Current Affairs Quiz February 25 2018
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Question 1:Who became the number one bowler in ODI and T20I?
A. Rashid Khan
B. R Ashwin
C. B Kumar
D. Kagiso Rabada
Answer and Explanation
Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s 19-year-old spinner Rashid Khan, has become the number one bowler in both ODI and T20I cricket.
Question 2:Which bank has the highest amount of wilful defaults till December 2017?
A. State Bank of India
B. Punjab National Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. Bank of India
Answer and Explanation
India’s largest lender SBI has the highest amount of wilful defaults amounting to Rs.27,716 crore till December 2017.
Question 3:Which state held the Garbage Festival?
A. Odisha
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Jharkhand
D. Maharashtra
Answer and Explanation
Chhattisgarh is the first state to hold Garbage Festival.
Question 4:Who won the men’s single of Austrian Open badminton tournament recently?
A. K Srikanth
B. Prannoy Kumar
C. Parupalli Kashyap
D. June Wei Cheam
Answer and Explanation
Parupalli Kashyap beat Malaysia’s June Wei Cheam in straight games in the men’s single final to clinch the Austrian Open International Challenge.
Question 5:Which Indian pacer has taken the most wickets in a bilateral T20I series?
A. Jasprit Bumrah
B. R Ashwin
C. Ashish Nehra
D. B Kumar
Answer and Explanation
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar took 7 wickets in the three T20I against S Africa to set record for the most wickets by an Indian pacer in a bilateral T20I series.
Question 6:Which institution approved a 30-day ceasefire resolution in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations?
A. UNHCR
B. UN Security Council
C. World Bank
D. IMF
Answer and Explanation
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a 30-day ceasefire resolution in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations. The resolution comes after week-long airstrikes and bombings that killed over 500 people in the country’s Eastern Ghouta enclave.
Question 7:By which academic session, NCERT syllabus will be reduced to half as said by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar?
A. 2021
B. 2020
C. 2019
D. 2018
Answer and Explanation
Prakash Javadekar, Union Human Resources Development Minister, said NCERT syllabus will be reduced to half from the 2019 academic session. This move is aimed at ensuring that students get time to pursue other activities for their all-round development.
Question 8:Which commission has observed that children are forced to rape for survival in South Sudan war?
A. UNICEF
B. Amnesty International
C. ECOSOC
D. UN Human Rights Commission
Answer and Explanation
The UN Human Rights Commission has said that the children in South Sudan are forced to rape their relatives as well as watch them murdered in order to remain alive. The commission added that civilians has had their eyes gouged out, throats slit or were castrated.
Question 9:With which software the RBI has asked banks to integrate SWIFT interbank messaging system?
A. Banking Solution
B. Joint Solution
C. Central Banking Solution
D. Core Banking Solution
Answer and Explanation
RBI has asked banks to integrate SWIFT interbank messaging system with Core Banking Solution(CBS) by April 30. CBS is a software that supports the daily transactions and accounts within a bank internally.
Question 10:Who is world no. 2 bowler in T20I?
A. Jasprit Bumrah
B. B Kumar
C. R Ashwin
D. Ish Sodhi
Answer and Explanation
New Zealand’s Ish Sodhi is world no. 2 bowler in T20I. He was born in Punjab, India.
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