth
C]Paper
D]Plastic
E]None of these



Q2.Name the state that has taken an initiative to digitize 10000 pagesdaily to preserve the administrative and historical records .
A]Uttar Pradesh
B]Bihar
C]Rajasthan
D]Haryana
E]Jharkhand


Q3.India has hold its first Security dialouge with which country ?
A]Cambodia
B]Indonesia
C]Thailand
D]Iran
E]None of these


Q4.Who has become the first Woman Lawyer to be directly appointed for Supreme Court Judgeship ?
A]Bhavani Mishra
B]Indira Kulkarni
C]Sameera Saxena
D]Renuka Reddy
E]Indu Malhotra


Q5.___ ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in___.
A]2nd, Dubai
B]4th, New Delhi
C]5th, Jakarta
D]7th, Bangkok
E]None of these


Q6.Which state of India has topped the list of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion's Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2017 ?
A]Haryana
B]Bihar
C]Punjab
D]West Bengal
E]Gujrat


Q7.Which Telecom Company has planned to launch its own Cryptocurrency ?
A]Airtel
B]Vodaphone
C]Reliance Jio
D]Idea
E]Tata Docomo


Q8.___ has tied up with Hedge Securities for providing Portfolio Investment Scheme services to the NRIs .
A]Yes Bank
B]Axis Bank
C]State Bank of India
D]Federal Bank
E]ICICI Bank


Q9.Recently launched "Wajood" App is first of its kind in India. It is for ____ .
A]Farmers
B]Micro Industrialists
C]Real Estate Brokers
D]Poor but Meritorious Students
E]None of these


Q10.The ___ Iron First Joint Military exercise between US and ___ kicked off in California .
A]13th, Japan
B]14th, China
C]15th, Germany
D]16th, UK
E]17th, India


Q11.The BSE has listed the first bond on its Global Securities Market. The bonds are issued by which of the following ?
A]RBI
B]IRFC
C]SEBI
D]IRDA
E]None of these


Q12.Name the state that has planned to sign MoU with Bombay Stock Exchange for listing State SMEs .
A]Punjab
B]Madhya Pradesh
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Haryana
E]Gujrat


Q13.Which of the following Banks is going to merge with the Capital First ?
A]HDFC Bank
B]IDFC Bank
C]Federal Bank
D]Axis Bank
E]None of these


Q14.Sarjubala Devi is recently in news. She is associated with which sports ?
A]Wrestling
B]Badminton
C]Weight-lifting
D]Boxing
E]None of these


Q15.Government would launch a clean air campaign in ______ .
A]Jaipur
B]Noida
C]Delhi
D]Mumbai
E]Bengaluru


Q16.The Economic Democracy Conclave would be held in ____ to create a platform for young entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
A]Karnataka
B]Maharashtra
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Madhya Pradesh
E]Tamilnadu


Q17.The Retail Inflation in India rises to ___ from 4.88% .
A]5.05%
B]5.17%
C]5.21%
D]5.53%
E]5.64%


Q18.The Government has declared a "Short Movie" contest to promote the ___ scheme.
A]Swachh Bharat
B]Beti Bachao Beti Padao
C]Indradhanush
D]Saubhagya
E]None of these


Q19.Which of the following actors was honoured the Janakavi P Sawlaram Award 2018 ?
A]Sudhir Dalvi
B]Om Puri
C]Nilu Phule
D]Amrish Puri
E]None of them


Q20.___ is named as the Chairman of Finance Commission of the Indian Olympic Association .
A]Sudheer Parekh
B]Avinash Yadav
C]Vikash Rai
D]Anil Khanna
E]Raghunath Phule


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The central government on Tuesday urged everyone not to use a national flag made of plastic and asked the states and union territories to ensure strict compliance of the Flag Code in view of the Republic Day celebration ahead.

