DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –31 OCTOBER
1. India and New Zealand signed three
agreements during official visit of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to
India. Consider the following statements in context to the project
I. MoU for cooperation in the field of Youth
Affairs and Sports was signed.
II. Arrangement regarding Food Safety
Cooperation was signed .
III. MoU on Defence cooperation was signed.
Which is/are correct?
a) I, II and III
b) Only I and II
c) Only II
d) Only I and III
ANS B
2. Which country topped the list of 2016 Global Gender Gap
Report that was released by World Economic Forum (WEF).
a) Norway
b) Rwanda
c) Finland
d) Iceland
ANS C
3. Which rank was secured by India in the list
of 2016 Global Gender Gap Report that was released by World Economic Forum
(WEF)?
a) 115
b) 69
c) 87
d) 71
ANS C
4. India recently signed revised Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreement with which country?
a) Bahrain
b) Saudi Arabia
c) South Korea
d) North America
ANS C
5. Who was the chairman of the committee on
One Rank One Pension (OROP) that in October 2016 submitted its report to
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar?
a) Justice (Retd.) L Narasimha Reddy
b) Justice SN Dhingra Commission
c) Shashi Shekhar
d) TVSN Prasad
ANS A
6. The first woman to conquered Mount Everest
who died recently?
a) Junko Tabei
b) Fanny Bullock Workman
c) Bachendri Pal
d) None of the above
ANS A
7. Union Cabinet recently approved agreement
with which country for the transfer of sentenced persons?
a) Estonia
b) Maldives
c) Brazil
d) Italy
ANS A
8. With which country Union Cabinet approves
agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit?
a) Japan
b) New Zealand
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
ANS C
9. Who was appointed as the High Commissioner
of India to Australia?
a) Ajay M Gondane
b) Sunil Raina
c) Karnal Singh
d) A.S. Rao
ANS A
10. Paul Beatty won the 2016 Man Booker Prize
for his book?
a) The Sellout
b) Eileen
c) His Bloody Project
d) Hot Milk
ANS A
