Current Affairs Quiz : October 6th, 2017
Current Affairs Quiz : October 6th, 2017
Q.1) Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in collaboration with Ministry of Culture and Seher presents the first ever ASEAN-India Music Festival from October 6th-8th 2017 at Purana Quila in_______.
a) Hyderabad
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Mumbai
e) Kolkata
Q.2) In which of the following state Foundation stone for the first ever Industrial Training Institute for the Divyangans laid?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Manipur
c) Mizoram
d) Nagaland
e) Assam
Q.3) Who inaugurated the ‘Paryatan Parv celebrations’ at Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi?
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Uma Bharati
d) Mahesh Sharma
e) Nirmala Sitharaman
Q.4) Who received the award on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for its contribution during Swachhta Pakhwada, an inter-Ministry initiative of Swachh Bharat Mission?
a) Virendra Kumar
b) Satya Pal Singh
c) Anant Kumar Hegde
d) C K Mishra
e) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Q.5) With which of the following country India signed agreements on trade, communication and media to boost bilateral ties recently?
a) Mongolia
b) Myanmar
c) Ethiopia
d) Libya
e) Chad
Q.6) Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and ________on up gradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin.
a) Mongolia
b) Myanmar
c) Ethiopia
d) Libya
e) Chad
Q.7) India will get EUR _______million from European Investment Bank (EIB) for financing Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II- Line R6, according to finance ministry.
a) 200
b) 300
c) 400
d) 500
e) 600
Q.8) India’s renewable energy capacity will more than double by _______ to overtake renewable expansion in the European Union for the first time, International Energy Agency (IEA).
a) 2019
b) 2020
c) 2021
d) 2022
e) 2023
Q.9) How many crores fine has been imposed by CCI on Aditya Birla group firm Grasim Industries and two others for bid rigging Delhi Jal Board tenders for supply of a water purification product?
a) 3.27 crore
b) 4.27 crore
c) 5.27 crore
d) 6.27 crore
e) 7.27 crore
Q.10) Who emerged as India’s wealthiest for the 10th straight year as his net worth swelled to $38 billion released by Forbes magazine’s annual India Rich List 2017?
a) Dilip Shanghvi
b) Azim Premji
c) Lakshmi Mittal
d) Mukesh Ambani
e) Gautam Adani
Q.11) Who is the new Prime Minister of Mongolia?
a) Sanjaagiin Bayar
b) Sükhbaataryn Batbold
c) Norovyn Altankhuyag
d) Chimed Saikhanbileg
e) Ukhnaa Khurelsukh
Q.12) Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?
a) Alice Munro
b) Patrick Modiano
c) Svetlana Alexievich
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
e) Mo Yan
Q.13) Who won prestigious Anna Politkovskaya Award, instituted by Reach All Women (RAW) in War?
a) Nidhi Razdan
b) Shereen Bhan
c) Mini Menon
d) Gauri Lankesh
e) Barkha Dutt
Q.14) Who bagged India’s first ever gold medal at Wushu World Championships in Russia?
a) Vishakha Malik
b) Pooja Kadian
c) Rajani Deori
d) K Arunpama Devi
e) Yumnam Sanathoi Devi
