DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13 & 14 SEPTEMBER

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13 & 14 SEPTEMBER

1.    Who won the 2016 MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament?

a)    Food Corporation of India

b)    Indian Oil Corporation

c)    Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu

d)    Indian Railways

ANS D

2.    Which Indian para-athlete became the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?

a)    Devendra Jhajharia

b)    Deepa Malik

c)    Deven Jhajharia

d)    None of the above

ANS A

3.    National Hindi Divas is annually celebrated on?

a)    12 September

b)    14 September

c)    10 September

d)    13 September

ANS B

4.    Which Indian American who won the 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize?

a)    Bob Patel

b)    Ramesh Raskar

c)    Rajesh Bhaskar

d)    Revati Puranik

ANS B

5.    Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia recently won gold medal in which of the following events of Rio Paralympics?

a)   Shotput

b)   Racing

c)   Javelin Throw

d)   Cycling

ANS C

6.    Who headed the Task force that submitted its report on a road map for elimination of poverty to the Prime Minister's Office?

a)    Arvind Panagariya

b)     Rahul Mukerjee

c)    Amitabh Kant

d)    Rahul Mukerjee

ANS A

7.    Who topped the list of most powerful women based outside the US released by Fortune?

a)    Ana Botin

b)    Erica Mann

c)    Ornella Barra

d)    Maria Ramos

ANS A

8.    SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya was placed at which position in Fortune’s list of most powerful women based outside the US?

a)    Second

b)    Sixth

c)    Eleventh

d)   Third

ANS A

9.    What was the theme for the International Day of Democracy that was observed on 15 September 2016?

a)    Engaging youth on democracy

b)    Strengthening Voices for Democracy

c)    Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

d)   Space for Civil Society

ANS C

10.    Which country signed $38 Billion in Military Aid with United States?

a)   South Korea

b)   Israel

c)   Ukraine

d)   Iran

ANS B