Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 03 October 2018
1. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded to who among the following for the discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation?
1) Tasuku Honjo
2) James P Allison
3) Michael Rosbash
4) All the above (jointly)
5) Only 1) and 2) (jointly)
2. The International Day of Older Persons is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Oct
2) 02 Oct
3) 11 Oct
4) 21 Oct
5) 31 Oct
3. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained at _____ in Sep 2018.
1) 51.7
2) 51.9
3) 52.2
4) 52.8
5) 53.2
4. The Petroleum Ministry launched SATAT initiative to promote Compressed Bio-Gas as an alternative, green transport fuel recently. Letter ‘S’ in the term SATAT means
1) Suitable
2) Sustainable
3) Solar
4) Subsidized
5) Sophisticated
5. India and Uzbekistan inked 17 agreements recently. The currency of Uzbekistan is
1) Rand
2) Baht
3) Manat
4) Soʻm
5) Tenge
6. What is India’s ranking in terms of the largest pictorial warning on cigarette packs as per the Cigarette Package Health Warnings: International Status Report 2018?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth
7. India’s infrastructure sector growth remained at what per cent in Aug 2018?
1) 3.9 per cent
2) 4.2 per cent
3) 4.5 per cent
4) 4.7 per cent
5) 5.1 per cent
8. Who among the following has been appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? He/she would be the economic counsellor and director of the IMF’s research Department.
1) Sendhil Mullainathan
2) Emmanuel Saez
3) Raj Chetty
4) Gita Gopinath
5) Thomas Piketty
9. The govt has formed a Competition Law Review Committee to ensure that the legislation is in tune with the changing business environment. The nine-member committee will be haired by Corporate Affairs Secretary
1) Sudhir Mittal
2) MS Sahoo
3) Injeti Srinivas
4) LC Goyal
5) Rajiv Mehrishi
10. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will establish India’s first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy in
1) Jaipur
2) Bhopal
3) Ahmedabad
4) Shimla
5) Pune
Answers:
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