Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 03/10/2018

Q1. The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi-National Maritime Exercise between the Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies, is being held at ______.

1. South Africa
2. India
3. Brazil
4. Japan
5. None of the above option is true

Solution:

The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi-National Maritime Exercise between the Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies, is being held at Simons Town, South Africa.

Q2. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to Award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to 3 scientists for groundbreaking inventions in the field of_______.

1. Thermodynamics
2. Electromagnetics
3. Optics
4. Laser physics
5. Quantum physics

Solution:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to Award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics".

Q3. Uzbekistan's President ______ met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi and signed more than 17 MoUs.

1. Gérard Mourou
2. Sooronbay Jeenbekov
3. Shavkat Mirziyoyev
4. Bahram Salih
5. None of the above option is true

Solution:

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The two sides took stock of the bilateral relationship across several sectors during the delegation-level talks.

Q4. The Centre has appointed former IAS officer _______ as chairperson of the NFRA, an independent regulator for the auditing profession.

1. Ashok Khemka
2. Injeti srinivas
3. Sanjiv Chaturvedi
4. Gita Gopinath
5. Rangachari Sridharan

Solution:

The Centre has appointed former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan as chairperson of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), an entity which will function as an independent regulator for the auditing profession.

Q5. NFRA, an independent regulator for the auditing profession recently got its chairmen recently. What does F stands for in NFRA.

1. Funding
2. Firm
3. Fraud
4. Financial
5. Finance

Solution:

The Centre has appointed former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan as chairperson of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), an entity which will function as an independent regulator for the auditing profession.