DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 6 OCTOBER
1. With which country India
recently signed three MoUs to strengthen ties on countering terrorism and skill
development?
a) European Union
b) Singapore
c) United States
d) Qatar
ANS B
2. Who won the 2016 John
F Richards Prize of American Historical Association?
a) Boubakar Barry
b) Nayanjot Lahiri
c) Vinaya Manchaia
d) Nancy Rose Hunt
ANS B
3. The Union Cabinet
recently approved the signing of MoU between India and which group of countries
in the field of water resources?
a) SAARC Members
b) ASEAN Countries
c) European Union
d) BRICS Nations
ANS C
4. RBI in its 4th
Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 reduced the Repo rate by what
basis point?
a) 20
b) 30
c) 25
d) 15
ANS C
5. RBI in its 4th
Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 adjusted the Reverse Repo rate by
at what percent?
a) 4.65
b) 7.00
c) 6.75
d) 5.75
ANS C
6. Who won the 2016
Nobel Prize in Physics?
a) David Thouless,
Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz
b) Saul Perlmutter,
Brian P Schmidt and Adam Riess Hide
c) Serge Haroche and
David J Wineland
d) Andre Geim and
Konstantin Novoselov
ANS A
7. What is the theme of
the 2016 World Teachers' Day?
a) Teachers of today and
tomorrow
b) Invest in the future,
invest in teachers
c) Empowering teachers,
building sustainable societies
d) Valuing Teachers,
Improving their Status
ANS D
8. Which country
recently became the first in the world to ban disposable plastic cups and
plates?
a) Bangladesh
b) Sweden
c) France
d) India
ANS C
