DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23,24 AUGUST

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23,24 AUGUST

1.    Which of the following cities will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?

a)    Ahmedabad

b)    Pune

c)    Mumbai

d)    Sri Muktsar Sahib

ANS A

2.    Name the journalist, considered the ‘dean of black press columnists’, who passed away recently.

a)    William Raspberry

b)    John H. Johnson

c)    Robert C. Maynard

d)    George E. Curry

ANS D

3.    Who was recently sworn in as the Governor of Assam?

a)    Banwarilal Purohit

b)    V P Singh Badnore

c)    Kaptan Singh Solanki

d)    Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

ANS A

4.    Who was recently sworn in as the Governor of Punjab?

a)    Banwarilal Purohit

b)    V P Singh Badnore

c)    Kaptan Singh Solanki

d)    Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

ANS B

5.    Who was sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016?

a)    Girish Chandra Gupta

b)    Banwarilal Purohit

c)    V P Singh Badnore

d)    Jagdish Mukhi

ANS D

6.    Who of the following was not selected for 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?

a)    PV Sindhu

b)    Dipa Karmakar

c)    Jitu Rai

d)    Shiva Thapa

ANS D

7.    Who of the following was adjudged as the man of the series of four-match Test Series between India and West Indies?

a)    Virat Kohli

b)    Ravichandran Ashwin

c)    Roston Chase

d)    Shikhar Dhawan

ANS B

8.    Who authored the book Life In Diplomacy?

a)    Natwar Singh

b)    M K Rasgotra

c)    Shashi Tharoor

d)    Karan Singh

ANS B

9.    Which country accounted for the highest share of tourist arrivals in India?

a)    Sri Lanka

b)    Nepal

c)    Bhutan

d)    Bangladesh

ANS D

10.    Name the author who was awarded with the prestigious Vyas Samman 2015?

a)    K N Tripathi

b)    Sunita Jain

c)    Vishwanath Tiwari

d)    Mrinal Pande

ANS B

11.    Who of the following was appointed as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a)    Arvind Subramanian

b)    Arvind Panagariya

c)    Arundhati Bhattacharya

d)    Urjit R Patel

ANS D

12.    The 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Which country topped the medal table?

a)    China

b)    Canada

c)    The United States

d)    Great Britain

ANS C

13.    Which Indian actor is chosen for the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the National Order Arts and Letters)?

a)    Amitabh Bachchan

b)    Rajinikanth

c)    Ranveer Singh

d)    Kamal Haasan

ANS D

14.    The President of Indian Olympic Association was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement. What is his name?

a)    N. Ramachandran

b)    Vijay Kumar Malhotra

c)    Abhay Singh Chautala

d)    None of the above

ANS A

15. India has signed the agreement with which of the following country for the exchange of terrorist screening information recently?

(a) Canada

(b) Germany

(c) USA

(d) France

(e) UAE

ANSWER

1.A, 2.D, 3.A, 4.B, 5.D, 6.D, 7.B, 8.B, 9.D, 10.B, 11.D, 12.C, 13.D, 14.A, 15.C,