DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13,14 AUGUST
1. Which state became the first to ratify The
Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014?
a) Karnataka
b) Assam
c) Maharashtra
d) Nagaland
ANS B
2. Which Indian music composer will honour legendary
carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi at the United
Nations on 15 August 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly?
a) Amit Trivedi
b) A.R. Rahman
c) Shankar Mahadevan
d) Lucky Ali
ANS B
3. Anti-monopoly watchdog of which country ruled that
Google would have to pay a 6.8 million dollar fine,
for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating
system?
a) Russia
b) China
c) Israel
d) India
ANS A
4. What was the theme of the International Meeting on
Counter Terrorism that was held in Bali, Indonesia?
a) Countering Cross Border Movement of
Terrorism
b) Terrorism and the World
c) Countering Terrorism
d) Movement against Terrorism
ANS A
5. The 2016 International Youth Day was
celebrated on
a) 11 August
b) 12 August
c) 13 August
d) 14 August
ANS B
6. Which State Government approved 33 percent
reservation to women in urban local bodies?
a) Assam
b) Tripura
c) Nagaland
d) Manipur
ANS C
7. This State Government decided to make
Aadhar Card mandatory for procurement of paddy from farmers?
a) Odisha
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Rajasthan
ANS A
8. The 2016 World Bio-Fuel Day was celebrated
on
a) 10 August
b) 11 August
c) 12 August
d) 13 August
ANS A
9. To which country Russia delivered S-400
Triumph missile systems?
a) Azerbaijan
b) Crimea
c) Armenia
d) Latvia
ANS B
10. As per the CSO data, the Consumer Price
Inflation for July 2016 rose to
a) 4.07%
b) 5.07%
c) 6.07%
d) 7.07%
ANS C
11. Antrix Corporation Limited that was in
news is related to which of the following organsiations?
a) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
b) Indian Space Research Organisation
c) Medical Council of India
d) Defence Research Development Organisation
ANS B
12. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
inaugurated a data bank portal for which of the following enterprises?
a) Micro enterprises
b) Small enterprises
c) Medium enterprises
d) All of the above
ANS D
13. Who was appointed as the head of
committee on FDI norms pertaining to e-commerce industry?
a) Madhav Chitale
b) Ananad Desai
c) Amitabh Kant
d) N K Singh
ANS C
14. Who topped the 100 Richest Tech
Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) Bill
Gates
c) Azim Premji
d) Shiv Nadar
ANS B
15. Identify India’s top squash player who
won the PSA Australian Open in Melbourne.
a) Dipika Pallikal
b) Joshna Chinappa
c) L S Settipalli
d) None of them
ANS A
