Current Affairs MCQ 24th December 2017
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1) ________ Acquires HDFC’s Digital, Realty Units in all Stock Deal
a) Quikr
b) Paytm
c) Mobikwik
d) PhonePe
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: India’s largest mortgage lender HDFC has sold its realty brokerage business HDFC Realty and its digital real estate business HDFC Developers which owns HDFC RED (Real Estate Destination) to online classifieds player Quikr.
2) _________ Card and Bharat Petroleum Launch BPCL SBI Card
a) HPCL
b) ICICI
c) SBI
d) UPI
e) None of the above
Answer: c)
Explanation: SBI Card, the credit card issuer and Bharat Petroleum, the leading petroleum company in India announced the launch of the BPCL SBI Card – the most rewarding fuel co-branded credit card in the country.
3) M. Subbarayudu appointed as Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of _________
a) Peru
b) Russia
c) Iraq
d) USA
e) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Shri M. Subbarayudu, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru.
4) Loan Agreement Signed Between India & _________ for Pare Hydroelectric Plant Project
a) Oman
b) US
c) Iraq
d) Germany
e) None of the above
Answer: d) A loan agreement has been signed between India and Germany for providing additional funding of EUR 20 million for the Pare Hydroelectric Plant project under Indo-German Bilateral Development Cooperation.
5) Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day) is observed every year on__________
a) 21 December
b) 20 December
c) 22 December
d) 23 December
e) None of the above
Answer: d)
Explanation: Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day) is observed every year on 23 December to celebrate the birth anniversary of the fifth prime minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh
6). _______ Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin Visits India
a) Russia
b) Denmark
c) China
d) Japan
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin arrived in New Delhi. He will co-chair the meeting of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
7) ________ to Host 7th International Coffee Festival
a) Bengaluru
b) Assam
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: The seventh edition of the India International Coffee Festival (IICF) will be held in Bengaluru from January 16-19. The four-day IICF 2018, being organized by the India Coffee Trust and State-run Coffee Board to promote the Indian coffees globally.
8) ___________CEO Shashi Arora Resigns
a) Axis Bank
b) IPPB
c) Aitel Payment Bank
d) ICICI
e) None of the above
Explanation: (c) Airtel Payments Bank Chief Executive Shashi Arora has quit the company after a recent controversy surrounding India’s largest telecom operator and its payment bank’s alleged violation of rules on using Aadhaar for its electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) verification process.
9) Vijay Rupani Remains ___________ Chief Minister, Nitin Patel His Deputy
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Kerala
d) New Delhi
e) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Explanation : Vijay Rupani will continue as chief minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as his deputy chief minister, the Bhartiya Janata Party has made the announcement after a meeting of the party’s newly-elected legislators in the state’s capital Gandhinagar.
10) MEA Launched __________ to Take Indian Foreign Policy to Students Across Country
a) SAMEEP
b) SAMAY
c) SAMIP
d) SAMP
e) None of the above
Answer: a) With an aim to bring the foreign policy to the masses the External Affairs Ministry has come up with an initiative called SAMEEP – ‘Students and MEA Engagement Programme’. Under this MEA official will talk to students to help them better understand foreign policy.
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