Current Affairs MCQ 1st July 2018

Q1. With an aim to integrate information technology for better roll out of its major social sector schemes, Ministry of Woman and Child Development organized a day-long Seminar on Technology Partnerships for Steering POSHAN Abhiyaan called ______________.
(a) POSHA-THON
(b) POSHA-TECH
(c) TECH-THON
(d) None of the given options is true
(e) SEMI-TECH

S1. Ans.(c)

Q2. Name the Hockey Forward player who was named as the captain of India’s 18-member squad for the women’s hockey World Cup to be played in London in July 2018.
(a) Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
(b) Savita Kumari
(c) Gurjit Kaur
(d) Rani Rampal
(e) Nikki Pradhan

S2. Ans.(d)

Q3. Which of the following India sprinter had recently set a new national record in the women’s 100-meter race at the 58th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships?
(a) Hima Das
(b) Mary D’Souza Sequeira
(c) H. M. Jyothi
(d) Gayathri Govindaraj
(e) Dutee Chand

S3. Ans.(e)

Q4. Name the country that has been categorised as one of the “worst human trafficking nations” for the 16th straight year by the US State Department citing the use of forced labour, according to the annual ‘2018 Trafficking in Persons Report’.
(a) North Korea
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) Iran
(e) Iraq

S4. Ans.(a)

Q5. The National Statistics Day is observed across India on ___________ with an aim to create public awareness about the importance of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation.
(a) 30 June
(b) 21 June
(c) 29 June
(d) 27 June
(e) 17 June

S5. Ans.(c)

Q6. India has pledged _____________ in assistance to the UN agency working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees to help bolster its “severe funding crisis” following US’ cut in its annual aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
(a) USD 7 million
(b) USD 4 million
(c) USD 2 million
(d) USD 5 million
(e) USD 6 million

S6. Ans.(d)

Q7. According to the Cost of Living Survey published by global personnel consultants Mercer, which of the following country has emerged as the most expensive city in India to live in for expatriates?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kochi
(d) Chennai
(e) Pune

S7. Ans.(b)

Q8. The navies of India and ____________ participated recently in Passage Exercise (PASSEX).
(a) The UAE
(b) Oman
(c) Indonesia
(d) Japan
(e) China

S8. Ans.(c)

Q9. Which of the following bank has recently completed the acquisition of Mumbai based Swadhaar Finserve Pvt. Ltd?
(a) RBL Bank
(b) IDFC Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Karur Vyasya Bank

S9. Ans.(a)

Q10. What is the theme for the National Statistics Day 2018?
(a) Administrative Statistics
(b) Quality Assurance in Official Statistics
(c) Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
(d) Statistics in Life and its Calculations
(e) None of the given themes is true

S10. Ans.(b)

Preeti Singh