CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1) Full Form of OROP.
a) one rank-only pension
b) one rank-one play
c) one rank-one pension
d) only rank-one pension
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Answer c) one rank-one pension
2) PM announces ___________crore rupee package for Jammu and Kashmir.
a) 60,000
b) 80,000
c) 12000
d) 25,000
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Answer b) 80,000. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a package of Rs. 80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir and said it should be used to transform the state, devastated by floods last year, into a modern, progressive and prosperous one. The several thousand people at the Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium, where he was making his address, broke into applause as PM Modi made his announcement.
3) Who is the new Chief Minister of Bihar?
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Amit Shah
c) Krishna Singh
d) Lalu Prasad
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Answer a) Nitish Kumar. The Grand Alliance secured a landslide victory to give Nitish Kumar a third term in power after decimating the BJP-led alliance in the high-stakes Assembly elections in Bihar. As the Grand Alliance surged ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had put up an aggressive campaign, addressing over 30 rallies, called up Mr. Kumar to congratulate him on the poll victory.
4) Name the woman who remains the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector, according to Fortune India.
a) Meena Ganesh
b) Shikha Sharma
c) Chanda Kochhar
d) Arundhati Bhattacharya,
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Answer d) Arundhati Bhattacharya. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of country’s largest bank SBI, remains the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector, according to Fortune India. ICICI Bank’s Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank follow Bhattacharya at the second and third place. Besides, HPCL Chairperson and Managing Director (MD) Nishi Vasudeva has bagged the fourth position, while AZB & Partners Co-Founder Zia Mody and Aruna Jayanthi Chief Executive of Capgemini India shared the fifth rank.
5) Titanic is getting its own ride in 2018 in an amusement park. Name the park.
a) Dubai Amusement Park, Dubai
b) Disney land, California
c) Central park, New York
d) Hyde Park, London
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Answer a) Dubai Amusement Park. Titanic is getting its own ride at a Dubai amusement park in 2018. Twentieth Century Fox is building the structure for a Dubai resort, and the studio is also developing attractions based on TV shows and films such as “Sons of Anarchy”, “Planet of the Apes” and “Aliens”.
6) Indian Army successfully test-fired _________ supersonic cruise missile in Rajasthan.
a) MOM
b) UCAV Variant
c) BrahMos
d) None
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Answer c) BrahMos. Indian Army on 7 November successfully test fired the nearly 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile in Pokhran. At 1000 hrs, the Indian Army fired Brahmos land-attack cruise missile successfully against a designated target at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, demonstrating the weapon’s supreme operational capability.
7) Who won gold in 13th Asian Shooting Championship?
a) Heena Sidhu
b) Gundegma Otreyad
c) Apurva
d) Jangmi King
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Answer a) Heena Sidhu. India’s Heena Sidhu has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category at 13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait. In the final match, Heena shot 198.2 score to defeat Gundegma Otreyad of Mongolia who shot 198 winning Silver medal. Jangmi Kim of South Korea won the bronze with a score of 176.2.
8) Where was 13th Asian Shooting Championship held?
a) Kuwait
b) Dubai
c) Russia
d) Malaysia
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Answer a) Kuwait. India’s Heena Sidhu has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category at 13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait. In the final match, Heena shot 198.2 score to defeat Gundegma Otreyad of Mongolia who shot 198 winning Silver medal. Jangmi Kim of South Korea won the bronze with a score of 176.2.
9) Who has became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history?
a) Ravindra Jadeja
b) Ravichandran Ashwin
c) Suresh Raina
d) Virat Kohli
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Answer b) Ravichandran Ashwin. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on 6 November 2015 became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history. He achieved this feat when he took Imran Tahir’s wicket in the first innings of the first test against South Africa in Mohali, Punjab. In this match, Ashwin also became the first bowler in over 100 years to take 50 wickets after opening the bowling. He achieved this feat in 12 matches off 1888 balls.
10) Who has for the first time won in 32nd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament?
a) Indian railways
b) Indian Oil Corporation
c) Indian Overseas
d) SBI
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Answer a) Indian railways. ndian Railways has emerged as champions for the first time in 32nd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament. They have defeated the defending champions Indian Oil Corporation of Mumbai by 4-3 in the nail biting final at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium.
11) Who has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation, recently?
a) Greece
b) Syria
c) Sierra Leone
d) None
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Answer c) Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation, prompting nationwide celebrations tinged with sadness over the 4,000 lives the virus claimed. Freetown was transformed into a giant carnival on Friday night as ecstatic crowds took to the streets of the capital in an outpouring of emotion. Relief that the 17-month outbreak was all but over was reflected in candlelit prayers and spontaneous parties.
12) Which player became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs on day two of their Group A match?
a) Aditya Tare
b) Hiken Shah
c) Abhishek Nayar
d) Wasim Jaffer
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Answer d) Wasim Jaffer. Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs on day two of their Group A match against Bengal at the Jadavpur University second campus ground in Saltlake. Having made his debut for Mumbai in 1996-97, Jaffer needed eight runs to reach the milestone, which he got with an elegant drive to long off boundary against Bengal seamer Veer Pratap in the penultimate delivery of eighth over.
13) Who has been honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement?
a) Shiv Kumar Sharma
b) Hariprasad Chaurasia
c) Rahul Sharma
d) Zakir Hussain
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Answer a) Shiv Kumar Sharma. Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has been honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao presented the award to 77-year-old Sharma. He also presented the Kala Kiran Awards to Murad Ali Khan (Sarangi), Satyajit Talwalkar (Tabla) and Special Jury Award to Sanjeev and Ashwani Shankar (both Shehnai).
