DAILY GK QUIZ 14-17 OCT

 DAILY GK QUIZ 14-17 OCT

[Q] Which state government notified the Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary, the first of its kind in India for the endangered Slender Loris?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(c) Telangana

(d) Tamil Nadu

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which bank surpassed Rs 6 trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) under the Home Loan segment?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Union Bank of India

[ANS] c

 

[Q] When was World Sight Day/ World Eye Day 2022 observed across the globe with the theme of “Love Your Eyes”?

(a) 9th October 2022

(b) 11th October 2022

(c) 13th October 2022

(d) 10th October 2022

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the offshore security exercise that was conducted by the Eastern Naval Command at Andhra Pradesh in October 2022.

(a) SIMBEX

(b) Malabar

(c) Prasthan

(d) Varuna

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the Indian Naval Ship (INS) that was participated in the 7th edition of IBSAMAR, a joint multinational maritime exercise.

(a) INS Tarkash

(b) INS Tabar

(c) INS Sahyadri

(d) INS Shishumar

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which country signed a “historic agreement” with Israel to resolve the maritime border dispute?

(a) Egypt

(b) Iraq

(c) Syria

(d) Lebanon

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Mondelez India’s Sri City factory in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh won 4th Advanced Industrial Revolution (4IR) Digital Lighthouse award by which organisation?

(a) United Nations Children’s Fund

(b) World Economic Forum

(c) World Bank

(d) International Monetary Fund

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Abdul Latif Rashid was elected as the President of which country?

(a) Kuwait

(b) Jordan

(c) Iran

(d) Iraq

[ANS] d

 

[Q] When was the World Standards Day (WSD) 2022 observed across the globe?

(a) 13th October 2022

(b) 10th October 2022

(c) 14th October 2022

(d) 12th October 2022

[ANS] c

 

[Q] President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the ‘PARAM KAMRUPA’ Supercomputer facility and a high-power active and passive component laboratory of SAMEER at which IIT?

(a) IIT Guwahati

(b) IIT Delhi

(c) IIT Madras

(d) IIT Kanpur

[ANS] a

 

[Q] October 15 is celebrated as World Students’ Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of ___________.

(a) Atal Behari Vajpayee

(b) B. R. Ambedkar

(c) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the rank of India out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index 2022?

(a) 107

(b) 64

(c) 81

(d) 84

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following Institute secured the top place among Indian universities in the Times Higher Education Rankings 2023?

(a) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

(b) Alagappa University

(c) Mahatma Gandhi University

(d) IIT Ropar

[ANS] a

 

[Q] In October 2022, who among the following has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Kuwait?

(a) Avtar Singh

(b) Adarsh Swaika

(c) Prakash Chand

(d) Sanjay Verma

[ANS] b

 

[Q] According the recently released Times Higher Education Rankings 2023, which of the following has topped the world ranking list?

(a) University of Cambridge

(b) Harvard University

(c) Stanford University

(d) University of Oxford

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which state emerged as the top performer in agriculture and allied Gross Value Output (GVO), according to the National Statistical Office (NSO) report published in October 2022?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which ministry signed an MoU with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) to set up a testing facility for dietary supplements?

(a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(b) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

(c) Ministry of Food Processing Industries

(d) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

[ANS] d