Incredible India - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Incredible India campaign has attracted how many lakh tourists this October as against 6.68 lakh in October 2014, according to Tourism Ministry data?

a. 6.80 lakh
b. 6.90 lakh
c. 6.70 lakh
d. 6.60 lakh
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.80 lakh

Explanation:
Incredible India campaign has attracted 6.80 lakh foreign tourists in October this year as against 6.68 lakh within the same month in 2014, according to Tourism Ministry data.There was a decline in foreign exchange earnings in October, as per the Tourism Ministry data. Forex earnings in October from tourism were INR 9611 crore as against INR 10,041 crore in October 2014. This marks a fall of 4.3%. Maximum number of tourists in India came from Bangladesh (15.22%) followed by the US, the UK and Sri Lanka.