Current Affairs Quiz – December 04 2015

In Current Affairs Quiz
December 5, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Accessible India Campaign is associated with
a) People’s access to Internet
b) People’s Access to Electricity
c) People’s Access to Pure Drinking Water
d) None of these.

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Answer d) None of these. GOI has rolled out “Accessible India Campaign” on the occasion of The International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The campaign is aimed at making 50 major cities more accessible to the specially abled.

2. In which state GOI will introduce electronic transfer of MGNREGA wages from 2016?
a) Telangana
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka

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Answer b) Kerala. If it is successful, it will be introduced (e-transfer of wages) in other states.

3. What is S in BIS?
a) Support
b) Service
c) Standards
d) Summit

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Answer c) Standards. The Lok Sabha has passed a bill that provides for establishing Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as the National Standards Body of India.

4. _______ became the 51st PSU to sign an MoU with Transparency International India (TII) for adopting Integrity Pact (IP).
a) BHEL
b) HAL
c) NTC
d) NTPC

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Answer c) NTC or National Textile Corporation Limited.

5. Pulin Kumar won the prestigious Indian National Bar Association or INBA Award. He is associated with ______.
a) Pepsi
b) Coco Cola
c) Adidas
d) Nike

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Answer c) Adidas.

6. Cabinet has approved the signing of the agreement between India and ________ on visa facilitation for Diplomatic, Official/Service and Ordinary passport holders.
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Turkey

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Answer a) Iran.

7. A Vega rocket with gravity-hunting satellite has been recently launched by _________.
a) China
b) NASA
c) Russian Space Agency
d) European Space Agency

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Answer d) European Space Agency.

8. GOI has released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the ________ year of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).
a) Quatercentenary
b) Halfcentenary
c) Centenary
d) None of the above

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Answer c) Centenary.

9. The first India International Science Festival (IISF) has begun at ____________.
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi

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Answer d) Delhi (at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi campus).

10. ________ has released a report named “Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases”.
a) UNO
b) IMF
c) WHO
d) UNICEF

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Answer c) WHO.

11. What is India’s rank according to the latest FIFA Rankings?
a) 155
b) 166
c) 177
d) 169

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Answer c) 166. Top Five Teams are Belgium, Argentina, Spain, Germany, and Chile.

12. _____________ has become the first state of India to launch Rotavirus vaccination project.
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh

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Answer c) Himachal Pradesh. The project was launched by the state Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh at Dharamsala in Kangra district. International Clinical Epidemiological Network will provide technical assistance and will also bear the entire cost of the vaccines.

13. Indian Navy Day is observed on _________.
a) December 03
b) December 04
c) December 05
d) December 06

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Answer b) December 04. Indian Navy Day is observed on December 4 every year to commemorate Operation Trident’s commencement, as part of the 1971 Indo-Pak war.