Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 6th December 2017

Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 6th December 2017:

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Q1. What is the head quarter of International Solar Alliance?

1. New Delhi
2. London
3. Abu Dhabi
4. Berlin
5. Gurugram

Q2. Which country has proposed the ‘mega regional market’ with India?

1. China
2. Russia
3. Nepal
4. Srilanka
5. South Korea

Q3. Who would be back as Prime Minister of Lebanon?

1. Salman Bin Khalifa
2. Saad-AL- Hariri
3. Salel Islam
4. Sayeed Rehman
5. None

Q4. With which two countries India will attend trilateral meeting to discuss global issues?

1. China and Japan
2. Japan and Russia
3. Russia and China
4. Iran and Iraq
5. Iraq and Syria

Q5. Who was appointed as the director of One97 Communications ltd?

1. Vijyay Sharma
2. Sekhar Sharma
3. Kabir Misra
4. Kabir Anand
5. None

Q6. Who was appointed as the head of Asia Pacific Data and Analytics to Citi Bank?

1. Anand Selva
2. Barath Chouhan
3. Chandra sethi
4. Jatin Misra
5. Zoher Karu

Q7. Who among the following is the most followed Indian on twitter?

1. Amitabh Bachan
2. Narendra Modi
3. Sushma Swaraj
4. Shahrukh Khan
5. Sonia Gandhi

Q8. Who won the TIME’s person of the year 2017 poll?

1. Narendra Modi
2. Donald Trump
3. Kim Jong Un
4. Aung San Suu Yuki
5. Mohammed Bin Salman

Q9.Who is the author of Book titled ‘Grieving to Healing’?

1. Vinita Deskmukh
2. Arun Chodopadhya
3. Vikram Seth
4. Arvind Adiga
5. None

Q10. Which company has launched ‘Two- Wheeler’ mode to Maps in India?

1. Facebook
2. Yahoo
3. Microsoft
4. Google
5. Ola

Q11. Joanne Chory who has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize,for “deciphering how plants optimise their growth to transform sunlight into chemical energy” belongs to which country?

1. USA
2. Mexico
3. Chile
4. Sweden
5. Germany

Q12. India has defeated which team to win South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship?

1. Thailand
2. Bangladesh
3. Nepal
4. Pakistan
5. Maldives

Q13. Which Asian country is banned from playing 2018 winter Olympics?

1. China
2. Russia
3. India
4. Japan
5. None

Q14. Union minister of states for Youth Affairs and Sports Col Rajyavardhan Rathore laid foundation stone for 50 metre range in which state?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Goa

Q15. Michael I, who passed away was the former king of which country?

1. Romania
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. Hungary
5. Iceland

Q16. Which organization in India deals with rates related to Monetary policy?

1. RBI
2. NABARD
3. SBI
4. CBI
5. NPCI

Answers:

1. Answer: E

Explanation: India’s global initiative, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) will become a treaty-based international intergovernmental organization

2. Answer: A

Explanation: China proposed the idea of creating a “mega regional market” with India to increase prospects of cooperation between the two countries

3. Answer: B

Explanation: A month after announcing that he was quitting as the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri officially withdrew his resignation

4. Answer: C

Explanation: The External Affairs Ministry informed that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will visit India for a trilateral meeting

5. Answer: C

Explanation: One 97 Communications, the entity that runs financial services platform Paytm, has appointed SoftBanks Kabir Misra as a director on its board

6. Answer: E

Explanation: Citi Bank has appointed Zoher Karu as head of Asia Pacific Data and Analytics, which helps understand consumer behavior in the region, a key factor to sell banking products

7. Answer: B

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to be the most followed Indian on Twitter, increasing his follower base from 24.6 million in 2016 to 37.5 million this year

8. Answer: E

Explanation: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has won a readers’ poll for TIME’s ‘Person of the Year 2017’ award, scoring 24% of the votes

9. Answer: A

Explanation: Journalist, RTI activist and author Vinita Deshmukh recently released her book — Grieving to Healing — in Pune

10. Answer: D

Explanation: Google has launched the ‘Two-wheeler’ mode on Maps in India, a feature which will show the fastest route and directions to two-wheeler riders to reach their entered destination

11. Answer: A

Explanation: American biologist Joanne Chory has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize, which includes a $3 million cash award, for “deciphering how plants optimise their growth to transform sunlight into chemical energy”

12. Answer: C

Explanation: India has won the first-ever South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship. In the title clash played in Guwahati, India defeated Nepal, 3-0

13. Answer: B

Explanation: Russia has been banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in an historic decision by the International Olympic Committee

14. Answer: C

Explanation: Union minister of states for Youth Affairs and Sports Col Rajyavardhan Rathore visited the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy and laid the stone for the extension work of the 50 Meter range

15. Answer: A

Explanation: Romania’s former king, Michael I, passed away

16. Answer: A

Explanation: RBI has announced the fifth bi-monthly policy, kept the Repo rate unchanged at 6%

 

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