Current Affairs Quiz

1. As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” and “Start-up India” moves, which state has announced new policy for promotion of information technology(IT) and electronic start-ups, envisaging setting up of 50 incubators to provide leadership and facilities to 2,000 start-ups over the next five years recently?

 Madhya Pradesh

 Rajasthan

 Uttar Pradesh

 Gujarat

 Maharashtra

2. According to 2016 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) India has jumped 13 positions from last year to rank _______ among 30 developing countries this year on ease of doing business.

 Third

 Fourth

 Seventh

 Tenth

 Second

3. The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for a $200 million loan to upgrade 176-km roads in which of the following state?

 Bihar

 Madhya Pradesh

 Jharkhand

 Uttar Pradesh

 None of the above

4. Who is sworn in as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry recently?

 Kiran Bedi

 V Narayanasamy

 J Jayalalithaa

 Sarbananda Sonowal

 Pinarayi vijayan

5. Name the India's first Mr.Universe who has passed away in Kolkata recently?

 Manohar Aich

 Thakur Anoop Singh

 Rahul Rajasekharan

 Sachin Khurana

 None of the above

6. India and which of the following country have agreed to enhance the scale of existing bilateral military interaction and decided to expand the interaction between the armed forces recently?

 Mexico

 Afghanistan

 Qatar

 USA

 Singapore

7. Which state assembly has passed the Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2016 recently?

 West Bengal

 Assam

 Kerala

 Bihar

 Gujarat

8. The Enforcement Directorate slapped how much FEMA violation notice in connection with alleged “wrongful” gain made to private multimedia company Devas by Antrix, the commercial arm of ISRO?

 2,200 crore

 4,200 crore

 1,500 crore

 1,200 crore

 9,200 crore

9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Swiss President Johann Schneider Ammann to deepen bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the key European nation. What is the currency of Switzerland?

 Euro

 Ruble

 Franc

 Peso

 Dollar

10. Renowned Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the gold medal in people's choice prize at world championship festival of sand sculpting Russe, 2016, which was held in which of the following country?

 Bulgaria

 Switzerland

 Germany

 Mexico

 Singapore