Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 09 October 2018

1. Alphonso mango from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts of which of the following states has got Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

1) Maharashtra

2) Gujarat

3) Karnataka

4) Bihar

5) Uttar Pradesh

2. Which of the following has become partner state at Goa International Film Festival this year?

1) Assam

2) Tripura

3) Mizoram

4) Rajasthan

5) Jharkhand

3. Tushar Mane bagged the first medal for India at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires recently. He bagged a silver medal in

1) squash

2) javelin throw

3) shooting

4) badminton

5) archery

4. Sandeep Chaudhary won India’s first gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta recently in which game?

1) Archery

2) Pole vault

3) Discuss throw

4) Javelin throw

5) Shot put

5. 2018 Nobel Prize for economics has been awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer for their work on sustainable growth. Both of them hail from

1) UK

2) US

3) Switzerland

4) Singapore

5) Sweden

6. The Centre has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds 2018-19. The SGB scheme was first launched in Nov

1) 2011

2) 2012

3) 2013

4) 2014

5) 2015

7. India and Tajikistan signed several MoUs in fields of agriculture, space technology and disaster management recently. The currency of Tajikistan is

1) Somoni

2) Manat

3) Tenge

4) Som

5) Lev

8. P-notes are issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas players who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly. Letter ‘P’ in the term P-note stands for

1) Proprietary

2) Participatory

3) Promissory

4) Preferential

5) Personal

9. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) retained economic growth projection for India at what per cent for 2018-19 recently?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.2 per cent

3) 7.3 per cent

4) 7.4 per cent

5) 7.5 per cent

10. Who is the present Managing Director and CEO of Punjab National Bank? The bank is trying to bounce back after being hit by the Rs 14,000-cr Nirav Modi scam.

1) J Packirisamy

2) Pallav Mohapatra

3) Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

4) Sunil Mehta

5) Padmaja Chundru

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 09 October 2018