Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 20th Jan
(a) George Mikan
(b) Jo Jo White
(c) John Wooden
(d) Bob Cousy
(e) Tom Heinsohn
Q2. India Ratings and Research has projected the country’s economic growth to improve to _____________ in 2018-19.
(a) 7.2 percent
(b) 7.3 percent
(c) 6.9 percent
(d) 7.1 percent
(e) 6.8 percent
Q3. An MoU was signed between Government of India and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to enhance import and export performance. Who is the President of CII?
(a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
(b) Uday Kotak
(c) Shobana Kamineni
(d) Aditya Puri
(e) Naushad Forbes
Q4. The government appointed _____________ as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL).
(a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj
(c) S Selvakumar
(d) Malweyn Rego
(e) Mahesh Sharma
Q5. Facebook has appointed outgoing American Express CEO ____________ to its board, making him the first African-American to be on the board.
(a) Kenneth Chenault
(b) Alan Clark
(c) Bruce Hemphill
(d) Markus Jooste
(e) Mike Brown
Q6. Amplus Energy Solutions announced entering into a pact with private sector lender _______________ for strategic tie-up to co-finance projects in the solar energy space in India.
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Karnataka Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Yes Bank
Q7. The four mints operationalized in India are located in ___________________.
(a) Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
(b) Kolkata, Noida, Chennai, and Mumbai
(c) Kolkata, Noida, Hyderabad, and Lucknow
(d) Kolkata, Noida, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
(e) Pune, Noida, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
Q8. Name the state that has become the first state in the country that has come out with a public cloud policy, virtually mandating its departments to shift their data storage onto the cloud.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Kerala
Q9. Name the instant messaging platform that has rolled out a feature that connects small businesses with customers.
(a) Snapchat
(b) LiveChat
(c) WhatsApp
(d) Hike
(e) Imo
Q10. As per the Power Minister RK Singh, India will set up a ___________ fund to finance solar projects as the country steps up efforts to achieve its ambitious target of adding 175 gigawatts (GW) in renewable energy by 2022.
(a) $350-million
(b) $450-million
(c) $380-million
(d) $480-million
(e) $550-million
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