DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –11,12 OCTOBER
1. Name the philanthropist and wife of Godrej
group chairman Adi Godrej who passed away?
a) Nisa Godrej
b) Tanya Dubash
c) Pirojsha Godrej
d) Parmeshwar Godrej
ANS D
2. Who topped the Test rankings for bowlers
that was released in second week of October 2016?
a) Ravichandran Ashwin
b) Dale Steyn
c) Ravindra Jadeja
d) James Anderson
ANS A
3. The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration developed a high-tech electroactive bandage. It is made of which
of the following materials?
a) Styrofoam
b) Phenol Formaldehyde
c) Vinylidene Fluoride
d) Polyvinylidene Flouride
ANS D
4. The
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research recently established a high
altitude research station in Himalaya called HIMANSH. Where is the station
located?
a) Zanskar, Jammu & Kashmir
b) Leh, Jammu & Kashmir
c) Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
d) Kheerganga, Himachal Pradesh
ANS C
5. Who will be responsible for carrying out the
National Seismic Programme that was recently launched on Mahanadi basin in
Odisha?
a) Cairn India
b) Oil India Ltd
c) Essar Oil
d) ONGC
ANS B
6. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Bob Dylan
b) Alice Munro
c) Svetlana Alexievich
d) Patrick Modiano
ANS A
7. What was the theme of International Day for
Disaster Reduction that was observed on 13 October 2016?
a) Women and Girls: the [in]Visible Force of
Resilience
b) Resilience is for Life
c) Knowledge for Life
d) Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing
Mortality
ANS D
8. Who was appointed as Prime Minister of
Morocco recently?
a) Abdelilah Benkirane
b) Jim Yong Kim
c) Luo Zhaohui
d) Antonio Guterres
ANS A
9. India stood at which rank in the Global
Hunger Index (GHI) 2016?
a) 118th
b) 53rd
c) 76th
d) 97th
ANS D
10. Who was the first Indian Captain under whom
India received the ICC Test Championship mace?
a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b) Anil Kumble
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Sachin Tendulkar
ANS A
