Current Affairs Day Specific
-Compiled by
Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia*
One Liner Questions
Q1. Name the Eminent Hindi poet and
Jnanpith awardee who passed away recently in New Delhi.
Answer: Kunwar Narayan
Q2. Name the country that will host
the 2023 Rugby World Cup to stage one of the world’s best attended and
lucrative sporting events.
Answer: France
Q3. Kevin Lilliana was recently
crowned Miss International 2017 by Verzosa in Tokyo, beating 68 candidates from
across the globe. She is from which country?
Answer: Indonesia
Q4. Name the state that scripted
history when it became the first State in the Northeast to launch Point of Sale
(POS) facility for electricity bill payment.
Answer: Nagaland
Q5. International rating agency
Moody's Analytics Headquarters in ______.
Answer: The USA
Q6. Name the Ecobliss India managing
director who has been appointed as the ambassador of World Packaging
Organization.
Answer: AVPS Chakravarthi
Q7. As per the Spanish government,
Nicaraguan author and former politician _________ has won the 2017 Cervantes
Prize.
Answer: Sergio Ramirez Mercado
Q8. The government has given the
go-ahead for setting up India’s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ) at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Port in _____________.
Answer: Maharashtra
Q9. Which bank has collaborated with
Paytm to announce an all-new initiative where users can get interest-free
short-term digital credit?
Answer: ICICI Bank
Q10. Name the Private sector lender
who has recently signed an MoU with Innovation Centre Denmark India (ICDK
India).
Answer: Yes Bank
Q11. Name the India's tennis star who
has clinched his first title of the 2017 season on the ATP Challenger Tour.
Answer: Yuki Bhambri
Q12. In a bid to help break taboos
around toilets and make sanitation for all a global development priority, the
United Nations General Assembly designated _________ as World Toilet Day.
Answer: 19 November
Q13. Birhanu Legese and Almaz Ayana
won the Delhi Half Marathon, 2017. The both are from which country?
Answer: Ethiopia
Q14. Dr Manmohan Singh was India’s
________ Prime Minister.
Answer: 14th
Q15. In 2000 an Indian beauty pageant
has won the coveted Miss World crown. Who was she?
Answer: Priyanka Chopra
