Current Affairs Quiz | 16th November 2018

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Q1.  Who has been appointed as the new Enforcement Directorate Director (ED)?

(a) Karnal Singh

(b) Aditya Puri

(c) Shikha Sharma

(d) Akash Mishra

(e) Sanjay Mishra

Q2.  Which of the following district has been renamed as Ayodhya?

(a) Faizpur

(b) Mughalsarai

(c) Faizabad

(d) Allahabad

(e) Azamgarh

Q3. As part of the European Union (EU) project ‘International Urban Cooperation’, Kochi Corporation has signed an MoU with ____.        

(a) Vilnius

(b) Rio de Janeiro

(c) Cape Town

(d) Amsterdam

(e) Bangkok

Q4. The two-day annual meeting of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils was recently held at_______.

(a) Canberra

(b) Berne

(c) Berlin

(d) Dubai

(e) Mumbai

Q5. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced a new addition to its team, with ________ joining as the Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific.

(a) S K Maurya

(b) Siddharth Tiwari

(c) Anant Kumar Singh

(d) Amit Trivedi

(e) Rajnish Kumar

Q6. The Government has set up a state of -the- art National Data Repository.  It is a database of all the __________.

(a) Indian Pan Card holders

(b) Geo-scientific data of all coal mines in India

(c) Indian residents, Aadhar card holder

(d) Geo-scientific data of hydrocarbon resources

(e) Scientific data of crude and shell oil resources

Q7. The World Diabetes Day is organized on ______.

(a) 14 November

(b) 10 November

(c) 6 November

(d) 15 November

(e) 20 November

Q8.  The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is ____________.

(a) Educational on nutrition and diabetes in schools

(b) Let’s End the Diabetes

(c) The Family and Diabetes

(d) International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Education

(e) Countering the Rapid Rise of Diabetes

Q9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently addressed the world’s largest financial technology festival, Fintech festival. It was held at______.

(a) Singapore

(b) Dublin

(c) Ha Noi

(d) Jerusalem

(e) Kuala Lumpur

Q10. After the demise of Union Minister Ananth Kumar, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs went under the charge of ____________.

(a) DV Sadananda Gowda

(b) Maneka Gandhi

(c) Anant Geete

(d) Narendra Singh Tomar

(e) Jagat Prakash Nadda

Solutions

Ans.1.(e)

Exp. Indian Revenue Service officer Sanjay Mishra was appointed as the new Enforcement Directorate Director (ED) in an additional capacity for three months. He has replaced Karnal Singh.

Ans.2.(c)

Exp. The Uttar Pradesh government has approved renaming of Faizabad and Allahabad divisions as Ayodhya and Prayagraj respectively.

Ans.3.(a)

Exp. As part of the European Union (EU) project ‘International Urban Cooperation’, Kochi Corporation and Vilnius, Lithuania, have signed an MoU. The primary focus of cooperation would be urban planning, corporate planning, transport, solid water management and water management.

Ans.4.(d)

Exp. The two-day annual meeting of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils was held in Dubai, the UAE.

Ans.5.(b)

Exp. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced a new addition to its team, with Siddharth Tiwari joining as the Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific.

Ans.6.(d)

Exp. The Government has set up a state of -the- art National Data Repository. At the DG Carbons Roadshow programme in Abu Dhabi Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan stated that it is a database of all the geo-scientific data of hydrocarbon resources in the country.

Ans.7.(a)

Exp. The World Diabetes Day is organized on 14 November throughout the world. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is ‘The Family and Diabetes’.

Ans.8.(c)

Exp. The World Diabetes Day is organized on 14 November throughout the world. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is ‘The Family and Diabetes’.

Ans.9.(a)

Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the world’s largest financial technology festival Fintech in Singapore. Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister stated Fintech is a celebration of belief in the spirit of innovation and power of technology.

Ans.10.(d)

Exp. After the demise of Union Minister Ananth Kumar, Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has got the additional charge of the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Narendra Singh Tomar was assigned the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

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