8 July Gk Quiz

1. Who among the following has won the prestigious Caine Prize for his short story, Memories We Lost?
1) Bongani Kona (Zimbabwe)
2) Tope Folarin (Nigeria)
3) Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria)
4) Abdul Adan (Somalia/Kenya)
5) Lidudumalingani (South Africa)

5) Lidudumalingani (South Africa)

2. Which of the following countries has topped the global list of countries in terms of their readiness for transition to a digitised economy and society?
1) Brazil
2) Sweden
3) China
4) Russia
5) Singapore

5) Singapore

3. Which of the following countries recently inducted its largest indigenously-built transport aircraft Y-20?
1) China
2) South Africa
3) Brazil
4) Japan
5) Russia

1) China

4. The Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film Festival was held recently in
1) Chandigarh
2) Shimla
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad

2) Shimla

5. The govt has constituted a Committee to examine the desirability and feasibility of having a ‘new financial year’ headed by
1) Rajiv Kumar
2) PV Rajaraman
3) KM Chandrasekhar
4) Shankar Acharya
5) Rajiv Takru

4) Shankar Acharya

6. India has slipped two places to what position on the global list of countries in terms of their readiness for transition to a digitised economy and society?
1) 41st
2) 59th
3) 91st
4) 101st
5) 114th

3) 91st

7. Who among the following is the new Union Law & Justice as well as Electronics & Information Technology Minister?
1) M Venkaiah Naidu
2) DV Sadananda Gowda
3) Ananthkumar
4) Ravi Shankar Prasad
5) Smriti Zubin Irani

4) Ravi Shankar Prasad

8. PM Narendra Modi reached Maputo as a part of his four nation tour of the African continent recently. Maputo is the capital city of
1) Kenya
2) Tanzania
3) South Africa
4) Mozambique
5) Nigeria

4) Mozambique

9. The Union Cabinet has approved setting up a Major port at Enayam near Colachel in the state of
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Gujarat

3) Tamil Nadu

10. The nation paid tribute to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his death anniversary on 6 Jul. Which of the following is correct about him? He was
1) the former Deputy PM
2) a Dalit leader
3) the defence minister of India during the India-Pakistan war of 1971
4) All the above
5) None of these

4) All the above