Current Affairs Quiz: 8-9 March 2018

1. Where is the headquarter of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development located?
a. Ottawa
b. Brussels
c. London
d. Beijing

2. What is the name of mobile app launched by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for frequent users of the highways?
a. Sugam Yatra
b. Sukhad Yatri
c. Sukhad Yatra
d. Sugam Yatri

3. Pick the right toll-free number launched by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for reporting emergency conditions?
a. 1033
b. 1039
c. 1093
d. 1031

4. Name the head of the Telecom Commission that recommended to revise the limits of the cap for spectrum and restructuring the deferred payment liabilities?
a. Aruna Sundararajan
b. Agrima Sundararajan
c. Arunima Sundararajan
d. Arvina Sundararajan

5. Under the restructuring of referred payment liabilities of telecom service providers for the spectrum,  time period for payment of spectrum bought in an auction has been extended to ___________ years to __________ years. 
a. 8 years to 12 years
b. 6 years to 10 years
c. 5 years to 8 years
d. 10 years to 16 years

6. Under the revised limits of the cap for spectrum, the overall cap spectrum has been revised from _____________ to ______________
a. 20% to 30%
b. 15% to 25%
c. 25% to 35%
d. 15% to 30%

7. Name the first Indian to win the prestigious  Pritzker Prize 2018?
a. Balkrishna Doshi
b. Balram Vyas
c. Bikramjeet Das
d. Bishal Thapa

 8. Pritzker Prize is given in the field of
a. world peace
b. literature
c. music
d. architect

9. Which of the following is considered the Nobel Prize of architecture?
a. Dan David Prize
b.  Pritzker Prize
c. Miguel de Cervantes Prize
d. Turner Prize

10. Which of the following ministries organised the Swachh Shakti 2018 Convocation?
a. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
c. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
d. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

11. Which state organised the Swachh Shaki 2018 Convocation?
a.  Jharkhand
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answers

1. c. London
2. c. Sukhad Yatra
3. a. 1033
4. a. Aruna Sundararajan
5. d. 10 years to 16 years
6. c. 25% to 35%
7. a. Balkrishna Doshi 
8. d. architect
9. b.  Pritzker Prize
10. b. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
11. d. Uttar Pradesh