DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –29,30 OCTOBER
1. Who won the 2016 Man Booker Prize?
a) Madeleine Thien (Canada)
b) Deborah Levy (UK)
c) Paul Beatty (US)
d) Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK)
ANS C
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 October
2016 inaugurated 2016 National Tribal Carnival in which city?
a) Cuttack
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) Ranchi
ANS C
3. Which country topped the list of global
country rankings of business efficiency in World Bank's Doing Business 2017:
Equal Opportunity for All?
a) New Zealand
b) Denmark
c) Hong Kong
d) Singapore
ANS A
4. Which rank was secured by India in the
World Bank's Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All report?
a) 152nd
b) 67th
c) 130th
d) 107th
ANS C
5. The fourth edition of Joint Military
Exercise Mitra Shakti 2016 began was conducted recently between India and which
country?
a) Qatar
b) Japan
c) Indonesia
d) Sri Lanka
ANS D
6. Which of the following companies recently
agreed to acquire Time Warner Inc.?
a) AT&T
b) ITV
c) Comcast Corporation
d) Gannett
ANS A
7. Who was recently appointed as the Chief
Executive Officer of International Hockey Federation?
a) Paul McCracken
b) Paul Leautey
c) Kelly Fairweather
d) Jason McCracken
ANS D
8. Which city hosted India's first Astrobiology
Conference - Life in Space?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Bengaluru
d) New Delhi
ANS A
9. What was the theme of the 2016 World Day
for Audiovisual Heritage that was observed on 27 October 2016?
a) Saving Our Heritage for the Next Generation
b) Archives at Risk: Much more to do
c) It's Your Story - Don't Lose It
d) None of the above
ANS C
10. Name the country that agreed to expand its
cooperation in regional forums, including the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN
Defence Ministers Meeting Plus and others with India.
a) New Zealand
b) Japan
c) Britain
d) Russia
ANS A
