Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17 April 2021 – Gkseries

April 17, 2021

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17 April 2021 are very important for Competitive Exams like SSC, Railway, RRB, Banking, IBPS, PSC, UPSC etc. We gkseries team compose these Daily Quiz Questions from Newspapers like The Hindu and other competitive magazines.

1. Who chairs the first meeting of National Startup Advisory Council?

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

S. Jaishankar

Piyush Goyal

2. Who developed IPv6 index portal for the Internet community?

NITI Aayog

NIXI

IIT-Delhi

None of these

3. Two anthocyanin rich brinjal varieties called Punjab Raunak and Punjab Bharpoor have been developed by

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)

Haryana Agricultural University

G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

4. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the National Pension System?

The NPS will no longer compel investors to convert 40% of their accumulated retirement corpus into an annuity.

Post-retirement, a person has to take 40% of the total corpus as an annuity as per the law’s mandate, and 60% can be commuted and taken as a lump sum.

Both A & B

None of these

5. In which of the following places Kumbh Mela is held every four years by rotation?

Allahabad

Haridwar

Ujjain

All of these

6. Who was Bernie Madoff, recently seen in news?

Popular TV anchor

NASA Scientist

Wall Street financier

Astronaut

7. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the Azhdarchid pterosaurs?

Pterosaurs went extinct about 65-66 million years ago.

Pterosaurs are reptiles that are close cousins of dinosaurs, the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight.

Both A & B

None of these

8. NATO’s current mission, Resolute Support, is to train and equip which of the following security forces?

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Afghanistan

9. An e-visa is provided in category of

Tourist

Business

Conference

All of these

10. ‘State of World Population Report 2021’ is published by

United Nations Population Fund’s

World Bank

World Economic Forum

None of these

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