DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8 OCTOBER
1. IMF in its 2016
October World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected the India’s growth in 2016 at
a) 7.2 percent
b) 7 percent
c) 6.8 percent
d) 7.6 percent
ANS D
2. Which World Heritage
sites was declared as the cleanest iconic place in India?
a) Red Fort, Delhi
b) Buddhist Monuments at
Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
c) Qutb Minar and its
Monuments, Delhi
d) Rani ki Vav, Gujarat
ANS D
3. Which terminal of the
Indira Gandhi International Airport was declared first Platinum rated green
airport terminal building in India?
a) Terminal 6
b) Terminal 2
c) Terminal 1
d) Terminal 3
ANS D
4. Who was honoured with
the 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award?
a) Tarja Halonen
b) James Alix Michel
c) Pawan Chamling
d) Anand Mahindra
ANS C
5. What is the theme of
the first edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit that was
inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee?
a) Beyond 2016: People,
Planet and Progress
b) Beyond 2015: People,
Planet and Progress
c) Mission 2020: People,
Planet and Progress
d) Beyond 2017: People,
Planet and Progress
ANS B
6. As per the recent
report of UNESCO, how many new teachers are needed to provide quality universal
primary and secondary education by 2030?
a) 46 million
b) 72 million
c) 69 million
d) 54 million
ANS C
7. Which ISRO’s
communication satellite was launched from the spaceport of Kourou in French
Guiana?
a) INSAT-4CR
b) GSAT-18
c) HAMSAT
d) GSAT-15
ANS B
8. Which department was set up by Union Finance Ministry to
streamline government borrowings and better cash management with the overall
objective of deepening bond markets?
a) Debt Management Cell
b) Cell for management
of debt
c) Department of Debt
Management
d) None of the above
ANS A
9. Which Professional
Indian mountaineer scaled the world's
sixth highest mountain Cho Oyu?
a) Arunima Sinha
b) Santosh Yadav
c) Krushnaa Patil
d) Arjun Vajpai
ANS D
10. M. Venkaiah Naidu
recently released the book titled Modi’s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy. Who is
the author of the book?
a) Surendra Kumar
b) Venkaiah Naidu
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Brijesh
Mehta
ANS A
