Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 12th Dec
Q1. Human Rights Day is observed every year on _____________.
(a) 12 December
(b) 15 December
(c) 11 December
(d) 10 December
(e) 08 December
Q2. According to the External Affairs Ministry, Which of the following country will host the two-day long Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS)?
(a) India
(b) Russia
(c) Japan
(d) USA
(e) Indonesia
Q3. The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to November, 2017 show that net collections are at Rs. 4.8 lakh crore which is ___________ higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year.
(a) 15.6%
(b) 16.4%
(c) 14.4%
(d) 15.4%
(e) 14.8%
Q4. Indian Diving Team won how many medals Medals in Indonesia Open Aquatic Championship 2017?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 10
(e) 12
Q5. UN Women in collaboration with Facebook inaugurated a two day event in Mumbai to empower and recognize the magnificent contribution of women in our society. The event was titled as ____________________.
(a) Respect Women
(b) Empowering Women
(c) Determined Women
(d) For Women, With Respect
(e) We The Women
Q6. Sukharanjan Sengupta died due to old age-related health problems. He was veteran ____________.
(a) Classical Dancer
(b) Singer
(c) Novelist
(d) Journalist
(e) Politician
Q7. Name the chief general manager (CGM) in charge of the Reserve Bank of India’s financial inclusion and development department who has recently taken over as executive director (ED) in the central bank.
(a) Uma Shankar
(b) A. Mangalagiri
(c) Dr. Mridul Saggar
(d) Mona Anand
(e) Kazi Mohd Isa
Q8. Name the Musician who was on the top of Forbes’ annual world’s highest-paid musician list shows 2017.
(a) Beyonce
(b) Drake
(c) Diddy
(d) Taylor Swift
(e) Madonna
Q9. India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India’s sixth most valued firm. It has replaced _____________.
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) State Bank of India (SBI)
(e) Axis Bank
Q10. The two-day long Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) will be held on the theme _____________.
(a) Empowering Digitalized Bonding for the World
(b) None of the given option is true
(c) Powered by Asia-India Relations
(d) Empowering World with inter-country Relations
(e) Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century
Q11. India defeated __________ in the Hockey World League Final to grab the bronze medal at the event, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
(a) Austria
(b) Germany
(c) Vietnam
(d) Spain
(e) UAE
Q12. BSE’s _______________ has received approval from the capital market regulator SEBI on the framework for the listing of debt securities.
(a) India Substituted Exchange
(b) India Intranational Exchange
(c) India Foreign Exchange
(d) India International Exchange
(e) None of the given option is true
Q13. In which of the following venue Foreign Ministers of Russia, India, and China (RIC) had held a trilateral meeting?
(a) New Delhi, India
(b) Beijing, China
(c) Shanghai, China
(d) Moscow, Russia
(e) Bengaluru, India
Q14. Name the pioneer of DNA fingerprinting technology in India and former Vice-Chancellor of Benares Hindu University, BHU who passed away recently.
(a) Girish Chandra Tripathi
(b) D.P. Singh
(c) Lalji Singh
(d) Panjab Singh
(e) Y.C. Simhadri
Q15. Senior IAS officer _____________ took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, recently.
(a) Rajiv Bansal
(b) Pradeep Singh Kharola
(c) Ashok Sinha
(d) Manoj Ratan
(e) Ashwini Lohani