Current Affairs MCQ 1st and 2nd December 2017

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1) Former India woman_________ Sreerupa Mukherjee passes away
a) Cricketer
b) Wrestler
c) Boxer
d) Actress
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Former Indian women’s cricket team player and Coach Sreerupa Mukherjee passed away after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 65. Sreerupa had played two One Day Internationals for India against New Zealand and was along time Bengal captain.

2) Freedom fighter ___________ passes away
a) B N Sharma
b) Anu Saharan
c) Mahipal Sarna
d) Saraswati Tripathy
e) None of the above
Answer: d)
Explanation: Prominent Gandhian and freedom fighter Saraswati Tripathy passed away. She was 89. Saraswati Tripathy, wife of late freedom fighter Brundaban Tripathy, was suffering from old age related ailments.

3) Dia Mirza appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for _________
a) India
b) Russia
c) US
d) China
e) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Actor-activist Dia Mirza has been appointed UN Environments Goodwill Ambassador for India. The 35-year-old actor has been recognised by the United Nations for her contribution to environment conservation.

4) ________most-corrupt state for 3 years in a row
a) Kerala
b) Assam
c) UP
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above
Answer: d) Maharashtra has been the most corrupt state in India for three years in a row, as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. The state recorded 1,016 corruption cases in 2016, which is around 23% of the total corruption cases in India during the year.

5) __________raises bulk deposit rate by 0.5 per cent
a) SBI
b) PNB
c) BOB
d) RBI
e) None of the above
Answer: b)
Explanation: Punjab National Bank (PNB) raised interest rate on bulk deposit of over Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent. The rate hike comes days ahead of RBI’s fifth bi-monthly policy on December 6.

6). _______Government announces free sanitary napkins in all schools
a) UP
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above
Answer: c)
Explanation: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Miss World Manushi Chhillar announced that the state government will provide free sanitary napkins for all girls in government schools. Chhillar, who hails from Haryana, is spreading awareness about menstrual hygiene through her project ‘Shakti’.

7) _________ tops the list on crimes against women in 2016
a) Kerala
b) Assam
c) UP
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above
Answer: c)
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh tops the tally of crime data of 2016 released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). For overall crimes, Uttar Pradesh’s rate is 1,293, more than 10 times its Indian Penal Code (IPC) rate.

8) Indo-_______ combined military exercise begins in Bikaner
a) Bangladesh
b) UK
c) Myanmar
d) US
e) None of the above
Explanation: (b) A 14 day long Combined Military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ between India and the UK begins near Bikaner. The exercise will take place in the Mahajan Field Firing Range near Bikaner of Rajasthan.

9) IMF approves new 88 billion US dollar credit line for ________
a) China
b) Mexico
c) South Korea
d) Hungary
e) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Explanation : The International Monetary Fund today approved a new 88 billion US dollar credit line for Mexico, replacing the existing line. The two-year flexible credit line boosts Mexico’s ability to immediately deal with a potential need for liquidity, without having to request an IMF loan.

10) ‘Kathakar – International Storytellers Festival’ inaugurated in _________
a) New Delhi
b) Assam
c) Haryana
d) Kerala
e) None of the above
Answer: a) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate 7th edition of three day ‘Kathakar – International Storytellers Festival’ in New Delhi. Kathakar is the only oral storytelling festival in India and is a part of Ghummakkad Narain- the Travelling Literature Festival which was started under the aegis of UNESCO in 2010.

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