Current Affairs Quiz : 1 March 2017

1. Who was appointed as the Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs?
a. Ruchi Ghanashyam
b. Rohini Vyas
c. Rupali Jindal
d. Rupam Mehta



2. To which department has government shifted the responsibility of promoting digital transactions in the country from NITI Ayog?
a. Ministry of Finance, Corporate Affairs
b. Ministry Commerce and Industry
c. Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
d. Ministry of IT and Electronics


3. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)?
a. Manohar Lal Sai
b. Dev Nand Sai
c. Kishor Kumar Sai
d. Nand Kumar Sai


4. Which of the following Indian beaches has acquired 8th place in Top 10 World’s Travellers’ Choice Award-Winning Beaches’?
a. Kovalam
b. Radhanagar
c. Yanam
d. Sagarnagar


5. India's first integrated heliport is located in 
a. Mumbai
b. Dharamshala
c. Delhi
d. Ahemdabad


6. National Science Day is observed on
a. 28 February
b. 26 February
c. 24 February
d. 22 February


7. BIP stands for
a. Buyer Invested Payments
b. Buyer Initiated Payments
c. Buyer Instilled Payments
d. Buyer Installed Payments


8. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the country’s largest commercial enterprise?
a. Ramakant Choudhary
b. Kishor Mohan
c. Rajiv Pratap
d. Sanjiv Singh


9. Tejaswinin project belongs to the socio economi welfare of
a. human trafficking victims
b. acide attack victims
c. rape victims
d. adolscent girls and women


10. Who has has become the first female cricketer to be awarded with the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award?
a. Poonam Raut
b. Shantha Rangaswamy
c. Latika Kumari
d. Anuja Patil


11. Who will head the inter-disciplinary standing committee on cyber security to be set by RBI?a. Meena Hemchandra
b. Sharmilla Vyas
c. Karuna Das
d. Renu Kamala Narayan


12. Who has been appointed as General Manager of North Central Railway?
a. Hemant Khare
b. Pradeep Singh
c. M. C. Chauhan
d. Sumit Sharma
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