October 03 - Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "October 03". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out.

1) In which place, National Cross Country Championship will be hosted?

A) Mumbai, Maharashtra

B) Ahmadabad, Gujarat

C) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

D) New Delhi, Delhi

E) Kohima, Nagaland

2) A variety of rice widely grown in which place of Maharashtra has been given a ‘Geographical Indication’ tag?

A) Nagpur, Palghar district

B) Nashik, Palghar district

C) Wada, Palghar district

D) Amravati, Palghar district

E) Thane, Palghar district

3) Which organisation has collaborated with Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO) to provide access to fertilisers and agricultural inputs to farmers?

A) IOCL

B) CII

C) BEML

D) CSC

E) BEL

4) IREDA inked an MoU with Whom to assist in developing renewable projects and raising funds?

A) SAI

B) SEIL

C) GAIL

D) NEEPCO

E) PGCI

5) Where is the HQ of Badminton World Federation (BWF) is located?

A) Zurich, Switzerland

B) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

C) London, UK

D) Brussels, Belgium

E) New York, USA

6) Who has been given additional charge as the new Nagaland Governor?

A) B D Mishra

B) Phagu Chauhan

C) Jagdish Mukhi

D) J.B.Patnaik

E) E.S.L.Narasimhan

7) Maharashtra Statehood day is celebrated on Which Date?

A) March 1

B) April 1

C) May 1

D) June 1

E) July 1

8) CSC set up an agri services platform to facilitate agri inputs through its _________.

A) Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)

B) Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs)

C) Block Level Mandis (BLMs)

D) A & B

E) A & C

9) NEEPCO Comes Under Which Ministry?

A) Ministry of Finance

B) Ministry of Steel

C) Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

D) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

E) Ministry of Power

10) What is the Constituency of Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh?

A) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

B) Gandhi nagar, Gujarat

C) Arrah, Bihar

D) Nagpur, Maharashtra

E) Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh

11) Nagaland Statehood day is observed to commemorate the formation of Nagaland in _______.

A) October 1, 1963

B) November 1, 1963

C) December 1, 1963

D) January1, 1963

E) February 1, 1963

12) Nagaland Athletics Association will host the ____th National Cross Country Championship under the sponsorship of the Athletics Federation of India.

A) 23rd

B) 56th

C) 45th

D) 87th

E) 98th

13) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a ____________, Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)?

A) Mini Ratna (Category – I)

B) Maha Ratna (Category – I)

C) Nava Ratna (Category – I)

D) Mini Ratna (Category – II)

E) Maha Ratna (Category –II)

14) Who is the Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)?

A) RKS Bhadauria

B) D Raj Kumar

C) Vinod Kumar Singh

D) Pradip Kumar Das

E) C K Ranganathan

15) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has already signed MoU with TANGEDCO, to achieve TANGEDCO’s Renewable Energy Target of _______ MW

A) 10,000 MW

B) 15,000 MW

C) 20,000 MW

D) 25,000 MW

E) 30,000 MW

16) Who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy?

A) Devusinh Chauhan

B) Ajay Kumar

C) B. L. Verma

D) Bhagwanth Khuba

E) A. Narayanaswamy

17) The Indian government set a target of ______ GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

A) 450 Gigawatts

B) 300 Gigawatts

C) 250 Gigawatts

D) 100 Gigawatts

E) 600 Gigawatts

18) FSSAI signed a MoU with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to support __________ , to improve the standard of food businesses?

A) Micro Food Entrepreneurs

B) Farmer Producer Organisations

C) Self Help Groups (SHGs)

D) A & B

E) A & B & C

19) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) was founded in which Year?

A) 11 March 1987

B) 11 March 1990

C) 11 March 1993

D) 11 March 1998

E) 11 March 2001

20) Which Ministry is the Administrative Ministry for the implementation of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI)?

A) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

B) Ministry of Women & Child Development

C) Ministry of Food & Public Distribution

D) Ministry of Food Processing Industries

E) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare