Current Affairs Quiz: 10-11 January 2018

1. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of ISRO?
a. K. Sivan
b. R. Raghvan
c. D. Subramanian
d. P. Sudhankar

2. Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of National Payments Corporation of India?
a. Kirthi Raja
b. Madhur Nair
c. Sudhir Dixit
d. Dilip Asbe

3. In which year was NPCI found?
a. 2002
b. 2004
c. 2008
d. 2010

4. What is the name of India's fastest supercomputer?
a. Prabhat
b. Pratyush
c. Piyush
d. Prabhas

5. Who won first medal for India at the Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup in Turkey organised by The Federation Internationale de Ski.?
a. Anchal Thakur
b. Aparna Jaiswal
c. Arpita Kochar
d. Ananya Jain

6. Who among the following has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Sikkim?
a. A. R. Rehman
b. Anupam Kher
c. PV Sindhu
d. None of the above

7. Which Indian state topped the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Index 2017?
a. Punjab
b. Maharashtra
c. Gujarat
d. Madhya Pradesh

8. The world’s largest ice festival “International Ice and Snow Festival” was organised in 
a. China
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. Vietnam

Answers

1. a. K. Sivan
2. d. Dilip Asbe 
3. c. 2008
4. b. Pratyush
5. a. Anchal Thakur
6. a. A. R. Rehman
7. c. Gujarat
8. a. China