QUIZ-26

Q1. The veteran UN official Achim Steiner will head the United Nations agency - UN Development Program (UNDP) - that works to fight poverty. He hails from _____________.
Answer: Germany

Q2. Who is the author of 450-page book titled -‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’?
Answer: Ramesh Pokhriyal

Q3. India ratified two key ILO conventions on child labor, according to a statement issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ILO Headquarters in _____________.
Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

Q4. As per the recent ICC Ranking, Virat Kohli has been ranked No. 1 ODI Player. He has replaced _______________.
Answer: AB de Villiers

Q5. Who is the Director-General of International Labour Organization (ILO)?
Answer: Guy Ryder

Q6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has recently approved USD 150 million equity investment loan to the India Infrastructure Fund. The Bank is led by which country?
Answer: China

Q7. Name the author who has won the Man Booker International Prize 2017 for his novel `A Horse Walks Into a Bar'.
Answer: David Grossman

Q8. The man booker prize winning book, `A Horse Walks Into a Bar' has been traslated by __________.
Answer: Jessica Cohen

Q9. China successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts. The Telescope has been named as ______________.
Answer: Insight

Q10. The government of India has appointed a senior executive of Tata Consultancy Services ____________ to head Atal Innovation Mission.
Answer: Ramanathan Ramanan

Q11. Stepping up its fight against tax evasion, the Centre has made it mandatory to quote the Aadhaar number for opening bank accounts and for transactions exceeding.......?
Answer: Rs.50,000

Q12. Helmut Kohl was passed away recently. He was from-
Answer: Germany

Q13. The country's competition watchdog commonly known as CCI has imposed a penalty of how much amount on Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor India for anticompetitive conduct?
Answer: Rs 87 crore

Q14. Name the singer and pop culture lightning rod, who has became the first person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter, making her/his the most-followed person on the platform?
Answer: Katy Perry

Q15. Which Metro is the first public transport system to reserve jobs for members of the third sex and it will be manned mainly by women a self-help group?
Answer: Kochi Metro