Current Affairs Capsules & Free GK Quiz PDF Download : 4th Week P1 Feb 2018

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How much amount of loan agreement did Asian Development Bank recently sign to finance water supply projects in Bihar?
A) $76 million
B) $84 million
C) $62 million
D) $98 million
India has recently signed an MoU for cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry, with the Andijan Region of?
A) Kyrgyzstan
B) Uzbekistan
C) Tajikistan
D) Kazakhstan
Nanette Fabray, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Screenwriter
B) Singer
C) Cinematographer
D) Actor
Who won the men’s title at the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon?
A) Nitendra Singh Rawat
B) Bahadur Singh Dhoni
C) Gopi Thonakal
D) Anil Chandrahaas
Who launched the subsidised Amma two-wheeler scheme for working women in Tamilnadu?
A) O Pannerselvam
B) Narendra Modi
C) Banwarilal Purohit
D) K Palaniswami
A new species of sixgill shark, named Hexanchus vitulus, has been discovered in?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
Who is going to assist the government in building the technology infrastructure for the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS)?
A) Nandan Nilekani
B) Ratan Tata
C) Azim Premji
D) Uday Kotak
Which country has been elected as the Vice President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)?
A) Japan
B) India
C) USA
D) China
7th Youth Festival was recently held on the theme ‘Let Love Live’, in?
A) Bhopal
B) New Delhi
C) Lucknow
D) Raipur
Which state government has announced to double the valuation of life sciences ecosystem to $100 billion in 10 years?
A) Kerala
B) Haryana
C) Telangana
D) Assam
National Human Rights Commission has retained ___ status of accreditation with Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)?
A) B
B) A
C) A-
D) C
India successfully conducted a night trial of which indigenously developed nuclear capable missile at Chandipur Test Range?
A) Prithvi-III
B) Prithvi-I
C) Prithvi-II
D) Prithvi-IV
Which railway station has become the second in India to be managed solely by women?
A) Gandhinagar
B) Ahmedabad
C) Surat
D) Vadodara
Which UT will host the biennial multinational naval event ‘Milan-2018’, with the underlying theme of “friendship across the seas”?
A) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
B) Daman & Diu
C) Puducherry
D) Andaman and Nicobar
Suresh Seth, who recently passed away, was the former mayor of?
A) Lucknow
B) Udaipur
C) Indore
D) Jalandhar
Which company has signed an MoU with Canada based Viking Air for manufacturing smaller aircraft?
A) Mahindra Aerospace
B) L&T Heavy Electricals
C) Reliance Defence
D) Tata Advanced Systems
PM Narendra Modi recently launched development schemes worth Rs 1000 crore, in?
A) Daman and Diu
B) Puducherry
C) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
D) Andaman & Nicobar
Saudi Arabia’s first-ever jazz festival, named ‘Groovz jazz festival’, was recently held in?
A) Tabuk
B) Dammam
C) Jeddah
D) Riyadh
Kalyan Singh Chouhan, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Politician
B) Athlete
C) Journalist
D) Actor
Who has become the first Indian to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup?
A) Aditya Ranjan
B) Sachin Reddy
C) Aruna Budda Reddy
D) Sakhya Krishnan
Who launched India’s first locally developed 4G/LTE telecom system?
A) Manoj Sinha
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) M Venkaiah Naidu
D) Rajnath Singh
Ministry of Culture recently organised ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ under the Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat in?
A) Patna
B) Lucknow
C) Gwalior
D) Ranchi
4th Economic Times Global Business Summit was recently held in?
A) Bengaluru
B) New Delhi
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai
India has signed an MoU for cooperation in building smart cities, with?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) South Korea
D) Australia
Bhanu Shashtri, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Writer
B) Politician
C) Sitar Player
D) Actor
Rbi recently launched ‘Ombudsman Scheme’ for NBFCs. The ombudsmen offices will function in how many cities?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 4
D) 5
India recently signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTAA) and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with?
A) Djibouti
B) Jamaica
C) Uganda
D) Kenya
Which bank has acquired a 26% stake in Equirus Capital?
A) South Indian Bank
B) Dhanlakshmi Bank
C) Federal Bank
D) Karnataka Bank
21st National Conference on e-Governance, was recently held on the theme of ‘Technology for Accelerating Development’, in?
