Current Affairs Quiz: 23 August 2017

August 23, 2017

1. Which of the following states' Power Distribution Corporation companies have become the first state-owned distribution companies in India to accept payments through Bharat QR?
a. Kerala
b. Telangana
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Madhya Pradesh

2. Who is the chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India?
a. RS Sharma
b. PD Sharma
c. TM Sharma
d. KB Sharma

3. Who is the recipient of the 2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize for fiction?
a. Chitra Banerjee
b. Padma Viswanathan
c. Jhumpa Lahiri
d. Other than the above

4. Who has been appointed by Government of India as Director (Finance), Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)?a. N R Gupta
b. N B Gupta
c. N K Gupta
d. N V Gupta

5. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Syndicate Bank?
a. Ajay Nitin Nanavati
b. Ajay Vimalesh Nanavati
c. Ajay Vipin Nanavati
d. Ajay Nalin Nanavati

Answers

1. c. Andhra Pradesh
2. a. RS Sharma
3. b. Padma Viswanathan
4. b. N B Gupta
5. c. Ajay Vipin Nanavati

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