Current Affairs Quiz

1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) has extended free roaming service for it's mobile subscribers by another one year recently. Who is the present CEO of BSNL?

a) Hasmukh Adhia

b) Vinod Rai

c) Ratan P Watal 

d) Anupam Shrivastava

e) None of the above

2. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president ____________ passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi following cardiac failure recently.

a) Ashok Choudhary

b) Anjan Dutta

c) Hare Ram Pradhan

d) Nar Bahadur Bhandari

e) None of the above

3. HelpAge India has launched a security app for elders in connection with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15). The “HelpAge SOS App’’ was launched by Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi at Raj Nivas in which of the following union territory recently?

a) New Delhi

b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

c) Daman and Diu

d) Lakshadweep

e) Puducherry

4. The Union Cabinet gave it's ex-post facto approval to the MoU for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sector between India and which of the following country?

a) Russia

b) Mexico

c) Taiwan

d) Qatar

e) Ghana

5. During a recent event, 3049 people registered their spot in the Guinness book of world records for performing largest Karma Naach dance ever in which of the following Indian state?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Himachal Pradesh

6. Public Sector Power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned 195 MW unit at?

a) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

b) Pune, Maharashtra

c) Raipur, Chhattisgarh

d) Hyderabad, Telangana

e) Muzaffarpur, Bihar

7. A cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the takeover by State Bank of India (SBI) of several subsidiaries recently. Who is the present Chairman of SBI?

a) Naina Lal Kidwai

b) Chanda Kochhar

c) Shikha Sharma

d) Arundhati Bhattacharya

e) Nita Ambani

8. Name the US translator who has passed away recently?

a) Carol Baker

b) Alexis John

c) Gregory Rabassa

d) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

e) None of the above 

9. Closed Reduction Internal Fixation (CRIF) the majority stakeholder of CRIF High Mark Credit Information Services, announced the launch of a new centre for predictive analytics and decision solutions in?

a) Mumbai

b) Pune

c) New Delhi

d) Kolkata

e) Jaipur 

10. The Centre has decided to import pulses from Myanmar and Africa to beef up buffer stocks to check it's price rise. The government also decided to enhance the buffer stock of pulses from 1.5 lakh tonnes to ............?

a) 8 lakh tonnes

b) 5 lakh tonnes

c) 4 lakh tonnes

d) 3 lakh tonnes

e) None of the above