27th November 2018 Current Affairs Quiz
27th November 2018 Current Affairs Quiz
1.Who inaugurated the National festival for Children of child Care Institutions (CCIs) ‘Hausla 2018’?
a)Rakesh Srivastava
b)Narendra Modi
c)Virendra kumar
d)Menka sanjay Gandhi
2.Read the following sentences:-
I.According to MHRD order, there will be no homework for students of classes I and II.
II.MHRD also said that there will be prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class.
III.The weight of school bags for students of classes I and II is between 2 kg to 3 kg.
Which of the following is correct?
a)I and III is correct
b)II and III is correct
c)II and III is correct
d)I and II is correct
3.The government launched “PAiSA – Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access”. This portal is a centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under which scheme?
a)Atal Pension Yojana
b)Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana
c)Prashan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
d)Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
4.Which company has become the most valuable company with USD 753.3 billion in market capitalization?
a)Apple
b)Microsoft
c)Amazon
d)Alphabet
5.The ‘Global Wage Report’ was released by ______________ on 27 November 2018.
a)NABARD
b)ILO
c)SEBI
d)NPCI
6.In which stadium the opening ceremony of the 14th edition of Men’s Hockey World Cup is held?
a)Major Dhayn Chand Stadium
b)Gachibowli Hockey Stadium
c)Kalinga Stadium
d)Faizabad sports Complex
7.Who won the women’s trap gold medal at the ‘62th National Championship for Shotgun’?
a)Prabsukhman Kaur
b)Anam Basit
c)Varsha Varman
d)None of the above
8.Who got the prestigious award ‘Swarnajayanti Fellowship’ by the government of India for 2017-2018?
a)Milind Kulkarni
b)Punyasloke Bhaduri
c)Manyak vatsa
d)Nitin Nuharia
9.Who is appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner?
a)Sunil Arora
b)Achal kumar jyoti
c)Nasim Zaidi
d)Om Prakash Rawat
10.Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulation Board (AERB) on 26 November 2018?
a)Rajiv mehrishi
b)Arvind Saxena
c)Nageshwara Rao Guntur
d)Om Prakash Rawat
11.Who was Ambareesh who recently passes away?
a)Union Minister in the UPA government
b)Veteran kannada actor
c)Singer
d)Both a) and b)
12.Nagaland’s Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched ‘Nagaland Tourist Police’ on 26 November 2018. Nagaland is the _____________ state in the North East to introduce tourist police.
a)First
b)Second
c)Third
d)Fourth
13.In which state the union government and Asian Development Bank have signed a 200million USD loan agreement to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 kilometres state Highways?
a)New Delhi
b)Bihar
c)Uttar Pradesh
d)Jharkhand
14.With which country has India signed a protocol to amend the ‘Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement’ (DTAA) on 26 November 2018?
a)South Korea
b)China
c)Germany
d)Belgium
1. Who inaugurated the National festival for Children of child Care Institutions (CCIs) ‘Hausla 2018’?
The Shri Rakesh Srivastava (the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development) has inaugurated the four-day National Festival for Children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) ‘Hausla 2018’ in New Delhi.
2. Read the following sentences:-
I. According to MHRD order, there will be no homework for students of classes I and II.
II. MHRD also said that there will be prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class.
III. The weight of school bags for students of classes I and II is between 2 kg to 3 kg.
Which of the following is correct?
According to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) order, there will be no homework for students of classes I and II. The order also said that there will be prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class. The weight of school bags for students of classes I and II should not exceed 1.5 kg, while the school bag of students of class III to V should weigh between 2 kg to 3 kg.
3. The government launched “PAiSA – Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access”. This portal is a centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under which scheme?
The government of India launched ‘PAiSA – Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access’ on 26 November 2018. The portal is a centralised electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under ‘Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana’.
4. Which company has become the most valuable company with USD 753.3 billion in market capitalization?
Microsoft has become the most valuable US company with USD 753.3 billion in market capitalization, past Apple (USD 746.8 billion) for the first time since 2010.
5. The ‘Global Wage Report’ was released by ______________ on 27 November 2018.
The ‘Global Wage Report’ was released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on 27 November 2018.
6. In which stadium the opening ceremony of the 14th edition of Men’s Hockey World Cup is held?
The opening ceremony of the 14th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup (HWC) held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
7. Who won the women’s trap gold medal at the ‘62th National Championship for Shotgun’?
Varsha Varman won the women’s trap gold medal at the ’62nd National Championship for Shotgun’ on 26 November 2018.
8. Who got the prestigious award ‘Swarnajayanti Fellowship’ by the government of India for 2017-2018?
Prof Punyasloke Bhaduri of the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research Kolkata was awarded the prestigious ‘Swarnajayanti Fellowship’ by the government of India for 2017-18.
9. Who is appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner?
Election Commissioner 62-years-old Sunil Arora (1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre) has been appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
10. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulation Board (AERB) on 26 November 2018?
Nageshwara Rao Guntur has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on 26 November 2018.
11. Who was Ambareesh who recently passes away?
Please select 2 correct answers
Veteran Kannada actor, former minister Ambareesh (66-year) passed away in a Bengaluru.• He served as a union minister in the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh.
12. Nagaland’s Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched ‘Nagaland Tourist Police’ on 26 November 2018. Nagaland is the _____________ state in the North East to introduce tourist police.
Nagaland’s Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio launched ‘Nagaland Tourist Police’ on 26 November 2018. It will work for the safety and security of the tourists and report any crime against them to the nearest police station. Nagaland is the second state in the North East to introduce tourist police.
13. In which state the union government and Asian Development Bank have signed a 200million USD loan agreement to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 kilometres state Highways?
The Union Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a 200 million USD loan agreement to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 Kilometers State Highways in Bihar.
14. With which country has India signed a protocol to amend the ‘Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement’ (DTAA) on 26 November 2018?
DTAA signed between India and China