29 June Gk Quiz

1. Who among the following has been appointed as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) HR Khan
2) NS Vishwanathan
3) US Paliwal
4) Deepali Pant Joshi
5) DK Mohanty

2) NS Vishwanathan

2. What is India’s ranking on the worldwide Human Capital Index released recently by the World Economic Forum (WEF)?
1) 71st
2) 845th
3) 98th
4) 105th
5) 118th

4) 105th

3. The worldwide Human Capital Index released recently by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is topped by
1) Finland
2) Norway
3) Sweden
4) Denmark
5) Switzerland

1) Finland

4. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched an ayurvedic drug BGR-34 recently. This drug will be used to treat
1) tuberculosis
2) diphtheria
3) malaria
4) diabetes
5) dengue

4) diabetes

5. Who among the following has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)?
1) Shaktikanta Das
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Sujoy Bose
4) LC Goyal
5) Arvind Mayaram

3) Sujoy Bose

6. Who among the following won the Best Actor Male award at the 17th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards?
1) Salman Khan
2) Aamir Khan
3) Akshay Kumar
4) Ranveer Singh
5) Amitabh Bachchan

4) Ranveer Singh

7. Jitu Rai recently won a silver medal at the World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is an ace Indian
1) shuttler
2) shooter
3) boxer
4) weightlifter
5) archer

2) shooter

8. Which of the following state govts has launched a new scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana with an aim to provide education loan at 1% interest to students?
1) Jharkhand
2) West Bengal
3) Assam
4) Bihar
5) Odisha

5) Odisha

9. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently cleared the payment of $501 mn to which of the following countries bringing total disbursements to it to about US$6.01 bn?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan
4) Myanmar
5) Afghanistan

3) Pakistan

10. Gudni Johannesson won the recent presidential elections in which of the following countries?
1) Iceland
2) Greenland
3) Norway
4) Chile
5) Cuba

1) Iceland