Current Affairs Quiz 1

General Knowledge Quiz - Current Affairs Quiz 1
The first set of questions on Current Affairs

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1.With which country did India start a joint military exercise called "Mithra Sakthi" in October 2016.

Myanmar
Bangladesh
China
Sri Lanka

2.Prime Minister Naredra Modi has recently announced the launch of a gas pipe line project "Urja Ganga". In which city of India the project will be launched?

Mumbai
Varanasi
Patna
Delhi

3.Who won the Man Booker Prize 2016?

Deborah Levy
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Paul Beatty
Madeleine Thien

4.Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Nobel Prize for Physics in 2016?

David J. Thouless
F. Duncan M. Haldane
J. Michael Kosterlitz
Takaaki Kajita

5.BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies. Which one is NOT a member of BRICS?

India
Singapore
Russia
China

6.Which country hosted the 2016 BRICS summit?

Russia
China
India
South Africa

7.World Economic Forum s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016 was published recently. What is India's position in the list out of 144 countries?

91
123
55
87

8.India won the Kabbadi World Cup 2016. Which country did India defeat in the finals?

South Korea
Thailand
Iran
Bengladesh

9.Name the Indian who won the Raman Magasasay Award 2016 for "Emergent Leadership" for bringing social inclusiveness in culture.

T.M. Krishna
Bezwada Wilson
Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Arvind Kejriwal

10.Who is the author of the recently released book 'Andhere Se Ujale Ki Aur'?

Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Jaishankar Prasad
Arun Jaitley
Sushma Swaraj

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