Current Affairs MCQ 24th June 2018

Current Affairs MCQ 24th June 2018

Q1. President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Cuba on the final leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba. He paid respects to Jose Marti Memorial. Jose Marti was ____________.
(a) Cuba’s Former President
(b) Cuba’s Former Scientist
(c) Cuba’s only Nobel Prize Winner
(d) Cuba’s Legendary Poet
(e) Cuba’s Former Football Player

S1. Ans.(d)

Q2. Name the state government that has recently announced wind-solar hybrid power policy – 2018, aiming to make optimum utilization of the land and grid.
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Himachal Pradesh

S2. Ans.(b)

Q3. Name the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Managing Director who was appointed as the IDBI Bank’s CEO and Managing Director for a temporary period of three months.
(a) Kamal Vishwas Purohit
(b) MK Jain
(c) B Sriram
(d) Malweyn Rego
(e) TS Mahadevan

S3. Ans.(c)

Q4. Australian golfing legend ___________ has passed away aged 88 following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
(a) Rory McIlroy
(b) Billy Casper
(c) Peter Thomson
(d) Ernie Els
(e) Walter Hagen

S4. Ans.(c)

Q5. The SIPRI has recently launched the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2018, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. SIPRI Stands for _____________.
(a) Stockholm International Power and Research Institution
(b) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(c) Stockholm International Power Re-establishment Institution
(d) Stockholm International Peace Repository Institute
(e) None of the given options is true

S5. Ans.(b)

Q6. The Centre of Excellence in Maritime & Shipbuilding (CEMS), a well-funded start-up in skill development for maritime and shipbuilding sector, has announced setting up of 24 labs in ___________________.
(a) Mumbai and Goa
(b) Mumbai and Chennai
(c) Chennai and Vizag
(d) Mumbai and Vizag
(e) Chennai and Balasore

S6. Ans.(d)

Q7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently laid the foundation stone of fully paperless ___________ in New Delhi. 
(a) Udyog Bhawan
(b) Vanaspati Bhawan
(c) Kala Bhawan
(d) Vanijya Bhawan
(e) Vyapaar Bhawan

S7. Ans.(d)

Q8. The Atomic Energy Corporation of which of the following country has signed an agreement with Indian engineering services firm Core Energy Systems Pvt Ltd for the promotion of its technical security equipment in India?
(a) The USA
(b) Iran
(c) Russia
(d) Israel
(e) France

S8. Ans.(c)

Q9. Name the United States political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner who had passed away recently.
(a) Bill Maher
(b) Tucker Carlson
(c) Peggy Noonan
(d) Charles Krauthammer
(e) Glenn Beck

S9. Ans.(d)

Q10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in _______________. 
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Chennai
(e) Jaipur