Daily Current Affairs Quiz

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 22nd May 2016, Current affairs and GK questions on National and International are listed in the Quiz. Candidates those who are preparing for Government Jobs and IBPS/SBI/RRB exams and all other exams can use these questions.

1. May 22nd of every year since 2001 is celebrated as the International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme for the year 2016 is

[a] Biodiversity for sustainable development
[b] Island Bio diversity
[c] Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods
[d] Biodiversity and poverty alleviation - challenges for sustainable development
[e] None of the above

2. In which state does the e-Municipality building to come up within the next 6-8 months. The building will provide digital mapping of the demographical and geographical information of the city.

[a] Rajasthan
[b] Bihar
[c] Haryana
[d] Madhya Pradesh
[e] Gujarat

3. Name the mountain where the volcano erupts in western Indonesia?

[a] Mount Bromo
[b] Mount Sinabung
[c] Mount Merapi
[d] Krakatoa
[e] Mount Tambora

4. GMR Group is in the process of setting up an LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal at Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada sea port with an investment of _______ crore.

[a] Rs.482
[b] Rs.496
[c] Rs.471
[d] Rs.458
[e] Rs.485

5. Which city in India has emerged as the best five-star hotels destination where Indian travellers paid the least in 2015, with an average price of Rs 7,602 a night, according to a survey?

[a] Mumbai
[b] Pune
[c] New Delhi
[d] Hyderabad
[e] Coimbatore

6. In which among the following cities does Apple is going to open a development office which will focus on development of Maps for Apple products like iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

[a] Bangalore
[b] Mumbai
[c] Chennai
[d] Pune
[e] None of the above

7. Who has been appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCM[B] by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?

[a] Rakesh Kumar Mishra
[b] Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
[c] U K Sinha
[d] J Hari Narayan
[e] Sandeep Mathur

8. President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday appointed former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi as the Lieutenant Governor of

[a] Chandigarh
[b] Damman and Diu
[c] Puducherry
[d] Goa
[e] None of the above

9. Name the Brazilian startup that has developed 'Wheelie', prototype of a face-controlled wheelchair which operates through facial, head, or iris movements.

[a] Kanui
[b] Strider
[c] Sensor box
[d] Hoo box
[e] None of the above

10. Who among the following has been elected as the new President to the Board of Control for Cricket in India

[a] Shashank Manohar
[b] Anurag Thakur
[c] Amitabh Choudhary
[d] Anirudh Choudary
[e] Gautam Roy