JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January10, 2016

Dear Aspirants ,

Here is the  JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January10, 2016 for you!!

1. In which of the following states Governor’s rule has been imposed in January, 2016?

• Punjab
• Jharkhand
• West Bengal
• Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: 4

2. According to Laxman Singh Rathore, Director General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), November and December were the warmest in terms of temperature usually recorded during winter and the spell is expected to continue in the month of January, 2016. It is effect of…

• La Nina
• El Nino
• Global Warming
• None of the above

Answer: 2

3. Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative, four techies from Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district have turned three remote villages into first free Wi-Fi hamlets in the country without government funding inaugurated in January, 2016. Which of the following villages is not one among them?

• Devria
• Neemuch
• Shivnathpura village
• Bawadikheda Jagir

Answer: 2

4. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) stated in January, 2016 that it will soon launch an initiative under which the beggars and ragpickers will soon manage toilet complexes in the national capital . It is called….

• Aatm Nirbhar
• Aatm Nirbharta
• Aatm Sanrakshan
• Nirbharta Mission

Answer: 1

5. Name the Indian-American professor who has discovered a new method that may help in detecting dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter and explain ripples in the outer disk of the galaxy in January, 2016.

• Sarita Chakrabarti
• Sabnam Chakrabarti
• Sandhya Chakrabarti
• Sukanya Chakrabarti

Answer: 4

6. Which of the following pairs has won the WTA Brisbane Tennis trophy, Women’s double in Brisbane on 9^th January, 2016.

• Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
• Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
• Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Czech Republic Lucie Å afářová

Answer: 2

7. Who among the following has won the Brisbane International Tennis Trophy on 10^th Janury, 2016?

• Andy Murray
• Milos Raonic
• Roger Federer
• Novak Djokovic

Answer:2

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10^th January, 2016 released a book titled “Maru Bharat Saru Bharat” (My India Noble India). Who is the author of the book?

• Vidhya Sagarji
• Pushpdant Sagarji
• Shantisagar Maharaj
• Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj

Answer: 4

9. Name the first woman ambassador of Iran who has been appointed as the head of its embassy in Malaysia in November, 2015.

• Azar Majedi
• Marzieh Af-kham
• Masoumeh Abad
• Mahnaz Afkhami

Answer: 2

10. Who among the following has been elected as the General President of the 105th Indian Science Congress scheduled to be held in 2017-18?

• Geetha Bali
• A. K. Saxena
• Dr Achyuta Samanta
• Ashok Kumar Saxena

Answer: 3

Happy learning !

TEAM CL