DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –17,18 OCTOBER
1. Recently, around 25
people were killed and various were injured in a stampede near Rajghat bridge
during a religious procession. The bridge is located in which city?
a) Faizabad
b) Varanasi
c) Lucknow
d) Gorakhpu
ANS B
2. Russia's Rosneft Oil
Company and its partners in October 2016 acquired which Indian company?
a) GE Oil & Gas
Limited
b) Hindustan Oil
Exploration Company Ltd
c) Essar Oil Limited
d) Petronet Limited
ANS C
3. Who was appointed as
Brand Ambassador of Valvoline Cummins India recently?
a) Virat Kohli
b) PV Sindu
c) MS Dhoni
d) Sachin Tendulkar
ANS A
4. What was the theme of
the 2016 World Standards Day?
a) Climate Change and
Healthcare
b) International
Standards Represent the Consensus View
c) Standards Build Trust
d) Industry Sectors
Ranging from Energy
ANS C
5. Who was selected for
the Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2016?
a) M Mukundan
b) M P Veerendra
Kumar
c) P V Chandran
d) C Radhakrishnan
ANS D
6. Who won the men's
singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open badminton?
a) Daren Liew
b) Sourabh Verma
c) Hsu Jen-hao
d) Parupalli Kashyap
AMS B
7. What was the theme
for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that was observed on 17
October 2016?
a) Moving from
humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms
b) We Can End Poverty
c) Ending the violence
of Extreme Poverty: Promoting empowerment and building peace
d) Leave no one behind:
think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
ANS A
8. What was the theme
for 2016 BRICS Summit?
a) Inclusive Growth:
Sustainable Solutions
b) Building Responsive,
Inclusive and Collective Solutions
c) BRICS: Partnership
for Development, Integration and Industrialisation
d) BRICS Partnership – a
Powerful Factor of Global Development
ANS B
9. Who headed the expert
committee that in its report suggested that the Saraswati River was not
mythical and it existed?
a) KS Valdiya
b) Madhav Chitale
c) AK Singh
d) Shashi Shekhar
ANS A
10. With which country
India signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of water resources,
including innovations in irrigation technology.
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) South Africa
d) Hungary
ANS D
