Current Affairs Quiz: 19 May 2017

1. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the Faculty Exchange Agreement signed between the National Defence College, New Delhi and

a. Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science, Myanmar

b. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, United Kingdom

c. United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

d. National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the setting up of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (lARI) in which of the following states?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Odisha

3. Which country was the first one to implement the GST and in which year?
a. Germany, 1949
b. Russia, 1986
c. France, 1954
d. Other than the given options

4. SIMBEX-17 is the Bilateral Naval Exercise between India and

a. Ireland

b. Singapore

c. Russia

d. Japan

5. Who has been appointed as a whole-time director of LIC Mutual Fund?

a. Raj Kumar

b. Rajeev Singh

c. Vineeth Shekhar

d. Piyush Aggarwal

6. Who has won the Whitley Award also known as Green Oscar?
a. Priya Sahu
b. Purnima Barman
c. Puniya Bishth
d. Pronoi Beehu

Answers

1. d. National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2. b. Assam

3. c. France, 1954

4. b. Singapore

5. a. Raj Kumar

6. b. Purnima Barman