Current Affairs MCQ 9th & 10th July 2018

Q1. The Law Commission has recently recommended that gambling and betting on sports, including cricket, be allowed as regulated activities taxable under the direct and indirect tax regimes. Who is the present chairman of the Law Commission?
(a) Justice Amitava Roy
(b) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
(c) Justice M. Y. Eqbal
(d) Justice B S Chauhan
(e) Justice Vikramajit Sen
S1. Ans.(d)

Q2. The 2nd meeting of the joint working group on tourism cooperation between India and Nepal concluded recently in _____________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Thimphu
(d) Pune
(e) Mumbai
S2. Ans.(b)

Q3. The UN member states have approved a 6.69 billion US Dollar budget for how many peacekeeping operations for the year 2018-19?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 13
(d) 15
(e) 20
S3. Ans.(c)

Q4. In which of the following city the Commerce Secretary, Rita Teaotia, chaired the first meeting of the Task Force on e-commerce?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Chennai
(e) Guwahati
S4. Ans.(b)

Q5. The International Day of Cooperatives is observed across the world on ___________ with an aim to promote the co-operative model.
(a) 21 June
(b) 7 July
(c) 15 July
(d) 3 July
(e) 5 July
S5. Ans.(b)

Q6. Name the retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
(a) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
(b) Justice Swatanter Kumar
(c) Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi
(d) Justice Jawad Rahim
(e) Justice Prakash Vempur
S6. Ans.(a)

Q7. In which of the following city, State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up a state-of-the-art Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) to meet the challenges posed by the growing air traffic and for enhancing safety?
(a) Panaji
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kochin
(d) Chennai
(e) Varanasi
S7. Ans.(b)

Q8. Name the “world’s emptiest airport” that would be operated as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture.
(a) Bandaranaike International Airport
(b) Batticaloa Airport
(c) Ratmalana Airport
(d) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
(e) Koggala International Airport
S8. Ans.(d)

Q9. Name the bank that has gone past Russia’s Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China.
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) SBI
(e) Axis Bank
S9. Ans.(a)

Q10. What is the theme for International Day of Cooperatives 2018?
(a) Co-operatives ensure no one is left behind
(b) Cooperatives: The power to act for a sustainable future
(c) Sustainable societies through cooperation
(d) Choose co-operative, choose equality
(e) None of the given themes is true
S10. Ans.(c)

Q11. Which of the following company has become India’s largest payer of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Excise and Customs Duty, and Income Tax in the private sector paying Rs.9844 crore in FY18?
(a) Tata Consultancy Services
(b) Reliance Industries
(c) Tata Motors
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) State Bank of India
S11. Ans.(b)

Q12. Bajrang Punia emerged champion at the Tbilisi Grand Prix in the 65kg category after outplaying Iranian wrestler Mehran Nasiri in the final. The championship was held in ____________.
(a) Russia
(b) Armenia
(c) Turkey
(d) Uzbekistan
(e) Georgia
S12. Ans.(e)

Q13. Name the female athlete who has become the oldest Indian woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon.
(a) Krishna Poonia
(b) Anju Khosla
(c) Anjali Bhagwat
(d) Kunjarani Devi
(e) K. M. Beenamol
S13. Ans.(b)

Q14. Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken _____________ as the world’s third-richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
(a) Jeff Bezos
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Carlos Slim
(d) Warren Buffett
(e) Charles Koch
S14. Ans.(d)

Q15. India’s latest frontline warship named _____________ has recently reached Sri Lanka in a goodwill visit.
(a) INS Talwar
(b) INS Tarini
(c) INS Trikand
(d) INS Sahyadri
(e) INS Trilok
S15. Ans.(c)