DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 29,30 SEPTEMBER
1. India was ranked at which position in the
Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2016-2017?
a) 55
b) 39
c) 69
d) 10
ANS B
2. Name the two countries that recently held
first high level dialogue on counter-terrorism and security?
a) The USA and Cuba
b) India and China
c) India and Malaysia
d) India and Bangladesh
ANS B
3. What was the theme for World Rabies Day
that was observed on 28 September 2016?
a) Rabies: Understand it to defeat it.
b) Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate.
c) End Rabies Together
d) Rabies: Eradicate it globally
ANS B
4. Who will be honoured with the 2016 Lata
Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement of the Maharashtra Government?
a) Kavita Krishnamurthy
b) Karsh Kale
c) Krishna Kalle
d) Uttam Singh
ANS D
5. Consider the following statements in
context to The Global Competitiveness
Report (GCR) 2016-2017 that was released in September 2016?
I. The report assessed the competitiveness
landscape of 140 economies
II. It was released by World Bank
III. Switzerland topped the list
Which is/are correct?
a) Only III
b) Only I and II
c) Only I and III
d) I, II and III
ANS A
6. Jim Yong Kim was first appointed as the
President of the World Bank in which year?
a) 2012
b) 2009
c) 2011
d) 2010
ANS A
7. Who was appointed as first US ambassador to
Cuba in 55 years by President Barack Obama?
a) Richard G. Olson
b) Jeffrey DeLaurentis
c) Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat
d) Cameron Munter
ANS B
8. Which organisation in its pollution report claimed that 92
percent of the world’s population is breathing poor quality air?
a) World Health Organization (WHO)
b) Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
c) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)
d) Global Environment Facility (GEF)
ANS A
9. Which country topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI
2016-17 released in September 2016?
a) Switzerland
b) Sweden
c) Singapore
d) United States of America
ANS A
10. What was the theme for World Maritime Day
that was observed across the world on 29 September 2016?
a) Maritime education and training
b) IMO conventions: effective implementation
c) Shipping: Indispensable to the World
d) At Sea for All
ANS C
