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Current Affairs Quiz

1. India and ......... signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on double taxation avoidance treaty (DTAT). The MoU was signed during 7th meeting of the India-........... Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Kuwait
4) Thailand
5) None of these.

2. Which company has bagged the single-largest order of high mobility vehicle (LMV) worth Rs. 914 crore from the Indian Army?
1) Force Motors Ltd.
2) Tata Motors
3) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
4) Ashok Leyland Ltd.
5) None of these.

3. Union Ministry of Rural Development has launched ‘SAMANVAY’ web portal to monitor progress and implementation of?
1) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
2) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
3) Janani Suraksha Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
5) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana


4. World No-Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed every year across the world on?
1) 30 June
2) 31 June
3) 30 May
4) 31 May
5) None of these.

5. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line unit of 6000 metric ton capacity at Security Paper Mill in? 
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajsthan
5) None of these.

6. HSBC India’s chairman announced to launch ’green bonds’ in India for raising funds for investments in environmental projects. Announcement was done by the HSBC chairman in a Ficci event held on 3 August 2015. Who is HSBC India's Chairman?
1) Chanda Kochar
2) Indira Nooyi
3) Naina Lal Kidwai
4) Shikha Sharma
5) None of these.

7. Which state Government has launched Swachhata Saptapadi scheme on the lines of Union Government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
1) Rajsthan
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Chattisgarh
5) None of these.

8. The Kolkata-based private sector wagon manufacturer Titagarh Wagons Ltd (TWL) has acquired coach manufacturing company Firema Trasporti for 25 million Euros. This company belongs to which country?
1) Greece
2) Germany
3) Italy
4) France
5) None of these.

9. India’s banking entity which has launched Online Customer Acquisition Solution (OCAS), an online platform to apply for loans is?
1) ICICI
2) SBI
3) PNB
4) BOB
5) HDFC

10. who has been appointed as director general (news) in Doordarshan (DD) by Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry?
1) Radhika Roy
2) Prannoy Roy
3) Veena Jain
4) K. V. L. Narayan Rao
5) None of these

Answers..

1. 4
2. 2
3. 1
4. 4
5. 1
6. 3
7. 2
8. 3
9. 2
10. 3