Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who became the first American writer to win the Man Booker Prize?
a) Colson Whitehead
b) Deborah Levy
c) Graeme Macrae Burnet
d) Paul Beatty
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Answer d) Paul Beatty. Paul Beatty has become the first American writer to win the Man Booker prize, for a caustic satire on US racial politics that judges said put him up there with Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift. The 54-year-old Los Angeles-born writer won for The Sellout, a laugh-out-loud novel whose main character wants to assert his African American identity by, outrageously and transgressively, bringing back slavery and segregation.
2. Which state government has decided to observe 2017 as the “Garib Kalyan Varsh“, with a host of schemes to be rolled out next year for the poor?
a) Odisha
b) Punjab
c) Haryana
d) Himachal Pradesh
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Answer c) Haryana . Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the state government has decided to observe 2017 as the “Garib Kalyan Varsh“, with a host of schemes to be rolled out next year for the poor. The state government would come out with a number of schemes for the welfare of the poor sections of the society. He said emphasis would also be laid on generating maximum employment opportunities for the youth.
3. The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has launched two new schemes Biotech-KISAN and Cattle Genomics in order to apply science to _________________
a) Boost rural economy
b) Boost rural education
c) Boost rural employment
d) Boost rural entrepreneurs
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Answer a) Boost rural economy . The government announced the launch of two new programmes — Biotech-KISAN and Cattle Genomics. Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the intent of the programmes is to form a network to farmers directly with the scientists and experts. The Prime Minister has emphasised that it is important for scientists to work on the problems being faced by our farmers. Biotech-KISAN is a new programme that empowers farmers, especially women farmers.
4. India ranked ____ in World Bank’s ease of doing business Index
a) 85
b) 130
c) 156
d) 133
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Answer b) 130. World Bank’s ease of doing business index, India has managed to move up by only a single rank in the latest Doing Business Report 2017 by the bank. The country remains at the 130th position globally, it was revealed. This is the same as last year, but qualifies for a single upward movement in rank as India’s position in 2016 has been revised to 131 by the World Bank.
5. India ranked ____ in World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016
a) 56
b) 65
c) 79
d) 87
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Answer d) 87. World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016 reports that Pakistan ranks 143 out of 144 countries in the gender inequality index, standing way behind Bangladesh and India who rank 72nd and 87th respectively. For the second consecutive year, Pakistan has been ranked the second-worst country in the world for gender inequality.
6. Which High Court ordered state government to completely ban on the sale of whitener in the state?
a) Bihar
b) Uttarakhand
c) Rajasthan
d) Karnataka
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Answer b) Uttarakhand . The Uttarakhand High Court ordered state government to completely ban on the sale of whitener in the state following the death of a teenager from sniffing an excess of it. The High Court issued the order by taking suo motu cognisance of the death of the 14-year-old boy due to sniffing excess whitener for a kick. Besides, the high court also ordered that items such as Feviquick, Iodex should not be sold to children below 18 years of age in view of prevalent abuse of these among teenagers.
7. The fourth edition of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise ________________is being conducted in Sri Lanka
a) SHAKTHI 2016
b) SURYA KIRAN 2016
c) MITRA SHAKTI 2016
d) YUDDH ABHYAS 2016
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Answer c) MITRA SHAKTI 2016. The fourth edition of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise ‘MITRA SHAKTI 2016‘ is being conducted at Sinha Regimental Centre in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka from October 24 to November 6. The main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is to enhance inter-operability while carrying out Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) operations under the United Nations Mandate.
8. India and _______ agreed that aim to strike a deal early next year on the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Iran
c) Iraq
d) USA
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Answer b) Iran. India and Iran agreed that aim to strike a deal early next year on the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry announced. The Farzad-B natural gas field was discovered four years ago. It is estimated to hold 18.75 trillion cubic feet of gas, according to the latest estimates.
9. Russian base jumper _____________ has smashed his own world record by leaping from the side of the sixth tallest mountain in the world using a wing suit
a) Valery Rozov
b) Sebastian Muller
c) Jim Hickey
d) Dean Potter
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Answer a) Valery Rozov . Russian base jumper Valery Rozov has smashed his own world record by leaping from the side of the sixth tallest mountain in the world using a wing suit. The 51-year-old daredevil soared from a height of 7,700 meters (25,300ft) from Mount Cho Oyu, a towering peak of ice and snow which once forced Mount Everest conquerer Edmund Hillary to admit defeat in 1952.
10. Carlos Alberto who passed away recently was a/an
a) Politician
b) Sportsmen
c) Journalist
d) Actor
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Answer b) Sportsmen. Brazilian football great Carlos Alberto has died aged 72 following a heart attack. Alberto had scored one of the greatest goals in FIFA World Cup history while captaining Brazil to glory in the 1970 final against Italy in Mexico. He was a classydefender who played for Fluminense, Santos, Flamengo and the Cosmos and earned the nickname ‘The Captain‘ for his leadership qualities.
11. Raj Begum who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor
b) Author
c) Economist
d) Singer
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Answer d) Singer . Legendary Kashmiri singer and Padma Shri awardee Raj Begum died. She was 89. Raj Begum breathed her last at her daughter’s residence in Chanapora area of the city, Begum was born of Ghulam Rasool Sheikh of Magarmal Bagh in Srinagar on March 27, 1927.
