Current
Affairs Daily Quiz: 13 September 2017
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1. Name the Gay rights
activist who passes away recently?
a) Edith Windsor
b) Millano Ester
c) Elizebeth Quora
d) None of these
Answer: A)
Explanation: Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose same-gender marriage fight led
to a landmark US ruling, passed away. She was 88.
2. Which city is going to
host 2028 Olympics?
a) Singapore
b) Los Angles
c) London
d) Berlin
Answer: B)
Explanation: Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympics. The evaluation commission of
International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave the formal go ahead to its bid on 12
September 2017. Today, the full IOC will award the 2024 Games to Paris and the
2028 Games in Los Angeles.
3. Name the Indian –
American who has been appointed in a key position by Donald Trumph in his Communications team.
a) Rajendra Shah
b) Raghuveer Shah
c) Raj Shah
d) Ravendra Shah
Answer: C)
Explanation: US President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American Raj Shah to a key
position in his Communications team. Shah will serve as Deputy Assistant to the
President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary.
4. Reserve Bank of India
introduce _____ rupees Coin to mark MG Ramachandran’s birth centenary.
a) Rs.50
b) Rs.100
c) Rs.200
d) Rs.1000
Answer: B)
Explanation: As per the notification of Finance Ministry, the Reserve Bank of India
will introduce 100 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary (hundredth
anniversary) of AIADMK founder Late Dr. M G Ramachandran.
5. The 12th edition of the India and Japan summit will be held
in which of the Indian cities?
a) Ahmadabad
b) Gandhinagar
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
Answer: B)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe
at Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The 12th edition of the India and Japan summit will be
held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
6. Who has been appointed as the first special envoy for the oceans?
a) Gorge Thomson
b) Sebastian Thomson
c) Luther Thomson
d) Peter Thomson
Answer: D)
Explanation: UN Secretary-General ‘Antonio Guterres’ has appointed Peter Thomson as
the first special envoy for the oceans. Peter Thomson played a leading role at
the first-ever UN conference on oceans in June.
7. Which city is going to open
India's first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges
across the state?
a) Thiruvanantha Puram
b) Kochi
c) Kottayam
d) Kozhikode
Answer: B)
Explanation: Kerala opens India's first transgender-exclusive clinics at government
medical colleges across the state. They are planning to open Transgender
Clinics in all government medical colleges in the state.
8. India’s first advanced
Homoeopathy Virology lab inaugurated in
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Ahmedabad
d) Chandigarh
Answer: B)
Explanation: India’s first state of art virology laboratory inaugurated at Dr Anjali
Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata, West Bengal.
9. Name the payment
gateway that announces its collaborations to provide users a safe and secure
option to pay for rail tickets booked via the IRCTC website and Indian Railway
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
a) CCAvenue
b) GoCoin
c) G2A Pay
d) PayU
Answer: D)
Explanation: Payment gateway provider PayU announced its collaborations to provide
users a safe and secure option to pay for rail tickets booked via the IRCTC
website and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
10. Finance Minister
Constitutes GoM to Monitor IT Challenge in GST. It will be headed by
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Sushil Kumar Modi
c) Jitin Ram Manjhi
d) Tej Pratap Yadav
Answer: B)
Explanation: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM)
headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi to monitor and resolve
the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST. It is assisted by the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN).
11. Halimah Yacob becomes
first female President of
a) Malaysia
b) Dubai
c) Singapore
d) Maldives
Answer: C)
Explanation: Former speaker of Singapore’s parliament Mdm Halimah Yacob (63 -years)
has been declared as the President of Singapore. She will become the country’s
first female President and second Malay president for Singapore.
12. Union Cabinet approves
introduction of Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Parliament. The Bill amends
a) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1970
b) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1971
c) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
d) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1973
Answer: C)
Explanation: The Amendment Bill calls for increasing the maximum limit of gratuity of
employees in the private sector and in Public Sector Undertakings or Autonomous
Organizations under Government which are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules,
at par with Central Government employees.
13. Which payments bank partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card?
a) Airtel Payments Bank
b) India Post Payments Bank
c) FINO Payments Bank
d) Paytm Payments Bank
Answer: D)
Explanation: Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) partnered with the National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit
card. The customers will now be able to transact at all merchants who accept
credit and debit cards.
14. Sachin Tendulkar
launches project to develop the poorest ward in Mumbai. Name the project.
a) Mission – 12
b) Mission – 24
c) Mission – 36
d) Mission – 42
Answer: B)
Explanation: Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched Mission-24 a programme
aimed at improving the quality of life in one of Mumbai’s poorest wards through
collaborative efforts in the next 24 months. The main aim of the program to
provide basic amenities to residents of M-East ward that includes slums of
Shivaji Nagar, Deonar and Mankhurd.
15. Maharashtra Government
Tie up which among the following dairies for Milk Processing Plant.
a) Shiv Dairy
b) Express Diary
c) Mother Dairy
d) Kisan Daily
Answer: C)
Explanation: The Maharashtra Government and Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt. Ltd,
a subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed a lease
agreement to set up a state-of-the-art milk and milk products processing plant.
