Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 3rd February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 3rd February 2018

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Q1. Name the country that has launched the longest Zip Line of world .

A]Saudi Arabia
B]Iran
C]UAE
D]Iraq
E]Oman



Q2.Name the Bank that has received Rs. 173.06 crore capital infusion from the government in the current fiscal.
A]Canara Bank
B]Indian Overseas Bank
C]Bank of Baroda
D]Bank of India
E]Allahabad Bank

Q3. Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia has signed an MoU with which shipyard of India to collaborate and engage in Design, Development and Execution of contemporary, State-of-Art vessels for Inland and Coastal Waterways ?
A]Mazagon Dock Limited
B]Goa Shipyard Limited
C]Hindustan Shipyard Limited
D]Cochin Shipyard Limited
E]None of these

Q4.Name the state in which the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has inaugurated Global Investment Summit .
A]Arunachal Pradesh
B]Assam
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Madhya Pradesh
E]Bihar

Q5.Name the Film Director who is given V. Shantaram lifetime achievement Award by Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) committee .
A]Sanjay Lila Bansali
B]Mani Ratnam
C]Shyam Benegal
D]Ram Gopal Verma
E]None of them

Q6.Who has won the "Times Power Women of the Year 2017" (Pune) for Global PR ?
A]Gurpreet Kaur
B]Shalini Sharma
C]Shruti Shah
D]Shabnam Khan
E]Shabnam Asthana

Q7.Name the athlete(s) who is/ are selected to represent India at the Winter Olympics 2018.
A]Shiva Keshavan
B]Jagdish Singh
C]Jeetu Rai
D]A and B
E]All of these

Q8.Who is appointed as the new Board Chairman of Alphabet ?
A]John L. Hennessy
B]Eric Schmidt
C]Samuel Smith
D]David Johnson
E]None of them

Q9.India's leading squash player, Saurav Ghosal has become the highest ranked Indian in the latest Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings. His present ranking is ___.
A]11
B]12
C]13
D]14
E]15

Q10.Which country has won the Under 19 Cricket World cup title 2018 ?
A]Australia
B]India
C]England
D]South Africa
E]Pakistan

Q11.The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Mr Arun Jaitley has launched India's first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs). It is developed by ___ ?
A]CRISIL
B]SIDBI
C]CIBIL
D]A and B
E]All of these

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The United Arab Emirates claimed a record with the opening of the world's longest zip line, measuring 2.83 kilometres in length. Guinness World Records officials certified the zip line in Ras al-Khaimah on the same day the attraction opened to the public.

Explanation 2. Indian Overseas Bank receives Rs173.06 crore capital infusions from government. IOB received Rs173.06 crore as contribution of the central government in the preferential allotment of equity shares of the bank during the 2017-18 fiscal.

Explanation 3. The State-owned Cochin Shipyard and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) of Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and engage in design, development, and execution of contemporary, state-of-the-art vessels for inland and coastal waterways.

Explanation 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Guwahati and visited an exhibition at Global Investors Summit 2018 - 'Advantage Assam' for the inaugural ceremony.

Explanation 5. Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has been selected for the prestigious 'V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award' of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF-2018). The award, carrying a trophy, a citation, shawl and cash prize of Rs 10 lakh, will be conferred on Benegal by Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao at the MIFF 2018 valedictory function.

Explanation 6. The Times Group recently celebrated the invaluable contribution of women by introducing The Times Power Woman 2017 (Pune) awards. These awards were initiated to celebrate the victories of women who have been a great source of inspiration. Shabnam Asthana was awarded the 'Times Power Women of the Year 2017'- Pune for Global PR.

Explanation 7. Luger Shiva Keshavan and Cross country Skier Jagdish Singh are selected to represent India at the Winter Olympics 2018.

Explanation 8. Alphabet announced John Hennessy will be the new chairman of its board. Hennessy has replaced Eric Schmidt who announced he was stepping down in December.

Explanation 9. India's leading squash player, Saurav Ghosal jumped five places to No 14 to become the highest ranked Indian in the latest Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings.

Explanation 10. Prithvi Shaw-led India U-19 cricket team produced a fine performance in the final of the ICC U-19 World Cup against Australia here on Saturday. nThe Boys in Blue created history by winning a record fourth title, beating Australia by eight wickets in the final.

Explanation 11. The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley has launched CriSidEx , India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI . CriSidEx is a composite index based on a diffusion index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business sentiment on a scale of 0 (extremely negative ) to 200 ( extremely positive) .