DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: MARCH 4 & 5, 2018

1.Who won the gold medal in ISSF World Cup in 10m air pistol men’s final category at Guadalajara in Mexico?

a) Jitu Rai

b)Shahzar Rizvi

c) Om Prakash Mitharval

d) Christian Reitz

e) Julio Almeida

2.Which of the following state government has launched a programme “AmaGaon, AmaVikas” (Our Village, Our Development) to reach out to the people in rural areas and involve themselves in the developmental activities?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b)Odisha

c) Maharashtra

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) Karnataka

3.Who is the next chief minister of Meghalaya?

a) YuvnardSangma

b) ConarkSangma

c) MukulSangma

d) Konrad Sangma

e) Conrad Sangma

4.India signed a MoU with which country to promote cooperation in transfer of technology and exchange of visits of technical experts in the fields of agriculture and allied, recently?

a) Vietnam

b) Kenya

c) Jordan

d) Bangladesh

e) Sri Lanka

5.Name the book that has managed to break a Guinness world record in “ Reading Book event” set in Turkey in May 2017.

a) Gadchiroli

b) Jadchiroli

c) Budchiroli

d) Cudchiroli

e) Aadchiroli

6.India ranks at which position in largest foreign holder of US govt securities?

a) 10^th

b) 12^th

c) 15^th

d) 16^th

e) 9^th

7.Which of the following film has got the 90^th Academy Awards of Oscar 2018 under “Best documentary” Category?

a) The Silent Child

b) The Shape of Water

c)Icarus

d)Dear Basketball 

e)Dunkirk

8.The Indian economy grew at which percent in October-December 2017?

a) 7.5 percent

b) 7.2 percent

c) 6.9 percent

d) 6.8 percent

e) 6.5 percent

9.Who has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the fields of arts and politics at a ceremony in the UK’s Parliament complex?

a)Shatrughan Sinha

b) Zac Goldsmith

c)Bhasker Patel

d)Vishal Sinha

e)Bhupinder Singh

10.’Arogya Karnataka’ (Healthy Karnataka) will provide quality primary, secondary and tertiary treatment to whom?

a) Only BPL Families

b) Only APL Families

c) Senior Citizens

d) Both BPL and Senior Citizens

e) Both BPL and APL Families

11.Who becomes the youngest International Cricket Captain of Afghanistan as per ICC Rankings?

a)JaspritBumrah

b) Dawlat Zadran

c)Rashid Khan

d)AsgharStanikzai

e) Mohammad Nabi

12.Fiorentina captainDavideAstori died of a sudden illness at the age of 31. He belongs to which country?

a) Italy

b) Argentina

c) Australia

d) England

e) Algeria

13.Maharashtra women’s team has won the interstate national tennis championship 2018 by defeating Delhi team held in which state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) Gujarat

e) Andhra Pradesh

14.“Sarala Award 2014” winner Prafulla Das has passed away. He is related to which field?

a) Literature

b) Journalist

c) Writer

d) Politician

e) Singer

15.North East Assembly Elections 2018 was took place in which state(s)?

a) Nagaland

b) Tripura

c) Meghalaya

d) Manipur

e) All a, b, c

ANSWER KEY

1. b) Shahzar Rizvi
2. b) Odisha
3. e) Conrad Sangma
4. a) Vietnam
5. a) Gadchiroli
6. b) 12^th
7. c) Icarus
8. b) 7.2 percent
9. a) Shatrughan Sinha
10. e) Both BPL and APL Families
11. c) Rashid Khan
12. a) Italy
13. a) Chhattisgarh
14. a) Literature
15. e) All a, b, c

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