Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for bank exam SBI RRB SSC PO & Clerk Exam 2019 of 17th December 2019. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for RRB, SSC, PO and Clerk Exam 2019 & competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
1) BEL & HAL will organise a roadshow urging active participation in Def Expo 2020. Where will the Def Expo 2020 be held ?
A) Sikkim
B) New Delhi
C) Haryana
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Assam
2) India has donated solar-powered lamps donates solar-powered lamps to marginalised children in which country ?
A) Kenya
B) Palestine
C) Maldives
D) Nepal
E) Sri Lanka
3) UNESCO has recently removed which item from its Intangible heritage list ?
A) Argentina Carnival
B) Uruguay Carnival
C) Belgian Carnival
D) Mexico Carnival
E) Brazalian Carnival
4) Moody’s slashes FY20 growth forecast to ______ citing weak household consumption
A) 4.3%
B) 4.5%
C) 5%
D) 4.9 %
E) 4.2%
5) Which country has joined the elite club to enable free 24×7 NEFT funds transfer facility ?
A) China
B) India
C) US
D) Israel
E) Singapore
6) Where will the Fifth EAC meeting of 15th Finance Commission be held in ?
A) Rajasthan
B) Assam
C) Punjab
D) Gujarat
E) New Delhi
7) Centre has released ________ crore GST compensation to states and UTs.
A) 20000 crore
B) 40000 crore
C) 45000 crore
D) 35000 crore
E) 30000 crore
8) Who has entered into an agreement with China Aircraft Services to manage its end to end line and base maintenance operations ?
A) Zoom Air
B) RAMCO
C) Go Air
D) Air Carnival
E) Air Costa
9) Arcelor Mittal and Nippon steel has completed acquisition of which company ?
A) FACOR Steel
B) JSW Steel
C) VISA Steel
D) Essar Steel
E) MESCO Steel
10) Who is set to become the next Indian Army Chief after General BipinRawat ?
A) VK Singh
B) Bikram Singh
C) PN Thapar
D) DalbirSuhag
E) MukundNaravane
11) Who will take over as Vistara CCO after the resignation of SanjivKapoor ?
A) RenuBhatti
B) PradeepKharola
C) ShyamSundar
D) VinodKannan
E) Pramod Kumar
12) Which state police will become the 7th police force to get ‘President’s Colours’ ?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) New Delhi
D) Karnataka
E) Assam
13) 3 days “International Seminar on Climate Smart Farming Systems” for BIMSTEC countries will be held in which state ?
A) Maharashtra
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Punjab
E) Delhi
14) Mukesh Ambani’s RIL has replaced _______at the top of Fortune India 500 list.
A) HCL
B) Infosys
C) ONGC
D) IOCL
E) HPCL
15) As per the WEF rankings on gender gap, India has been ranked at which position ?
A) 120
B) 105
C) 110
D) 108
E) 112
16) Which player has achieved the top spot in ICC Test rankings ?
A) Steve Smith
B) Virat Kohli
C) Joe Root
D) Eoin Morgan
E) ShikharDhawan
17) Gita Siddharth who passed away recently was related to which field ?
A) Writer
B) Producer
C) Director
D) Painter
E) Actor
18) Former Union Minister ID Swami passed away recently. He was a parliamentarian from which city ?
A) Shillong
B) Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Pune
E) Karnal
19) Peter Snell who passed away recently was related to which sporting field ?
A) Gymnastics
B) Swimming
C) Fencing
D) Running
E) Cycling
Answers:
1) Answer: D
Defence PSUs Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) organised a roadshow in the run up to the 11th edition of DefExpo scheduled to be held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from February 5-8, 2020. The roadshow was organised to urge vendors from the private sector, MSMEs and startups based in Delhi-NCR to actively participate in the upcoming Defence exhibition and take advantage of the potential business opportunities in the offing. The theme of DefExpo 2020 is ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’.
2) Answer: B
India has donated solar powered study lamps to Palestinian elementary school children from a marginalised Bedouin community to spread the principles of self-sufficiency and raise awareness towards the adverse effects of climate change.
The lamps were donated as part of the 150th Gandhi Jayanti Students Solar Ambassador Workshop. The solar powered study lamps supplied by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay aims at making the student beneficiaries for the future propagators of renewable energy.
3) Answer: C
Belgian carnival has been removed from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list after officials found the “recurrence of racist and anti-Semitic representations” to be incompatible with its principles. Aalst Carnival was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), but has been widely condemned by Jewish organizations.
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity announced Friday it would remove the Aalst Carnival from its heritage list.
4) Answer: D
Moody’s Investors Service has lowered India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for the 2019-20 fiscal year to 4.9 per cent from 5.8 per cent, citing weak household consumption.
The rating agency stated that slower economic growth over the past few quarters would dent the debt repayment capacity of households and hurt retail loan quality.
5) Answer: B
India moved to round-the-clock payment transfer system effectively joining only a handful of countries globally to do so. On top of it, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that effective from January 1, banks should not charge anything to their savings account holders for availing such a facility through online or mobile modes.the facility got activated, and banks have started offering their customers round-the-clock NEFT services, except for a half an hour break.
6) Answer: E
The fifth meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the Fifteenth Finance Commission was held in New Delhi. After the meeting, Chairman NK Singh stated that future revenue is the most critical issue for the Finance Commission. He further stated that tax regime needs predictability and certainty.
7) Answer: D
Ahead of the crucial GST Council meeting, the Centre has released about ₹35,000 crore to states and Union Territories as pending compensation.
The GST Council, the highest decision making body of the indirect tax regime, is slated to hold its meeting on December 18. Most of the states ruled that the delay in payment has put pressure on their finances affecting many development work.
Answer: B
RAMCO Systems, aviation software provider has signed an agreement with China Aircraft Services Limited (CASL) to manage its end-to-end line and base maintenance operations.
Through this collaboration, Ramco will provide its integrated Aviation Suite with modules for maintenance and engineering, MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) contracts, supply chain, and finance to help CASL manage its end-to- end line and base maintenance, ground handling and cabin services.
9) Answer: D
Arcelor Mittal forms joint venture with Nippon Steel to operate Essar Steel; Aditya Mittal to be chairman of JV. The decks for acquisition of Essar Steel for ₹42,000 crore by L.N. Mittal-led company was cleared by the Supreme Court last month.
Global steel giant Arcelor Mittal stated it has completed acquisition of Essar Steel and formed a joint venture with Nippon Steel (AM/NS India) to own and operate the debt-ridden firm.
The deck for acquisition of Essar Steel for Rs. 42,000 crore by L.N. Mittal-led company was cleared by the Supreme Court
10) Answer: E
Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who is currently Vice Chief of Army Staff, has been named as the next Indian Army Chief. He is also the Colonel of the Regiment of the Sikh Light Infantry. Naravane will replace General Bipin Rawat, who became Army Chief on December 31, 2016.
11) Answer: D
Vistara’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Sanjiv Kapoor has resigned from his position over ‘personal reasons’.
The airline’s Chief Strategy Officer, Vinod Kannan, will take over as the new CCO.
12) Answer: B
The Gujarat Police will become the seventh state police force in the country to be bestowed with the honour of the President’s Colours, after Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura and Assam. President’s Colours, also called as ‘Nishaan’, an emblem which all police officers of Gujarat would wear on the left-hand sleeve of their uniform.
13) Answer: E
‘International Seminar on Climate Smart Farming Systems’ for BIMSTEC countries is being held in Delhi.
It has been organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
The objective of the seminar is to share experiences to enable the improvement of tropical smallholder farming systems for greater productivity and resilience to climate change.
14) Answer: D
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) ended Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s 10-year reign as India’s largest company on Fortune India 500 list.
With revenue of Rs.5.81 lakh crore in 2018-19, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate also became the first privately-held company to become India’s largest corporation. ONGC was ranked third. It was followed by State Bank of India, Tata Motors and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).
15) Answer: E
India is 112th among nations ranked in terms of the gap between genders, and it was among the bottom five for women’s health and survival and economic participation.
Iceland remained the world’s most gender-neutral country on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report. India moved down the ladder from its 108th position last year to rank below countries like China (106th), Sri Lanka (102nd), Nepal (101st), Brazil (92nd), Indonesia (85th) and Bangladesh (50th).
16) Answer: B
Indian skipper ViratKohli retained his top spot among batsmen in the latest ICC Test rankings With 928 points, Kohli is 17 points clear of Australia’s Steve Smith who scored 43 and 16 in the first Test against New Zealand which Australia won by 296 runs.
17) Answer: E
Actress Gita Siddharth Kak passed away in Mumbai.
The actress is best known for her role in M.S. Sathyu’s 1973 classic ‘GarmHava’.
Gita made her debut in Gulzar’s 1972 film, Parichay, starring Jeetendra and Jaya Bhaduri.
18) Answer: E
Former Minister of State for Home Affairs ID Swami passed away due to a heart ailment. He was 90.
Swami, a two-time parliamentarian from Karnal, Haryana was given the charge of the Union
Minister of State for Home Affairs.
19) Answer: D
Famed New Zealand Olympic middle distance runner Peter Snell has passed away in Dallas at age 80.
He won three Olympic gold medals. He took the 800 metres at the 1960 Rome Games and won both the 800 and 1,500 metres at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
He is the only man since 1920 to have won both events at the same Olympics.
He set world records in the mile and 800 metres and also won dual gold at the 1962.
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