Daily Current Affairs Quiz

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 27th May 2016, Current affairs and GK questions on National and International are listed in the Quiz. Candidates those who are preparing for Government Jobs and IBPS/SBI/RRB exams and all other exams can use these questions.

1. The Centre has approved an investment of over Rs 5,530 crore for providing basic infrastructure in over ______ cities across six states under AMRUT scheme.

[a] 105
[b] 106
[c] 123
[d] 111
[e] 99

2. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the first bullet train between Mumbai-Ahmedabad will run in India in _______.

[a] 2022
[b] 2023
[c] 2024
[d] 2025
[e] 2026

3. Name the bank that has been ranked among the world's ten biggest and most powerful companies in the consumer financial services sector on a Forbes list topped by global major American Express.

[a] HDFC
[b] ICICI
[c] Axis
[d] Kotak Mahindra
[e] RBL Bank

4. Mamata Banerjee (61) today took as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive term. She belongs to which political party?

[a] Trinamool Congress
[b] Bharatiya Janata Party
[c] Communist Party of India
[d] Indian National Congress
[e] None of the above

5. Who has been appointed India's head coach for the team's tour to Zimbabwe?

[a] Robin Singh
[b] Sridharan Sriram
[c] R Sridhar
[d] Sanjay Bangar
[e] Shankar Basu

6. Who among the following has received the Alumni Achievement Award of Harvard Business School from Dean Nitin Nohria.

[a] Sudipta Bhattacharya
[b] Santrupt Misra
[c] Sunil Bharti Mittal
[d] Rahul Bajaj
[e] None of the above

7. India and ______ have agreed in principle to export BrahMos, the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, to the UAE, Vietnam, South Africa and Chile.

[a] Japan
[b] Russia
[c] China
[d] Philippines
[e] USA

8. Sonia Lather from India is a sports person who plays

[a] Boxing
[b] Wrestling
[c] Chess
[d] Badminton
[e] Hockey

9. Noted Indian critic and litterateur R G Jadhav passed away at his residence here this morning following prolonged illness. He belongs to which state?

[a] Punjab
[b] Kerala
[c] Uttar Pradesh
[d] Maharashtra
[e] Haryana

10. Financial ratings agency Fitch projected India’s economic growth to accelerate to ______ per-cent by 2018-19, from 7.7% in 2016-17.

[a] 7.8
[b] 7.9
[c] 8.0
[d] 8.1
[e] 8.2