QUIZ-03+

Q1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) from _____________.
Answer: Wanaka, New Zealand

Q2. The 2nd quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) was held recently at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu & Kashmir. On this occasion how many new Iconic places to be taken under the Phase II of Swachh Iconic Places initiative were announced?
Answer: 10

Q3. Who was crowned as Miss Teen Universe 2017 at the event held in Managua, Nicaragua?
Answer: Srishti Kaur

Q4. Who is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?
Answer: Ajay Pandey

Q5. e-SOT and e-PRAN card launched for Atal Pension Yojana subscribers, recently. What is the full form of SOT?
Answer: Statement of Transaction

Q6. The government has appointed retired Supreme Court judge ___________ as the next chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
Answer: Shiva Kirti Singh

Q7. For the first time since Nagaland officially gained recognition as a state, a state Police Officer Atu Zumvu has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’. Nagaland attained statehood in which year?
Answer: 1963

Q8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a book authored by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in New Delhi, recently. The book is titled as __________.
Answer: Matoshree

Q9. The government has recently set up an 'Inter-Ministerial Committee' to monitor the regional air connectivity scheme named _________.
Answer: UDAN

Q10. Name the novel authored by Colson Whitehead that has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, recently.
Answer: The Underground Railroad

Q11. ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit scheme called _____________ in Thrissur, Kerala.
Answer: Hrudaya Deposit scheme

Q12. Name the mobile manufacturing company that has recently partnered with Airtel and BSNL to set up 5G internet speed in India to introduce a fast internet ecosystem in the country.
Answer: Nokia

Q13. Carme Chacon, the first female defense minister of which country has passed away recently.
Answer: Spain

Q14. Name the person who has recently become the youngest noble prize winner to address Canadian parliament.
Answer: Malala Yousafzai

Q15. The first rail freight service ‘British goods’ has started recently from the UK to which country?
Answer: China