A) Chennai
B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru
D) New Delhi
Government has set up an inter-ministerial committee on medicinal and aromatic plants for the north-east. The first meeting will be co-chaired by the secretaries of?
1. AYUSH 2. Health
3. Science 4. DoNER
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Which company has recently launched two new entities for Life and General Insurance business?
A) Mobikwik
B) Bharti Airtel
C) Paytm
D) Oxigen
Which country topped the medal tally in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which concluded recently?
A) Germany
B) Norway
C) Canada
D) USA
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has announced which company to be the sponsor of the Indian contingent for the upcoming games?
A) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited
B) Polaris Consulting & Services Limited
C) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation
D) Edelweiss Financial Services Limited
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has reduced interest rate on deposits from 8.65% to?
A) 8.45%
B) 8.55%
C) 8.50%
D) 8.40%
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has signed MoUs with Andhra Pradesh for investment worth?
A) Rs 1,485 crore
B) Rs 3,730 crore
C) Rs 2,836 crore
D) Rs 4,262 crore
Which of the following has become the first Associate member of International Cricket Council (ICC) to get approval for a Global T20 venture?
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Canada
Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels, in?
A) Kolkata
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Hyderabad
Which company’s payments bank recently began its operations?
A) Vodafone m-pesa
B) Tech Mahindra
C) Aditya Birla Idea
D) Cholamandalam
6th SAARC Business Leaders Conclave is going to be held in?
A) Kathmandu
B) Colombo
C) New Delhi
D) Islamabad
TSR Subramanian, who recently passed away, was a veteran?
A) Bureaucrat
B) Journalist
C) Politician
D) Lawyer
15th BioAsia Summit was recently held, on the theme “Right Time, Right Now”, in?
A) Hyderabad
B) Kolkata
C) New Delhi
D) Bengaluru
RBI has directed all banks to link SWIFT with their core banking solution, by?
A) June 30
B) Dec 31
C) Apr 30
D) Sept 30
Asian Development Bank has announced to provide an assistance of $1 million for the rehabilitation work post Cyclone Gita in?
A) Fiji
B) Niue
C) Tonga
D) Tuvalu
Which telecom company successfully conducted India’s first 5G network trial?
A) Vodafone
B) Airtel
C) R Jio
D) Idea
Which Indian player won the men’s singles at the Austrian Open International Challenge?
A) Sai Praneeth
B) Kidambi Srikanth
C) HS Prannoy
D) Parupalli Kashyap
Renowned evangelist Billy Graham, who recently passed away, hailed from?
A) USA
B) France
C) UK
D) Australia
Which company has won a Rs 3,500-crore advance purchase order to build Indian Navy’s communications network?
A) Mistral Solutions
B) Sterlite Technologies
C) Alpha Designs
D) Astra Microwave
A tribal festival called ‘Aadi Mahotsava’ was recently held in?
A) Guwahati
B) Shillong
C) Imphal
D) Gangtok
Which state government has constituted a State Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (SCPUL)?
A) Kerala
B) West Bengal
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Telangana
Kunwar Bai, who recently passed away, was the mascot of which government scheme?
A) Ujjwala Yojana
B) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
C) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
D) Skill India
India recently signed an agreement with which country to facilitate market access for startups?
A) Canada
B) Austria
C) France
D) China
Who has been appointed as the director in Dhanlaxmi Bank?
A) Manish Sharma
B) Pavan Kumar
C) Sajeev Krishnan
D) Saurabh PN
India International Textiles Expo (IITExpo) was recently inaugurated in?
A) Colombo
B) Dhaka
C) New Delhi
D) Kathmandu
Neelabh Mishra, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Footballer
B) Journalist
C) Politician
D) Actor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to establish a defence industrial production corridor, at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, in?
A) West Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Gujarat
D) Uttar Pradesh
Who has been appointed as editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV?
A) Piyush Verma
B) Karan Chauhan
C) Sumit Hassija
D) Rahul Mahajan
Which state government recently approved a long-term linkage (LTL) policy for bauxite?
A) Odisha
B) West Bengal
C) Jharkhand
D) Chhattisgarh
Which state government recently signed an MoU with Taoyuan City of Taiwan for better technology partnership?
A) Karnataka
B) Telangana
C) Tamilnadu
D) Kerala
Scientists have discovered a new plant species named “Drypetes kalamii”, in?
