DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 21,22 SEPTEMBER

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 21,22 SEPTEMBER

1. Which is  the most advanced surface-to-air missile that was successfully test-fired by India 8' off the Odisha coast?

a) Barak-8

b) Akash

c) Trishul

d) Maitri

ANS A

2. Which Nobel laureate was honoured as the 2016 Humanitarian of the Year by the Harvard Foundation?

a) Ban-Ki Moon

b) Malala Yousafzai

c) Aung San Suu Kyi

d) None of the above

ANS C

3. Name the person that was appointed as the India's Ambassador to Sweden recently?

a) Gulshan Singh

b) Monika Kapil Mohta

c) Azita Raji

d) H.E. Artak

ANS B

4. Which country topped the World Economic Freedom (WEF) Index 2016?

a) Hong Kong

b) Switzerland

c) Singapore

d) New Zealand

ANS A

5. What is the position of India in the World Economic Freedom (WEF) Index 2016?

a) 112th

b) 111th

c) 78th

d) 108th

ANS A

6. Joint Sea-2016 naval exercise was conducted between which of the following countries?

a) China and United States

b) India and Russia

c) China and Russia

d) India and China

ANS C

7. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India recently?

a) Nitin Srivastav

b) Usha Pal

c) VK Sharma

d) Usha Sangwan

ANS C

8. Which country was recently hit by Typhoon Meranti?

a) China

b) India

c) Vietnam

d) Malaysia

ANS A

9. Theme of the International Day of Peace that was observed across the world on 21 September 2016?

a) The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace

b) Partnerships for Peace - Dignity for All

c) Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future

d) Disarmament and non-proliferation

ANS A

10. In which city the two-day North East Connectivity Summit is being held?

a) Shillong

b) Guwahati

c) Agartala

d) Kohima

ANS C