GK & Current Affairs Quiz: July 8-9, 2017

1. Which Indian city has been declared as a World Heritage City (WHC) by UNESCO?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Ahmedabad
[C] New Delhi
[D] Kolkata

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2. Which Indian music composer has been shortlisted for the 2017 World Soundtrack Awards – a public choice award?
[A] Ismail Darbar
[B] Hridaynath Mangeshkar
[C] Ilaiyaraaja
[D] A R Rahman

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3. Which Indian-origin personality has been honoured with the highest civilian award “Order of Australia” in Australia for community work?
[A] Gurinder Chadha
[B] Uttam Singh
[C] Guruswamy Jayraman
[D] Tej K Bhatia

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4. Which city hosted the first edition of WINGS 2017 – “Sab Uden, Sab Juden” to expand regional connectivity?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Kanpur
[C] Indore
[D] Agartala

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5. Which city to host the 2017 World Food India (WFI)?
[A] Kochi
[B] New Delhi
[C] Chandigarh
[D] Surat

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6. Saima Wazed Hossain has been appointed as WHO goodwill ambassador for Autism in South-East Asia Region. She hails from which country?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Israel
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Iran

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7. Which country to host 2017 World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Brazil
[D] Turkey

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8. Who has clinched the 2017 South Australian Open Squash tournament?
[A] Saurav Ghosal
[B] Piedro Schweertman
[C] Rhys Dowling
[D] Harinder Pal Sandhu

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9. Mohammad Anas, who has won gold at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (AAC), is associated with which sports?
[A] Sprint
[B] Shotput
[C] Discuss throw
[D] Javelin throw

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10. Which union minister has launched GST Rates Finder app to verify accurate tax rate under GST regime?
[A] Ravi Shankar Prasad
[B] Narendra Modi
[C] Arun Jaitley
[D] M Venkaiah Naidu

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