Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 13 December 2018
1. Frances Arnold and Gregory Winter have said that excessive concerns about genetically modified foods and other substances can inhibit mankind from benefiting from developments in the field. They won 2018 Nobel Prize in
1) Chemistry
2) Physics
3) Physiology or Medicine
4) Economics
5) Literature
2. Zoramthanga was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states after the recent assembly elections?
1) Manipur
2) Tripura
3) Nagaland
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Mizoram
3. PM Narendra Modi handed over the tricolour flag to Arunima Sinha, marking the beginning of her expedition to Mount Vinson, which is situated in
1) Australia
2) US
3) Antarctica
4) Russia
5) Japan
4. The retail inflation eased to a 17-month low in Nov 2018 at
1) 1.92 per cent
2) 2.02 per cent
3) 2.25 per cent
4) 2.33 per cent
5) 2.41 per cent
5. Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Telangana?
1) T Harish Rao
2) K Chandrasekhar Rao
3) YS Jaganmohan Reddy
4) KT Rama Rao
5) N Chandrababu Naidu
6. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in Oct 2018 remained at
1) 6.1 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 8.1 per cent
4) 8.4 per cent
5) 8.9 per cent
7. Which of the following spacecraft of NASA discovered evidence of water on asteroid Bennu recently?
1) OSIRIS-REx
2) InSight
3) Discovery
4) Colombia
5) Parker
8. India’s first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence established by the EU was inaugurated at the Department of European Studies (DES) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Mumbai
5) New Delhi
9. As many as 13 WHO participants, including India, plan to amend norms for dispute resolution. The WHO has its headquarters located in
1) Bern
2) Lyon
3) London
4) Geneva
5) New York
10. Surjit Bhalla resigned from PM Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) recently. The EAC is headed by
1) VK Saraswat
2) Bibek Debroy
3) Devdutt Pattanaik
4) Rajiv Kumar
5) Arvind Panagariya
Answers:
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 2
