CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 118

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK  QUIZ - 118

1. Which among the following amendments of the constitution of India deals with strengthening the urban local bodies?

[A]73^rd Amendment                

[B]74^th  Amendment

[C]75^th  Amendment               

[D]76^th  Amendment

2. Who among the following has become the first Indian Pistol shooter to win gold at the ISSF World Cup?

[A]Heena Sidhu                      

[B]Anjali Bhagwat

[C]Gagan Narang                    

[D]Anjali Sidhu

3. Who among the following has been appointed as first Chairman and Managing Director of Bharatiya

Mahila Bank?

[A]Arundhati Bhattacharya

[B]Usha Ananthasubramanian

[C]Geetha Kumari

[D]Chandrakala Subramanian

4. Tarla Dalal, who recently passed away, was a celebrity___:

[A]Journalist                           

[B]Author

[C]Poet                                    

[D]Chef

5. The “Ragi (Finger Millet)” is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in Karnataka and some other Southern States of India. Ragi is rich source of__? 

[A]Magnesium                  

[B]Calcium

[C]Sodium                              

[D]Potassium

6. National Education Day is observed on November 11 every year. Who among the following leaders is remembered on this occasion?

[A]Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

[B]Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

[C]Swami Vivekanand

[D]Dr. Rajendra Prasad

7. As per the latest Financial Secrecy Index, which of the following countries emerged as world’s most secretive place on financial matters?

[A]Switzerland                       

[B]Hong Kong

[C]Singapore                          

[D]Germany

8. The ancient Hindu temple “Preah Vihear” is a source of dispute between which two countries?

[A]Cambodia and Thailand  

[B]Thailand and Singapore

[C]Nepal and Bhutan

[D]Bhutan and Bangladesh

9. The Great Himalayan National Park is one of the only two national parks in the world which are home

to_?

[A]Snow Leopard                

[B]Himalayan Brown Bear

[C]Western Tragopan              

[D]Eurasian Woodcock

10. The “Sevai Attam”, “Oyilattam” and “Karagattam” are the traditional folk dances performed in which of the following states?

[A]Kerala                                

[B]Andhra Pradesh

[C]Tamil Nadu                        

[D]Karnataka

            ANSWER

1	B	6	B
2	A	7	A
3	B	8	A
4	D	9	C
5	B	10	C