QUIZ-22

Q1. Sports Ministry has approved the appointment of two top foreign athletics coaches, one each in race walking and 400m race keeping in mind 2020 Olympics. 2020 summer Olympics will be held in ______.

(a) Beijing, China

(b) Tokyo, Japan

(c) Muscat, Oman

(d) Pyeongchang, South Korea

(e) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Q2. National Film Awards were announced recently for year 2016, Akshay Kumar won the Best Actor award for Rustam. It was _______ edition of National Film Awards.

(a) 56th

(b) 45th

(c) 55th

(d) 64th

(e) 68th

Q3. Name the lender that has announced that its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will also be available on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payments app.

(a) Axis Bank

(b) South India Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) SBI

Q4. Name the Noble Prize winner who has been recently appointed as the United Nations Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

(a) Bob Dylan

(b) William C. Campbell

(c) Kailash Satyarthi

(d) Peter W. Higgs

(e) Malala Yousafzai

Q5. Name the public sector bank that has embarked upon an ambitious project of upgrading the bandwidth at all its branches to 2 Mbps in partnership with BSNL.

(a) South Indian Bank

(b) Canara Bank

(c) SBI

(d) UCO Bank

(e) IDFC Bank

Q6. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organization for all retail payment systems in the country, has disbursed ________ prize money to about 18 lakh winners under the NITI Aayog’s Lucky Draw schemes for consumers and merchants.

(a) Rs 245 crore

(b) Rs 230 crore

(c) Rs 225 crore

(d) Rs 220 crore

(e) Rs 215 crore

Q7. India has ranked ______ globally in total 136 countries in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report 2017 by World Economic Forum.

(a) 35th

(b) 45th

(c) 25th

(d) 40th

(e) 48th

Q8. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal in the 49- kilogram category at the Thailand International Tournament. What is the capital of Thailand?

(a) Muscat

(b) Pattaya

(c) Bangkok

(d) Chiang Rai

(e) Chiang Mai

Q9. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in strategic sectors like defence and civil nuclear cooperation during Bangladesh Prime Minister visit to India. Who is the President of Bangladesh?

(a) Sheikh Hasina

(b) Abdul Hamid

(c) Zillur Rahman

(d) Shahabuddin Ahmad

(e) Hussain Muhammad

Q10. In which of the following Indian cities the National Basketball Association (NBA) has recently announced the setting up of its first basketball school?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) New Delhi

(c) Kanpur

(d) Chennai

(e) Mumbai

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sports Minister Mr. Vijay Goel has approved the appointment of two top foreign athletics coaches, one each in race walking and 400m race. 2020 summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 64th National Film Awards were announced in which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honor the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. HDFC Bank announced its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will also be available on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payments app. Currently, UPI is available on HDFC Bank’s own mobile banking app.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace. The United Nations stated that the 19-year-old Pakistani education activist will be appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on April 10, 2017, and it will help to promote girl education around the world.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Canara Bank, a public sector bank, has embarked upon an ambitious project of upgrading the bandwidth at all its branches to 2 Mbps in partnership with BSNL.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organization for all retail payment systems in the country, has disbursed over Rs. 245 crore worth of prize money to about 18 lakh winners under the NITI Aayog’s Lucky Draw schemes for consumers and merchants which are Lucky Grahak Yojna (LGY) and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojna (DVY).

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. India has jumped 12 places to 40th rank globally in total 136 countries in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report 2017 by World Economic Forum.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal in the 49- kilogram category at the Thailand International Tournament. Bangkok is capital of Thailand

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in strategic sectors like defense and civil nuclear cooperation during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India. Abdul Hamid is the President of Bangladesh.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the setting up of its first basketball school, a network of tuition-based basketball development programmes, in Mumbai.