Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 6th February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 6th February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 6th February 2018 question set is very essential for your upcoming SSC, Bank, Railway examinations. The quiz set covers all important current affairs news that may come as questions in these exams. Read Daily Current Affairs Update - 6th February 2018 regularly.

Q1. Who has recently set off a series of nation-wide consultations with the industry on the proposed new Industrial Policy ?

A]Ramnath Kovind
B]M Venkiah Naidu
C]Suresh Prabhu
D]Nitin Gadkari
E]None of them




Q2.Name the country that has committed to spend 370 Million Dollar as aid to the United Nations World Food Program .
A]US
B]Sweden
C]Italy
D]Spain
E]Japan


Q3.Uttar Pradesh State government in association with UNICEF has launched massive door to door campaign DASTAK to eradicate which disease(s) ?
A]Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
B]Japanise Encephalitis
C]Hepatitis B
D]A and B
E]A and C


Q4.Name the Airport of India that has become the Busiest Single-Runway Airport of the world .
A]Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar
B]Goa International Airport, Dabolim
C]Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
D]Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
E]Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru


Q5.Which of the following days is celebrated as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation ?
A]5th February
B]6th February
C]7th February
D]8th February
E]9th February


Q6.Name the person who is appointed as the 16th Chairman of the Federal Reserve for a four- year term ?
A]David Watson
B]Brandon Smith
C]Brad Williams
D]Fernando Johnson
E]Jerome H Powell


Q7.Maldives President has recently declared a state of emergency in the country as heavily armed troops stormed the country's top court. Who is the President of Maldives ?
A]Abdulla Saeed
B]Mohd. Suleman
C]Abdulla Yameen
D]Wasim Khan
E]None of them


Q8. Cab Service startup Ola and the Government of ___ have signed an MoU to pilot an app- based river taxi service in ____.
A]Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur
B]Assam, Guwahati
C]Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal
D]Haryana, Gurugram
E]None of these


Q9. Name the company that has launched '#SecurityCheckKiya' campaign in India to create awareness around Internet safety .
A]Amazon
B]Facebook
C]Google
D]Mozilla
E]None of these


Q10.India successfully has test-fired the indigenously developed short-range nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile. Which of the following statements is/are true about the Missile ?
A]The missile was fired from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
B]The test was conducted by the Strategic Force Command of the Indian Army.
C]The range of Missile is 700 km.
D]It was 18th version of Agni-I.
E]All of these


Q11.The "Pelican Bird Festival-2018" was held for first in _____ at ____ in Andhra Pradesh.
A]Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, Kanithi Balancing Reservoir
B]Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Pulicat Lake
C]Atapaka Bird Sanctuary, Kolleru lake
D]Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Balimela Reservoir
E]None of these


Q12.Name the minister of India who would attend in the inauguration of the prestigious National Heritage and Culture Festival "Janadriyah" in Saudi Arabia .
A]Narendra Modi
B]Arun Jaitley
C]Rajnath Singh
D]Sushma Swaraj
E]None of these


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu set off a series of nation-wide consultations with the industry on the proposed new Industrial Policy by holding the first meeting in this regard at Guwahati. The focus of the exercise would be to make business easier for the industry, and the policy envisions to create a competitive Indian industry equipped with skill, scale and technology.

Explanation 2. Sweden and the United Nations World Food Programme have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement committing an unprecedented $370 million dollars to WFP over the next four years, the agency said, hailing the Scandinavian nation as a global leader in aid.

Explanation 3. The Uttar Pradesh, State government in association with UNICEF has launched massive door to door campaign DASTAK to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanise Encephalitis disease in the state. The theme of DASTAK is 'Darwaja Khatkhatao, AES aur JE ko bhagao'.

Explanation 4. The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2017, taking over London’s Gatwick airport that had 757 flights a day.In terms of the number of passengers also, the city airport tops with 45.2 million people flying in and out in fiscal 2017 as against 44 million at Gatwick airport. Notably, no other large city in the world is served by one airport, that too with a single-runway.

Explanation 5. The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations (UN) campaign held on February 6 to stop genital mutilation to girls and women.

Explanation 6. Former investment banker Jerome "Jay" Powell was sworn as the 16th leader of the US Federal Reserve, taking a key role in overseeing the world's largest economy. Perhaps the wealthiest Fed chair ever, Powell, 65, takes the reins of monetary policy just as a decade of economic recovery has begun to crest, and as analysts are pointing to challenges on the horizon.

Explanation 7. The Maldives government declared a state of emergency for 15 days, before heavily armed troops stormed the country's apex court and a former President was arrested amid a spiralling political crisis that followed a surprise Supreme Court ruling last week. Abdulla Yameen is the President of Maldives.

Explanation 8. Homegrown cab-hailing company Ola has inked MOU with Government of Assam to pilot an app- based river taxi service in Northeast India's financial hub Guwahati. The MoU has been signed in the presence of Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister for Transport Industry and Commerce and Vijay Ghadge, Vice President Operations of Ola at the on- going 'Global Investors Summit: Advantage Assam in Guwahati.

Explanation 9. To create awareness around Internet safety, Google India has launched a public initiative "#SecurityCheckKiya" to protect young and first-time web users from account hijacking, safeguard Android devices from malicious apps and secure all their personal data if they lose their device.

Explanation 10. India successfully has test-fired the indigenously developed short-range nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile. The missile was fired from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. The test was conducted by the Strategic Force Command of the Indian Army.It was 18th version of Agni-I. The range of Missile is 700 km.

Explanation 11. Sunday was a special day for the people of Kaikaluru, Atapaka and nearby villages, surrounding the one of the largest fresh water lakes Kolleru, as the State Tourism Department for the first time organised ‘Pelican Bird Festival-2018’.

Explanation 12. External Affairs Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj is paying her first official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 6-8 February, 2018. During the visit, she will meet with the Saudi leadership to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. She will also participate at the inauguration of the prestigious National Heritage and Culture Festival ‘Janadriyah’ being held in Saudi Arabia, at which India is the guest of honour country.