Current Affairs Quiz 10 May 2017

Current Affairs Quiz 10 May 2017. This Quiz is divided into two parts. First part contains questions from Current Affairs of  9 May 2017. The Second Part contains Current Affairs Questions from various newspaper of today i.e 10 May 2017. Read our Current Affairs and Newspaper daily to excel in General Awareness section of competitive exams.

Quiz from Current Affairs 9 May 2017 of A2Z – Click Here to Read Current Affairs of May 9, 2017

1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted India’s GDP growth rate for 2017-18 at?
   A) 6.8%
   B) 7.0%
   C) 7.2%
   D) 7.4%
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) India’s growth is expected to rebound to 7.2 per cent in 2017-18 and further to 7.7 per cent in 2018-19 after the “temporary disruptions” caused as a result of demonetisation. It also announced that Growth for 2016-17 is expected to decelerate to 6.8 per cent
2. Which organization has presented a report titled, ‘Preparing for Choppy Seas’ according to which Asia-Pacific region will continue to lead global growth?
   A) ADB
   B) IMF
   C) World Bank
   D) RBI
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The IMF has announced that the Asia-Pacific region will continue to lead global growth.
3. IMF has predicted the growth rate of Asia-Pacific region in 2017 at?
   A) 5.3%
   B) 5.4%
   C) 5.5%
   D) 5.6%
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: According to IMF the growth is expected at 5.5 per cent for 2017 and 5.4 per cent for 2018, which are above the 5.3 per cent registered last year, the agency said during the presentation of its annual report, ‘Preparing for Choppy Seas’.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed sanctions on which of the following bank that include curbs on branch expansion, hiring and giving big ticket loans?
   A) UCO Bank
   B) Canara Bank
   C) IDBI Bank
   D) Union Bank of India
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated ‘prompt corrective action’ on IDBI Bank which will restrict bank from hiring, opening branches and giving big ticket loans
5. YES Bank has tied up with which of the following portal to launch India’s first Card Linked Offers (CLO) cash-back proposition?
   A) PayTm
   B) FreeCharge
   C) MobiKwik
   D) CashKaro
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Private sector bank Yes Bank has announced its tie-up with Cashkaro to launch India’s first Card Linked Offers (CLO) cash-back proposition. Yes Bank cardholders simply need to use their Yes Bank debit card to pay at these offline stores/websites.
6. Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd has inked a “strategic partnership” with Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO) to offer loans for customers under the CLSS. What does L stands for in CLSS?
   A) Loan
   B) Linked
   C) Liability
   D) Lien
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: credit-linked subsidy scheme (CLSS)
7. Which indurance company has launched India’s first insurance that can be bought at PoS?
   A) Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited.
   B) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
   C) Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited
   D) Exide Life Insurance
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
8. Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has recently launched Indias first insurance that can be bought at PoS. What is the name of this product?
   A) PoS Saral Nivesh
   B) OTC Life Insurer
   C) PoS Easy Insurance
   D) OTC Saral Suraksha
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has recently launched PoS Saral Nivesh — the first product to be approved by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s (IRDAI) guidelines on point of sale-life insurance products.
9. India–Indonesia CORPAT scheduled from 09 – 25 May 17 at Port Blair is the ___ edition of this CORPAT.
   A) 30th
   B) 28th
   C) 29th
   D) 27th
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The 29th series of India–Indonesia CORPAT is scheduled from 09 – 25 May 17 with the opening ceremony being conducted from 09 -12 May 17 at Port Blair under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command.
10. What is the outlay of the Deep Ocean Mission that India will launch in December to carry out research to harness ocean resources in a responsible manner?
    A) Rs 1,000 crore
    B) Rs 5,000 crore
    C) Rs 10,000 crore
    D) Rs 20,000 crore
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: India has planned to launch a Rs 10,000-crore Deep Ocean Mission in December to carry out research to harness ocean resources in a “responsible manner”.
11. Who is the head of the task force created to assess the extent of employment creation at different points of time, based on credible data?
    A) Prakash Javadekar
    B) Dinesh Sharma
    C) Arvind Panagriya
    D) Ashok Dalwai
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagriya will head a task force to assess the extent of employment creation at different points of time, based on “credible data”, as directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
12. Ola has tiedup with which Payments Bank to roll out integrated digital offerings to customers?
    A) Paytm Payments Bank Ltd
    B) India Post Payments Bank
    C) Airtel Payments Bank
    D) None of these
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: As part of the partnership, Ola will integrate Airtel Payments bank to its app and Airtel will integrate Ola’s mobile wallet Ola Money as a payment solution on Airtel website and MyAirtel app for mobile recharges and bill payments.
13. Which movie has won the Best Film Award At The New York Indian Film Festival?
    A) Mukti Bhawan
    B) Blue Mountains
    C) Trapped
    D) Irada
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: Mukti Bhawan- The film, directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani and featuring Adil Husain and Lalit Behl, revolves around an interesting relationship between a father and son after the former decides to die in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi and his son is forced to join his journey.
14. Jhulan Goswami is related to which sports?
    A) Badminton
    B) Cricket
    C) Tennis
    D) Wrestling
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Cricket
15. Which women cricketer recently became the highest wicket taker in One Day International matches?
    A) Cathryn Fitzpatrick
    B) Raisibe Ntozakhe
    C) Jhulan Goswami
    D) Lisa Sthalekar
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: Jhulan Goswami 
16. Who has won the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards?
    A) Emma Watson
    B) Vin Diesel
    C) Jennifer Lawrence
    D) Kristen Stewart
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: Hollywood actor Emma Watson made history by winning the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.

Current Affairs Quiz from Today’s Newspaper (10 May 2017) – The Indian Express

17. The Reserve Bank of India has extended the last date for companies undertaking billing business under the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) to _____ .
    A) 31 October 2017
    B) 1 November 2017
    C) 31 December 2017
    D) 31 March 2018
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: The Reserve Bank today extended the last date for companies undertaking billing business under the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) by seven months to December 31, 2017.
18. Department of Telecommunication has granted license to which of the following company to run telecom services?
    A) Inox Wind
    B) Power Grid
    C) NTPC
    D) GVK Power
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: State-owned Power Grid CorporationBSE 0.94 % has been granted unified licence with national long distance and Internet service provider authorisation to provide telecom services. The power transmission utility provides its telecom towers and optical fibre cable infrastructure (for Internet services) to service providers and other firms for commercial use. This is a separate segment of revenue for the company.
19. Government has aimed to housing to ____ labourer families by 2022.
    A) 1 crore
    B) 2 crore
    C) 3.5 crore
    D) 4.5 crore
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: 4.5 crore
20. Ustad Rais Khan who passed away recently was a popular ____ player
    A) Flute
    B) Sitar
    C) Tanpura
    D) Tabla
    
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    Option
    Explanation: Sitar