Current Affairs Quiz: 1 February 2017

1 February 2017: Daily Current Affairs Quizzes brought by Jagranjosh.com wants to help the aspirants’ of different competitive exams in to revising the day at an ease. These quizzes will help you in answering questions which can/may be asked in the next exam that will be faced by you. The day’s updated quizzes cover the topics like Operation Clean Money, eGov awards 2017 and Union Budget 2017 among others.

1. How much total expenditure is predicted in the Union Budget 2017?
a) Rs 18.20 lakh crore
b) Rs 21.47 lakh crore
c) Rs 27.89 lakh crore
d) Rs 31.41 lakh crore

2. India’s largest start-up incubator will be set up in which state?
a) Karnataka
b) West Bengal
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Telangana

3. Which state tourism department tied up with MakeMyTrip to promote its home-stay scheme?
a) Odisha
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Rajasthan

4. Which operation was launched by the Income Tax Department to track deposits post demonetisation?
a) Operation Track Black Money
b) Operation Clean Deposits
c) Operation Clean Money
d) Operation Clean Black Money

5. India Post recently became the third entity to receive a final license to start payments bank in India. The other two are:
a) RIL and Aditya Birla Nuvo
b) Bharti Airtel and Vodafone M-Pesa
c) Vodafone M-Pesa and Paytm
d) Paytm and Bharti Airtel

6. Name the states that bagged the Winners of Excellence eGov awards 2017 recently?
a) Rajasthan and Telangana
b) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
c) Maharashtra and Punjab
d) Bihar and Jharkhand

7. Which country was invited as a Guest Country at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017?
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) Russia

8. Who was appointed as the DGP of Karnataka recently?
a) Rupak Kumar Dutta
b) Neelamani Raju
c) M N Reddi
d) H C Kishore Chandra

9. The Survey of India is planning to remeasure the height of which mountain peak?
a) Annapurna
b) Kangchenjunga
c) Mount Everest
d) K2

10. Researchers have found new species of songbird in India. Which mountain range was the focus of the study?
a) Western Ghats
b) Pir Panjal Range
c) Eastern Ghats
d) Aravalli

11. Former Union Minister E Ahamed passed away on 1 February 2017 after suffering from a heart attack. Under whose governance did he serve as the Minister of State for External Affairs?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Manmohan Singh
c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d) PV Narasimha Rao

12. India recently held high-level consultations on countering terrorism with which country?
a) The United States of America
b) Russia
c) The United Kingdom
d) France

13. Which state is hosting the 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela?
a) Haryana
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan

14. Which country is the focus nation in the 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela?
a) Thailand
b) Sri Lanka
c) Lebanon
d) Egypt

15. Which country is set to launch the world’s first and largest nuclear icebreaker fleet?
a) China
b) The United States
c) Russia
d) Japan

ANSWERS
1. (b) Rs 21.47 lakh crore
2. (a) Karnataka
3. (b) Madhya Pradesh
4. (c) Operation Clean Money
5. (d) Paytm and Bharti Airtel
6. (a) Rajasthan and Telangana
7. (c) India
8. (a) Rupak Kumar Dutta
9. (c) Mount Everest
10. (a) Western Ghats
11. (b) Manmohan Singh
12. (b) Russia
13. (a) Haryana
14. (d) Egypt
15. (c) Russia