DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23,24 AUGUST
1. Which of the following cities will host the
2016 Kabaddi World Cup?
a) Ahmedabad
b) Pune
c) Mumbai
d) Sri Muktsar Sahib
ANS
A
2. Name the journalist, considered the ‘dean
of black press columnists’, who passed away recently.
a) William Raspberry
b) John H. Johnson
c) Robert C. Maynard
d) George E. Curry
ANS
D
3. Who was recently sworn in as the Governor
of Assam?
a) Banwarilal Purohit
b) V P Singh Badnore
c) Kaptan Singh Solanki
d) Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
ANS
A
4. Who was recently sworn in as the Governor
of Punjab?
a) Banwarilal Purohit
b) V P Singh Badnore
c) Kaptan Singh Solanki
d) Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
ANS
B
5. Who was sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor
of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016?
a) Girish Chandra Gupta
b) Banwarilal Purohit
c) V P Singh Badnore
d) Jagdish Mukhi
ANS
D
6. Who of the following was not selected for
2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
a) PV Sindhu
b) Dipa Karmakar
c) Jitu Rai
d) Shiva Thapa
ANS
D
7. Who of the following was adjudged as the
man of the series of four-match Test Series between India and West Indies?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Ravichandran Ashwin
c) Roston Chase
d) Shikhar Dhawan
ANS
B
8. Who authored the book Life In Diplomacy?
a) Natwar Singh
b) M K Rasgotra
c) Shashi Tharoor
d) Karan Singh
ANS
B
9. Which country accounted for the highest
share of tourist arrivals in India?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Bangladesh
ANS
D
10. Name the author who was awarded with the
prestigious Vyas Samman 2015?
a) K N Tripathi
b) Sunita Jain
c) Vishwanath Tiwari
d) Mrinal Pande
ANS
B
11. Who of the following was appointed as the
24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
a) Arvind Subramanian
b) Arvind Panagariya
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
d) Urjit R Patel
ANS
D
12. The 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Which country topped the medal table?
a) China
b) Canada
c) The United States
d) Great Britain
ANS
C
13. Which Indian actor is chosen for the
prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the National
Order Arts and Letters)?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Rajinikanth
c) Ranveer Singh
d) Kamal Haasan
ANS
D
14. The President of Indian Olympic Association
was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the
Olympic movement. What is his name?
a)
N. Ramachandran
b) Vijay Kumar Malhotra
c) Abhay Singh Chautala
d) None of the above
ANS
A
15. India has signed
the agreement with which of the following country for the exchange of terrorist
screening information recently?
(a) Canada
(b) Germany
(c) USA
(d) France
(e) UAE
ANSWER
1.A, 2.D, 3.A, 4.B, 5.D, 6.D, 7.B, 8.B, 9.D, 10.B, 11.D,
12.C, 13.D, 14.A, 15.C,
