Current Affairs Quiz: 29 November 2017

29 November 2017: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics like Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of 15th Finance Commission and Global Entrepreneurship Summit among others.

1. The National Skill Development Corporation has signed a three-way MoU with Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council and which rental hospitality service company to boost alternate hospitality sector?

a) Airbnb
b) Oyo Rooms
c) Couchsurfing
d) HomeAway

2. India will sign a MoU for cooperation in the policy planning and technology transfer in the urban transport sector with which nation?

a) Japan
b) UK
c) Russia
d) Germany

3. The City of Oxford has stripped which Nobel Peace Laureate of its human rights award for failing to respond to the world’s biggest refugee crisis?

a) Leymah Roberta Gbowee
b) Shirin Ebadi
c) Tawakkol Karman
d) Aung San Suu Kyi

4. Which Australian state has become the first one to legalise assisted death, euthanasia?

a) Victoria
b) Queensland
c) Tasmania
d) New South Wales

5. UP Singh has been appointed as the new Secretary of which Union Ministry?

a) Water Resources Ministry
b) Environment Ministry
c) Home Ministry
d) Defence Ministry

6. India has agreed to enhance security cooperation with which nation?

a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) Thailand
d) Sri Lanka

7. PM Narendra Modi flagged off which metro rail project recently?

a) Lucknow
b) Hyderabad
c) Kerala
d) Noida

8. Who is the Chairperson of 15th Finance Commission that was recently constituted by the Union Government?

a) Shaktikanta Das
b) Ramesh Kumar
c) NK Singh
d) Arvind Mehta

9. Who inaugurated 8th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit?

a) Narendra Modi
b) Suresh Prabhu
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Sushma Swaraj

10. India will provide how much financial assistance for Afghanistan’s Transport Network?

a) USD 1.01 million
b) USD 2.87 million
c) USD 3.25 million
d) USD 4.97 million

11. Who was appointed as the first-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations?

a) Mia Rycroft
b) Rochelle Neil
c) Sia Zubaer
d) Karen Pierce

12. Who was appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa?

a) Shaktikanta Das
b) Ramesh Pillai
c) Aparna Sen
d) Arvind Panagariya

Answers

1.(a) Airbnb
2.(b) UK
3.(d) Aung San Suu Kyi
4.(a) Victoria
5.(a) Water Resources Ministry
6.(a) Singapore
7.(b) Hyderabad
8.(c) NK Singh
9.(a) Narendra Modi
10.(b) USD 2.87 million
11.(d) Karen Pierce
12.(a) Shaktikanta Das