DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4th OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. JAPAN'S OHSUMI WON NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE
i. Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi a cell biologist specialising in
autophagy, has received the 2016 Noble Prize in Medicine.
ii. He has received the award "for his discoveries of
mechanisms for autophagy".
2. INDIA RATIFIES HISTORIC PARIS CLIMATE DEAL AT UN
i. India on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi joined the
Paris Climate Change Agreement by submitting its instrument of ratification in
New York
ii. India became the 62nd country to ratify the
agreement.
iii. COP22 will take place at Marrakech in Morocco, 2016.
iv. The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change dealing with greenhouse gases.
3. INDIA'S GAGANJEET BHULLAR WINS KOREA OPEN
i. Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won his 6th Asian
Tour title winning the Korea Open 2016 in Incheon,South Korea.
ii. He won last asian title in 2013 and awarded Arjuna Award in
2013.
iii. Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar is an Indian professional golfer who
plays on the Asian Tour.
4. DELHI POLICE LAUNCHES MOBILE APP FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
i. The Delhi Police has launched a mobile application for senior
citizens to enable them to reach out to the police quickly in emergency
situations.
ii. The application 'Delhi Police Senior Citizen' was launched by
Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung
5.'MURGA' WINS FIRST PRIZE AT SWACHH BHARAT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
i. Young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri, from Maharashtra, has won
the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival for his work
"Murga".
ii. The short film was directed by young filmmaker Katyayan
Shivpuri from Maharashtra.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHICH NATION BIOLOGIST HAS RECEIVED THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZE IN
MEDICINE?
a. China
b. USA
c. Japan
d. Russia
2. AT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES THE 22ND
SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE UINFCC WILL TAKE PLACE?
a. France
b. Morocco
c. Argentina
d. Italy
3. INDIA’S GAGANJEET BHULLAR WON HIS 6TH ASIAN TOUR
TITLE, BY WINNING THE KOREA OPEN 2016 IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS?
a. Lawn Tennis
b. Table Tennis
c. Badminton
d. Golf
4. NAME THE CITY WHICH HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED “SENIOR CITIZEN”
APP?
a. Bangalore
b. Delhi
c. Kolkata
d. Baroda
5. HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE RATIFIED “PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE”
AGREEMENT?
a. 62
b. 60
c. 61
d. 64
ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. A
