DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ - 10 AUGUST
1. Name the
former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was found dead at the Chief
Minister’s official residence.
a) Kalikho Pul
b) Tomo Riba
c) Mukut Mithi
d) Dorjee Khandu
ANS A
2. Name the
American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400
metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics.
a) Jazmin Carlin
b) Leah Smith
c) Katie Ledecky
d) None of the above
ANS C
3. The Wildlife
Institute of India announced that it will house India’s first repository on
tigers under its new Tiger Cell. Who is funding the Tiger
Cell?
a) National Institute of Animal Welfare
b) National Board for Wildlife
c) National Institute of Feline Welfare
d) National Tiger Conservation Authority
ANS D
4 Name the bank
that appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Anand Sinha
to its board.
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) IDFC Bank
d) IDBI Bank
ANS C
5. The Lok Sabha
in August 2016 passed The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014. The Bill
exempts which of the following Goods and Services from its purview?
a) Tobacco Products
b) Alcohol
c) Steel
d) Furniture
ANS B
6. The
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed on 9 August
2016 with the theme
a) Indigenous Peoples' and Life
b) Indigenous Peoples' Right to Education
c) Ensuring indigenous peoples' health and
well-being
d) Indigenous peoples building alliances:
Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.
ANS B
7. Name the
state that has accorded in-principle approval to implementation of Kalinga
Siksha Sathi Yojna.
a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Kerala
d) Jharkhand
ANS A
8. The International
Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed on 9 August 2016 was adopted
via a resolution by UN General Assembly in the year?
a) 1981
b) 1994
c) 1999
d) 2003
ANS B
9. Which of the
following institution is responsible for enforcing ban on Ponzi Scheme which
were in news recently?
a) State Government
b) Union Government
c) SEBI
d) RBI
ANS A
10. Which of the
following statements in regard to Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 that was passed
by Rajya Sabha is false?
a) It is based on UN Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities ratified in 2002
b) It calls for setting up Central and State
Mental Health Authority
c) It talks about the rights of persons with
mental illness
d) It asks for constitution of Mental Health
Review Commission and Board
ANS A
