THE NEWSPAPER QUIZ

1. Where will the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit take place?

1. New Delhi

2. Tashkent

3. Manila

4. New York

5. Lahore

Answer – 2

Source – The Hindu Pg. 1

2. Which Indian satellite was launched along with 19 other satellites on 23rd June,2016?

1. Cartosat-2

2. Cartosat-3

3. Cartosat-4

4. Cartosat-5

5. Cartosat-6

Answer – 1

Source – The Hindu Pg. 8

3. Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India, in News due to the scathing attack by Subramaniam Swamy?

1. R Rajan

2. A Subramaniam

3. R Vatal

4. S Yechury

5. K.P. Tyagi

Answer – 2

Source - The Hindu Pg.

4. Who has been appointed as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Softbank?

1. Nikesh Arora

2. Zin Ta

3. Ken Miyauchi

4. Mao Insaghi

5. None of these

Answer – 3

Source – The Hindu Pg. 15

5. Which one of the following has resigned from the post of LIC Chairman?

1. P Biswas

2. S Burman

3. S.K. Roy

4. U.K. Sinha

5. U Patel

Answer – 3

Source – The Hindu Pg. 15

6. The Cabinet approved an extension in the deadline for implementing the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) by a year to __________.

1. March 31, 2017

2. Feb 28, 2017

3. April 1, 2017

4. March 30, 2017

5. March 31, 2017

Source – The Economic Times

Answer – 3

7. Tech Mahindra has agreed to buy Uk based firm for an value of $ 40 million. Name the firm.

1. Eris Life

2. ChrysCapital

3. BIO agency

4. Welspun

5. LinkedIn

Answer – 3

Source – The Economic Times

8. Name the American – Canadian digital media and broadcasting company that has entered into a partnership with the Times of India Group to start services in India?

1. Vice Media

2. SRS Group

3. AT & T

4. CBC Media group

5. Trilogic digital media

Answer – 1

Source – The Economic Times

9. EPFO has said that the pensioners, who defer withdrawal of pension for two years after reaching the age of 58 will get an extra ____ percent in pension amount.

1. 7.16%

2. 7.25%

3. 8.50%

4. 8.16%

5. 8.80%

Answer – 4

Source – The Economic Times

10. Name the Kerala Sports Council Chief who resigned recently?

1. Anju Bobby George

2. P.T.Usha

3. K Malleshwari

4. P. Sangma