Current Affairs Progress Test – Set 62

1. Name the Indian cricketer who has been recently inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame?
   Rahul Dravid
   MS Dhoni
   Virendra Sehwag
   VVS Laxman
   Yuvraj Singh
   Option A
   Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid was on November 1, 2018, formally inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame becoming the fifth Indian to be named in the elite list.

    

2. Name the company which has been made the official partner of the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 to be held in Bhubaneswar
   Reliance
   Wipro
   Tata Steel
   Paytm
   BSNL
   Option C
   Steel manufacturing giant Tata Steel as become an official partner of the men’s hockey World Cup 2018, to be staged at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from November 28 to December 16.

    

3. Veteran playwright and poet Ntozake Shange passed away recently. She hailed from which country?
   Japan
   China
   United States of America
   Russia
   Germany
   Option C
   Ntozake Shange was an American playwright and poet

    

4. World Champion Gymnast Simone Biles belong to which country?
   Republic of Korea
   United Kingdom
   Britain
   United States
   South Africa
   Option D
   Simone Arianne Biles is an American artistic gymnast.

    

5. The two days ‘National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda’ was organised in which city by Ministry of AYUSH in association with NITI Aayog?
   Mumbai
   Jaipur
   Indore
   Lucknow
   New Delhi
   Option E
   The two day ‘National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda’ was organised by Ministry of AYUSH in association with NITI Aayog at Dr. Ambedkar International centre, New Delhi, with the aim of encouraging entrepreneurs and Ayurveda stakeholders towards businesses opportunities in the sector.

    

6. The first of its kind, ‘Little India Gate’ was recently inaugurated in Medan city. The city is located in which country?
   Bangladesh
   UAE
   France
   Indonesia
   Nepal
   Option D
   Nearly 7,000 people gathered in northern Indonesia to witness the inauguration of ‘Little India Gate’, the first-of-its-kind structure in the country which recognises the contribution of Indian community in the development of Medan city.

    

7. Which state’s police has recently been felicitated with the award by the Government of India for “good practices” under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)?
   Assam
   Mizoram
   Telangana
   Odisha
   Rajasthan
   Option A
   The Union government has awarded the Assam Police for “good practices” under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), an e-governance project.

    

8. India’s 1st letter of credit (LC) payment using Blockchain was executed by HSBC Holdings for which company?
   Wipro
   ITC Limited
   TCS
   Reliance
   Tata Motors
   Option D
   In a first for India, HSBC Holdings Plc has executed a trade finance transaction using blockchain for an export by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to US-based Tricon Energy.

    

9. As per the Supreme Court’s order, Andhra Pradesh will have its own High Court from January 1, 2019. With this the total number of High Court in India will become___________
   27
   23
   25
   21
   30
   Option C
   The State of Andhra Pradesh will have a separate high court as the Supreme Court has given the green signal for issuing the notification to this effect. It will be the 25th high court in the country and will be effective from January 1, 2019.

    

10. United States has recently exempted how many countries temporarily from certain sanctions over Iran’s Chabahar Port, allowing them to continue buying Iranian oil?
    4
    6
    5
    7
    8
    Option E
    Eight countries — India, China, Italy, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey — were temporarily allowed to continue buying Iranian oil as they showed “significant reduction” in oil purchase from the Persian Gulf country.

     

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