Explanation 2. With an aim to protect old and fragile documents, the Rajasthan government is digitising 10,000 pages daily to preserve administrative and historical records of Rajputana's princely states. The move will further boost the state government's effort to use technology to improve the lives of people. These initiatives include a dedicated startup policy and various e- governance measures.

Explanation 3. India, Indonesia has hold first security dialogue, vow to combat terror. Ahead of the dialogue, the Indonesian foreign ministry had said the two countries will discuss cyber security, counter-terrorism efforts and transnational organised crime.

Explanation 4. For the first time in the Supreme Court’s history, senior woman lawyer Indu Malhotra has been elevated directly from the Bar as a judge of the court.

Explanation 5. Agriculture ministers of ASEAN countries met for the fourth sitting in New Delhi. The topic of discussion was based on food and agricultural future developments.

Explanation 6. West Bengal currently tops the list of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion's Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2017, comprising 36 states and Union Territories. The eastern state's 'implementation scorecard' stood at 86.18 per cent, the same as neighbouring Jharkhand, followed by Gujarat at 82.38 per cent, according to DIPP data.

Explanation 7. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited is planning its own cryptocurrency, dubbed as JioCoin. Reliance Jio has been instrumental in changing the landscape of India’s telecom sector with its discount offers and very competitive tariffs.

Explanation 8. Federal Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with Hedge Equities Ltd for providing Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) services to NRIs. A formal agreement was executed in which Jose K Mathew (EVP & Head Retail Business, Federal Bank) and Alex Babu (MD, Hedge Equities Ltd) exchanged the MoU announcing the tie-up.

Explanation 9. Amit Bhagwan Wadhwani, Director, Sai Estate Consultants Chembur chose the first national convention of Confederation of Real Estate Broker's Association of India (CREBAI) called NATCON Mumbai to launch an app called Wajood. The latter is aimed to redefine the broking system in the city and bring transparency between broker and client. This national convention is presented by Sai Estate Consultants Chembur and CREBAI.

Explanation 10. American and Japanese military forces have launched joint exercises amid tensions with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The 13th annual Iron Fist exercises kicked off Friday in the U.S. western state of California.

Explanation 11. The BSE’s India International Exchange (India INX) has listed the Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s (IRFC’s) green bonds on its debt listing platform - the global securities market. With this, the IRFC’s green bonds have become the first debt security to be listed on an exchange at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat’s GIFT city.

Explanation 12. Uttar Pradesh government proposes to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to enable listing of small and medium industries in the stock market and get more funds for them.

Explanation 13. IDFC Bank and Capital First have announced merger between the two to form a combined entity with assets under management of Rs 88,000 crore, branch network of 194 and customer base of over 5 million. As per the agreement, IDFC Bank will issue 139 shares for every 10 shares of Capital First.

Explanation 14. Former world silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi (48kg), representing Manipur, claimed the gold as well as the best boxer trophy even as the Railways Sports Promotion Board emerged overall champions in the National Women’s Boxing Championships 2018.

Explanation 15. Government will launch a clean air campaign for two-weeks in delhi next month.

Explanation 16. The President Ramnath Kovind would inaugurate the "Economic Democracy Conclave" at Thane, being organised by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini with an aim to create a platform for young entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals and provide them motivation, networking and mentoring.

Explanation 17. India’s factory output jumped to 8.4% in November and retail inflation rose to 5.21% in December, confirming the prospects of sustained economic recovery and growing risks of inflation.

Explanation 18. The government has taken the ‘short movie’ route to promote its flagship Saubhagya scheme, which aims to provide free electricity connections to about 4 crore needy people this year. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a public sector unit functioning under the purview of the Ministry of Power, is organising a short film-making contest to create awareness about the electrification scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Explanation 19. Actor Sudhir Dalvi was honoured with the Janakavi P Sawlaram award at a function. City mayor Meenakshi Shinde presented Dalvi a citation.

Explanation 20. Senior sports administrator Anil Khanna was named Chairman of the Finance Commission of the Indian Olympic Association, which also formed a four-member advisory committee.