Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 16, 2017

Q.1) What is the theme of World Food Day 2017?

1. a) 2017: Change the future of migration. Investment in food security and rural development.
2. b) 2017: Change the future of migration. Investors in food security and rural development.
3. c) 2017: Change the future of mitigate. Invest in food security and rural development.
4. d) 2017: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
5. e) 2017: Change the future of world. Invest in food security and rural development.

Q.2) Name the India’s young paddler who won Junior Girls’ Team event to annex the 2017 Egypt Junior and Cadet Table-Tennis Open title.

1. a) Selena Selvakumar
2. b) Seema Selvakumar
3. c) Shiny Selvakumar
4. d) Sanju Selvakumar
5. e) Sajitha Selvakumar

Q.3) Who win the women’s singles Tianjin Open 2017?

1. a) Serena Williams
2. b) Venus Williams
3. c) Maria Sharapova
4. d) Angelique Kerber
5. e) Steffi Graf

Q.4) Who has become the first ever Indian woman to be signed by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)?

1. a) Geeta Phogat
2. b) Kavita Devi
3. c) Geeta Singh
4. d) Geetika Jakhar
5. e) Sakshi Malik

Q.5) Who won the 37th All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament for the 10th time by defeating Partha Chakra?

1. a) India national football team
2. b) Pailan Arrows
3. c) Mohun Bagan
4. d) AIFF Elite Academy
5. e) Indian Navy

Q.6) Who has defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters title?

1. a) Rafael Nadal
2. b) Novak Djokovic
3. c) Roger Federer
4. d) Andy Murray
5. e) Andre Agassi

Q.7) Name the Carnatic vocalist who will be conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015-16.

1. a) S.M. Krishna
2. b) K.M. Krishna
3. c) L.M. Krishna
4. d) N.M. Krishna
5. e) T.M. Krishna

Q.8) Name the eminent writer and India author who has been nominated for the first Centenary National Award for Literature, to be conferred by one of the most prestigious literary bodies in India

1. a) Nakshatra Gokhale
2. b) Namita Gokhale
3. c) Nandini Gokhale
4. d) Nanjini Gokhale
5. e) Nandita Gokhale

Q.9) Who will examine the operational preparedness of the armed forces and review the accidents involving strategic defence assets?

1. a) M C Khanduri
2. b) B C Khanduri
3. c) K C Khanduri
4. d) V C Khanduri
5. e) S C Khanduri

Q.10) Which of the following state government Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India have signed an MOU for integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber treasury?

1. a) Jharkhand
2. b) Odisha
3. c) West Bengal
4. d) Bihar
5. e) Uttar Pradesh

Q.11) Which of the following country has becomes first nation to accept Bitcoin in Exchange for citizenship?

1. a) Monaco
2. b) Andorra
3. c) Angola
4. d) Vanuatu
5. e) Armenia

Q.12) Which of the following country along with Iran have agreed not to let their territories be used for terrorism against each other as the two neighbouring countries signed an MoU to improve border security management?

1. a) Pakistan
2. b) Afghanistan
3. c) Iraq
4. d) Israel
5. e) Palestine

Q.13) Which of the following state government gave his nod to rename Amin village to Abhimanyupur after Mahabharta warrior Arjuna’s son Abhimanyu?

1. a) Jharkhand
2. b) Odisha
3. c) Haryana
4. d) Bihar
5. e) Uttar Pradesh

Q.14) Who will inaugurate the first All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), set up along the lines of AIIMS, on Ayurveda Day?

1. a) Rajnath Singh
2. b) Arun Jaitley
3. c) Smriti Irani
4. d) Narendra Modi
5. e) Nirmala Sitharaman

Q.15) Who will commission an indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kiltan into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam?

1. a) Rajnath Singh
2. b) Arun Jaitley
3. c) Smriti Irani
4. d) Narendra Modi
5. e) Nirmala Sitharaman

Click here for previous current affairs quiz