DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16TH OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. WORLD STUDENT DAY OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 15
i.October 15th is observed as World student day in the
remembrance of Dr. Abdul Kalam's birthday.
ii.Th eday is observed as World Student Day by United Nations
Organization annually.
iii. He was the 11th President of India and as a scientist a great
personality.
2. PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES SHAURYA SMARAK IN BHOPAL
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 'Shaurya Smarak', the
war memorial in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
3. AJAY KUMAR BHALLA APPOINTED NEW DGFT
i. Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as the Director General of
Foreign Trade .
ii. He has been appointed to the post in place of Anup Wadhawan,
who has been appointed as additional secretary in the commerce ministry.
4. MIZORAM'S PACHUAU DECLARED INDIA'S OLDEST WORKING JOURNALIST
i. The Mizoram government and the Mizoram Journalists' Association
declared Lalbiakthanga Pachuau as the "oldest working journalist in the
country".
ii. The 90-year-old former soldier is the editor of 'Zoram
Tlangau', a Mizo daily, started by him in 1970.
5. SAFE MOTHERHOOD WEEK STARTS IN UTTAR PRADESH
i. In Uttar Pradesh, the Safe Motherhood Week is being observed
from 14 October to 21 October 2016.
ii. The main aim of the 'Safe Motherhood Week' is to decrease the
'Mother Mortality Rate' and 'Infant Mortality Rate'.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. “SAFE MOTHERHOOD WEEK” HAS BEEN STARTED BY WHICH AMONG OF THE
FOLLOWING STATES?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Bihar
d. Manipur
2. NAME THE PERSONALITY WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS OBSERVED AS THE “WORLD
STUDENT DAY” ON OCTOBER
15?
a. Nelson Mandela
b. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
c. Abraham Lincon
d. Brack Obama
3. WHO IS APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN
TRADE?
a. Raman Kumar
b. Jai Ram Naresh
c. Aman Kumar Singh
d. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
4. “KIRTIRAJ KUNDIK GAIKWAD” HAS BEEN AWARDED AS THE IAFP YOUNG
SCIENTIST SCHOLARSHIP IN FIELD OF__________.
a. Telecommunication
b. Cloud Computing
c. Packaging
d. Green House Effect
5. ‘ZORAM TIANGAU’ IS THE DAILY NEWSPAPER OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING STATES OF INDIA?
a. Manipur
b. Mizoram
c. Tripura
d. Assam
ANSWER KEY
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
