QUIZ-05

Q1. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated the two-day South Asian Speaker’s summit held in _______________, recently.
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Q2. President Dr. Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of The Gambia on the occasion of their Independence Day. What is the capital of Gambia?
Answer: Banjul

Q3. _____________________ has been given the maximum ratings by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for vaccine regulations, recently.
Answer: National Regulatory Authority of India

Q4. Which bank has bagged the “National MSME Excellence Award 2017” instituted by the Federation of Industry, Trade and Services, recently?
Answer: Corporation Bank

Q5. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Punjab National Bank, recently?
Answer: Sunil Mehta

Q6. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched __________ appeal to help two million acutely malnourished children across Sudan including hundreds of thousands living in conflict areas.
Answer: US $110 million

Q7. India has been ranked 143 out of 186 economies in the annual Index of Economic Freedom 2017 released by US based Think Tank, The Heritage Foundation. Which country has topped the annual Index of Economic Freedom 2017?
Answer: Hong Kong

Q8. The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated the Indian Seed Congress 2017 in-
Answer: Kolkata

Q9. Who has/have been appointed as the new executive director of Bank of India?
Answer: Atanu Kumar Das and Neelam Damodaran

Q10. The Bihar cabinet has cleared an amendment in the state prohibition law, after which bureaucrats, judges or magistrates caught drinking anywhere in the world will be punished. Who is the present Chief Minister of Bihar?
Answer: Nitish Kumar

Q11. _______________ has received markets regulator SEBI’s approval to raise Rs. 4,300 crore through Initial Public Offering (IPO), recently.
Answer: IRB InvIT Fund

Q12. Name the first Indian sportsperson to ink Rs 100-cr deal for eight years with Puma.
Answer: Virat Kohli

Q13. The decks have been cleared for the national rollout of accrual accounting in Railways. The CA Institute’s _____________ has signed an agreement with Railways for this purpose.
Answer: Accounting Research Foundation (ARF)

Q14. On the occasion of the Foundation Day of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), it has come up with several digital offerings including launch of mobile wallet ‘Oriental Batuaa’, recently. Its headquater is in ______________.
Answer: Gurugram

Q15. Name the e-commerce company that has tied up with Microsoft to be parners on 'cloud' in Bangalore, recently.
Answer: Flipkart