Current Affairs MCQ 20th January 2018

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We are here with Multiple choice Questions based on Current affairs MCQ 20th January 2018

Q1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the 3rd edition of the geo-political conference named ______________.
(a) Po-Geo Conference
(b) Po-Geo Dialogue
(c) Raisina Dialogue
(d) Rekhine Conference
(e) Raisina Conference

Q2. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has launched an assistance scheme for Artists in the state. The scheme has been named as _______________.
(a) Odisha Arts and Crafts Scheme
(b) Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Jojana
(c) Mukhyamantri Kala Sahayata Jojana
(d) Mukhyamantri Rajya Sahayata Jojana
(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. India, for the first time, took part in a two-day meeting of the international military cooperation departments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Beijing, China. The Indian delegation was led by ______________.
(a) Major General Dalbir Singh Dhanoa
(b) Major General Kripal Shetty
(c) General Bipin Rawat
(d) Major General Ajay Seth
(e) Major General Shubham Sharma

Q4. Digital invoice discounting marketplace – Invoicemart has tied up with state-run lender _______________ to discount invoices for MSMEs.
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) SBI
(c) DENA Bank
(d) Allahabad Bank
(e) Syndicate Bank

Q5. Name the Navy officer who recently took over as Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command from Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh.
(a) Ranvijay Singh
(b) Ajendra Bahadur Singh
(c) Jasvinder Singh
(d) Atul Desai
(e) Amrinder Chaddha

Q6. Who is the Chairman of Bank of Baroda?
(a) P.S.Jayakumar
(b) Malweyn Rego
(c) Ravi Venkatesan
(d) T S Vijayan
(e) Mahesh Kumar Jain

Q7. Name the two countries that have agreed to march together under a single unified country flag at Winter Olympics 2018.
(a) China and Japan
(b) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(c) Oman and Indonesia
(d) North Korea and South Korea
(e) None of the Given options is true

Q8. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the India-Israel Business Summit in ______________.
(a) Kochi
(b) Chennai
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) New Delhi
(e) Mumbai

Q9. India test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-V ICBM, which has a strike range of over 5,000km. ICBM stands for _____________.
(a) Inter-Communicable Ballistic Missile
(b) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
(c) Inter-Country Ballistic Missile
(d) Inter-Conventional Ballistic Missile
(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. Who is the present Governor of Odisha?
(a) ESL Narsimhan
(b) Kesri Nath Tripathi
(c) Banwari Lal Purohit
(d) Jagdish Mukhi
(e) SC Jamir

Q11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PM Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the ‘iCreate Centre’ in ______________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Ahmedabad
(e) Chennai

Q12. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2016 at a function held in New Delhi. Who is the Present Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi?
(a) Deen Bondhu Chattopadhyay
(b) Amartya Sen
(c) Shekhar Sen
(d) Vishal Kumar
(e) Sandeep Sharma

Q13. Name the player who has been crowned the International Cricket Council’s Test Player of the Year for a second time.
(a) Steve Smith
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) AB De Villiers
(d) Hashim Amla
(e) jaspreet Bumrah

Q14. Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh delivered the keynote address at the ministerial plenary session of the International Solar Alliance at ____________.
(a) Jakarta, Indonesia
(b) The Hague, Netherlands
(c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(d) Abu Dhabi, UAE
(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. Name the player who has been named as ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
(a) Steve Smith
(b) AB de Villiers
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Hashim Amla
(e) Rohit Sharma

Q16. The Election Commission of India announced dates for elections to the Assemblies of Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland. Who is the present EC of India?
(a) Nazim Zaidi
(b) Achal Kumar Joti
(c) Deepak Misra
(d) Rajiv Kumar
(e) Rajiv Gauba

Q17. Name the lender that has crossed Rs5 trillion market capitalisation for the first time, making it only the third Indian company to achieve this milestone.
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) SBI
(c) Axis Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) IDFC Bank

Q18. Name the player who was named the captain of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test and One-Day International (ODI) teams of the year.
(a) Steve Smith
(b) David Warner
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) M S Dhoni
(e) None of the given options is true

Q19. Name the 1st Chief Election Commissioner of Independent India.
(a) Prasoon Pandey
(b) Sandeep Jha
(c) Pramod Mahajan
(d) Sukumar Sen
(e) Nav Vrat Kumar

Q20. In the recently announced ICC Awards 2017, Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award was given to _____________.
(a) Rashid Khan
(b) Hasan Ali
(c) Yujvendra Chahal
(d) Karn Shrma
(e) Jaspreet Bumrah

Answers:

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. E 9. B 10. E

11. D 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. B