A) West Bengal
B) Lakshdweep
C) Karnataka
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Who will co-chair the newly constituted Niti forum created to boost inclusive growth in the northeastern region?
1. Jitendra Singh 2. Narendra Modi
3. Nitin Gadkari 4. Rajiv Kumar
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Which bank is going to acquire ABN Amro Bank (Luxembourg)?
A) DBS Bank
B) RBS
C) BNP Paribas
D) Standard Chartered
Government has scrapped the project to produce how many single-engine fighters for the IAF worth Rs 1.15 lakh crore?
A) 114
B) 156
C) 173
D) 136
What is the name of the indigeniously developed medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), whose successful test-flight was conducted recently?
A) Abhyas
B) Rustom-2
C) Lakshya-2
D) Netra
Central Excise Day was recently observed on?
A) Feb 25
B) Feb 26
C) Feb 23
D) Feb 24
Which state has launched ‘Nivesh Mitra’, to become the first in India to enable clearing of projects digitally?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Barnaby Joyce recently resigned as the Deputy Prime Minister of?
A) Switzerland
B) France
C) Sweden
D) Australia
How many institutes have recently been appointed by Commerce ministry to suggest measures to push India’s ranking in ease of doing business index?
A) 8
B) 6
C) 4
D) 2
UIDAI has announced to introduced a ‘Baal Aadhaar’ for children below the age of?
A) 5 years
B) 3 years
C) 10 years
D) 7 years
Veteran Actor Sridevi, who recently passed away, hailed from?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Kerala
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
20th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (20CCEM) was recently held in?
A) Samoa
B) Vanuatu
C) Fiji
D) Tuvalu
CCEA has approved the auction of coal blocks to private players under the?
1. Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015
2. The Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation Act
3. Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
A) 1 only
B) 2 & 3
C) 1, 2 & 3
D) 1 & 3
State Bank of India has announced to undertake a major restructuring of its business in?
A) Singapore
B) Nepal
C) UK
D) USA
India successfully test-fired which nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 kms?
A) Rakshak
B) Dhanush
C) Prahar
D) Veer
PM Narendra Modi recently flagged off ‘Run for New India’ marathon in?
A) Puri
B) Jamshedpur
C) Kanpur
D) Surat
Assam government has announced to celebrate ‘Rhino Day’ on?
A) Sept 22
B) Aug 19
C) May 12
D) Oct 26
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit was recently held in?
A) Gandhinagar
B) Chennai
C) New Delhi
D) Vishakhapatnam
How many medals did India win at the 69th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria?
A) 11
B) 17
C) 6
D) 8
Which state has signed an agreement with Microsoft to improve the integration of technology in teaching in the state?
A) Karnataka
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Tamilnadu
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on import of ceramicware from?
A) China
B) Thailand
C) Philippines
D) Indonesia
Which telecom company has joined the ‘Seamless Alliance’?
A) Bharti Airtel
B) Vodafone
C) BSNL
D) RCom
Manganlal Shah, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Actor
B) Writer
C) Politician
D) Singer
A regional Centre for Agriculture is going to be set up in collaboration with Israel in which state?
A) Megalaya
B) Assam
C) Mizoram
D) Sikkim
15th Vodafone Odeon Theatre Festival was recently held in?
A) Mumbai
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkata
India’s first supercritical-CO2 Brayton cycle test bed was recently inaugurated at?
A) IISc Bengaluru
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Kharagpur
M. Subbarayudu has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to?
A) Algeria
B) Guinea
C) Ghana
D) Bolivia
India recently began the eighth version of joint military exercise “Lamitye” with?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Maldives
C) Thailand
D) Seychelles
Who is the author of the book ‘Hari Singh Nalwa: Champion of the Khalsaji (1791-1837)’?
A) Lakshmi Nalwa
B) Vanit Nalwa
C) Ritu Nalwa
D) Poorav Nalwa
Which bank will launch the sale of first batch of electoral bonds from March 1?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) State Bank of India
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Oriental Bank of Commerce
Which state government has signed an agreement with Virgin Group to build a hyperloop transportation system?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) West Bengal
D) Tamilnadu
Which company has commissioned the first-of-its-kind medium-voltage training facility for the Indian Navy at INS Valsura, Gujarat?
A) Schneider
B) ABB
C) Siemens India
D) GE