Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct 8, 2015

Dear Aspirant ,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct.8, 2015 for you!

1. Name the first indigenously-designed and built torpedo launch and recovery vessel commissioned on 6^th October, 2015 by Indian Navy.

• INS Vikrant
• INS Virat
• INS Kalvari
• INS Astradharini

Answer: 4

2. The Sagarmala Project, aimed at the development of…

• Ports*
• Railways
• Airways
• Roadways

Answer: 1

3. With which of the following countries Government of India has recently Signed Loan Agreements Worth Euro 125 Millions for financing two projects under the Green Energy Projects (GEC) programme- Himachal Pradesh (Euro 57 million) and Andhra Pradesh (Euro 68 million).

• UK
• US
• Germany*
• Russia

Answer:3

4. ISIS militants have recently destroyed the iconic Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, Name the country where the Palmyra is situated in.

• Iraq
• Iran
• Libya
• Syria

Answer: 4

5. As per the report of IMF in October, 2015, India will grow at 7.5% in FY17, faster than one of the following countries. Identify the countries from the given options.

• US
• UK
• China
• Japan

Answer:3

6. Which among the following countries is the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases?

• China
• Russia
• India
• USA

Answer:3

7. Which of the following organizations has reported that for the first time less than 10% of the world’s population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015?
   • IMF
   • World Bank
   • WTO
   • UNO

Answer:2

8. Who among the following is the present chancellor of Germany?

• Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder
• Angela Dorothea Merkel
• Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
• Hillary Clinton

Answer:2

9. The Nobel Prize in physics (2015) for discovering the elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos weigh something more than nothing has/have been awarded to…

• Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntge
• Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano
• Peter Ware Higgs

Answer:1

10. Name the youngest ever chess player who won the World Cup Chess Championship on 06 October 2015.

• Manuel Aaron
• Tatev Abrahamyan
• Magnus Carlsen
• GM Sergey Karjakin

Answer:4

Happy Reading!!

TEAM CL