Current Affairs Quiz – August 01 & 02 2018
1. Which bank has become 7th most valuable bank?
a) Bandhan Bank
b) HDFC
c) Dena Bank
d) Tamilnadu Mercandile Bank
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Answer a) Bandhan Bank. Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank briefly became India’s seventh most valued listed lender, surpassing Yes Bank, which has a nearly seven times larger loan book.
2. Indian-origin Akshay Venkatesh wins _________________.
a) Nobel for Botany
b) Nobel for Chemistry
c) Nobel for mathematics
d) Nobel for Physics
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Answer c) Nobel for mathematics. New Delhi-born Australian mathematician Akshay Venkatesh has won the prestigious Fields Medal, often dubbed the “Nobel prize for mathematics”. The 36-year-old completed his PhD aged 20, did post-doctoral research at MIT, and is currently a professor at Stanford University. Venkatesh, one of the four winners, has worked on number theory, geometry, topology, automorphic forms, and ergodic theory.
3. Government has appointed industrialists Kumar Mangalam Birla and YC Deveshwar as non-official independent directors in __________.
a) BSNL
b) Air India
c) Indian Railways
d) BHEL
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Answer b) Air India. The government has appointed industrialists Kumar Mangalam Birla and YC Deveshwar as non-official independent directors in Air India. Birla is the chairman of the $44.3 billion Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 35 countries across six continents. Deveshwar is the chairman of Kolkata-based conglomerate ITC, which has a presence in FMCG sector, hotels and IT among others.
4. Kadaknath chicken meat is famous in which among following states?
a) Maharastra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Chattisgarh
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer b) Madhya Pradesh. The famous Kadaknath chicken meat from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has now got a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The tag denotes that the product comes from a particular geographical area, and often enhances its commercial value.
5. Jalees Sherwani passed away at 70, is association with____________.
a) Politician
b) scientist
c) Journalist
d) Cinema
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Answer d) Cinema. Jalees Sherwani, who had penned lyrics for several Salman Khan films like “Dabangg”, “Wanted” and “Tere Naam”, passed away at the age of 70. Sherwani died to due to prolonged illness and breathed his last on route to the hospital after his health deteriorated.
6. ASEAN Foreign Ministers meet begins in ___________.
a) Malaysia
b) Oman
c) Qatar
d) Singapore
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Answer d) Singapore. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong kicked off the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Singapore.
7. Neeraj Chopra won Gold Medal at Savo Games in Finland in which event?
a) Shot Put
b) Discuss throw
c) Javelin Throw
d) Long Jump
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Answer c) Javelin Throw. Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in the Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland. Neeraj Chopra made a throw of 85.69 meters and won the gold medal.
8. Who is the Current Chairman of HDFC?
a) Deepak Parekh
b) J.J. Irani
c) Keki Mistry
d) Bala Krishnan
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Answer a) Deepak Parekh. HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh was reappointed as non-executive director on the board of Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC), though 22.64% of the shareholders voted against his continuation.
9. CLSS in this ‘C’ stands for__________.
a) Credit
b) Class
c) Cheif
d) Client
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Answer a) Credit. HDFC has been awarded the best performing primary lending institution in Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) and LIG (Low Income Group) category.
10. Gopalkrishna Gandhi to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2018, who is the former _______________Governor.
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) West Bengal
d) Assam
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Answer c) West Bengal. The advisory committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award has decided to award the Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, this year, with the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2018.
11. Which Software is used for converting scanned printed Indian Language documents into a fully editable text format in Unicode encoding?
a) E-Aksharayani
b) E-Akshara
c) E-Aksharanayan
d) E-Aksharayan
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Answer d) E-Aksharayan. E-Aksharayan is free, desktop software for converting scanned printed Indian Language documents into a fully editable text format in Unicode encoding. The software supports editing in seven Indian languages – Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam, Gurmukhi, Tamil, Kannada & Assamese.
12. Which organization has become India’s Most Valued Company?
a) CTS
b) TCS
c) Accenture
d) Reliance
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Answer d) Reliance. India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) beat Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become the most valued company in India.
13. India secured _________ rank in the top 100 of the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2018.
a) 46th
b) 96th
c) 98th
d) 100th
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Answer b) 96th. India jumped 22 places to 96th rank in the top 100 of the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2018. Denmark, with an index value of 0.9150, topped the 2018 E-Government Development Survey.
14. India and USA Military Cooperation Meeting begins In____________.
a) New Delhi
b) Pune
c) Mumbai
d) Bangalore
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Answer a) New Delhi. The meeting was co-chaired by Lt Gen Satish Dua, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) and Lt Gen Bryan Fenton, Deputy Commander, Indo-Pacific Command.
