Current Affairs Quiz
1. The second indigenous stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare has been commissioned in Indian Navy. Name it.
a) INS Kadmatt
b) INS Kadami
c) INS Surya
d) INS Samarth
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Answer a) INS Kadmatt. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan commissioned the second indigenous stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) corvette INS Kadmatt in Visakhapatnam. It was built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) at Naval Dockyard.
2.Which State government scraps management quota in private schools?
a) Rajasthan
b) Maharashtra
c) Delhi
d) Kerala
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Answer c) Delhi. The Delhi government has scrapped management quotas for admissions to private schools, a move that opens more seats for general admissions but puts the government on a collision course with the schools. There will be no reservation for children of VIP, VVIP, police, MLA and MP in private schools of Delhi. Kejriwal said it was important to remove the management quota, calling it “the biggest scam” in India’s education system.
3. Who is appointed as Chairman of FTII?
a) Alok Verma
b) Suneel Darshan
c) Pankaj Dheer
d) Gajendra Chauhan
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Answer d) Gajendra Chauhan.TV actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Gajendra Chauhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). More than 40 students protested with banners proclaiming ‘Silent Emergency’ and ‘Tyranny of the Elected’. The agitators are being held at the Shivajinagar police station as the first meeting of the new FTII society gets underway almost six months after its reconstitution.
4. Who has been appointed as Technology advisor of Odisha Government?
a) Sam Pitroda
b) Sunil Vohra
c) Ravi Gupta
d) Mohd. Ali
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Answer a) Sam Pitroda. Eminent technocrat and former chairman of National Knowledge Commission Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly known as Sam Pitroda has been appointed technology advisor to the Odisha Government. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Pitroda, who will enjoy the status of a Cabinet rank minister, will work for the development of IT sector and prepare Vision 2036 document for the State.
5. Who has become the first South Asian to occupy the post of top prosecutor in US Country?
a) Puneet Nijahwan
b) Jasmeet Arora
c) Gurpeet Kakkar
d) Gurbir Grewal
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Answer d) Gurbir Grewal. A Sikh-American attorney has been appointed as the top prosecutor in the most populous county in New Jersey, becoming the first South Asian to occupy the post in the state. Gurbir Grewal, 42, was sworn in as acting Bergen County prosecutor on January 4, succeeding John Molinelli whose 14-year long tenure has ended. Grewal, a former federal prosecutor, has fought major white-collar crimes for the US Attorney’s Office and most recently served as chief of the Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.
6. Who took charge as UN High Commissioner for Refugees?
a) Caroline Antene
b) Mathew
c) Antonio Geller
d) Filippo Grandi
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Answer d) Filippo Grandi. Filippo Grandi, a UN official who has worked in refugee and political affairs in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began his five-year term as UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, succeeding António Guterres. Grandi, 58, who is from Italy, has worked in international affairs for over 30 years, 27 of them with the United Nations.
7. ________appointed CMD of Madras Fertilizers
a) AB Khare
b) Anita Verma
c) Sunita Vohra
d) None
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Answer a) AB Khare. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for offering attractive VRS/VSS packages at 2007 pay scales to mitigate the hardships being faced by the employees of HMT Watches Ltd., HMT Chinar Watches Ltd. and HMT Bearings Ltd. and close their operations.
8.Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who passed away was a Chief Minister of which State?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Goa
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Answer c) Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. He was 79. The Mufti’s daughter and the president of his Peoples Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, 56, is expected to take over as the first woman chief minister of the state.
9. Name the person who has been appointed India’s new ambassador to Israel.x
a) Shailesh Yadav
b) Somya Sharma
c) Pavan Kapoor
d) Anika Sharma
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Answer c) Pavan Kapoor.Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been appointed India’s ambassador to strategically important Israel, where he will succeed Jaideep Sarkar. Mr Kapoor, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer, is currently India’s High Commissioner in Mozambique capital Maputo. The appointment assumes significance as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to visit India this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also pay a return visit to Tel Aviv.
10. According to world Bank, India to grow at a faster _____percent in fiscal 2016-17.
a)7.5
b) 7.00
c) 7.8
d) 8.1
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Answer c) 7.8. The World Bank has projected that India will grow by a robust 7.8 per cent in 2016 and 7.9 per cent in the next two years. World Bank also predicted that India will be the fastest growing economy in the world in the next three years and would outpace China.
11. Which actress has become the first Indian actor to register a win at the People Choice Awards?
a) Deepika Padukone
b) Aishwarya Rai
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Neha Dhupia
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Answer c) Priyanka Chopra. Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has bagged the favourite actress in new TV series honour at the 2016 People Choice Awards for her performance of an FBI recruit on American show Quantico. Priyanka becomes the first Indian actor to register a win at the People Choice Awards.
12.Who broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Apurvi Chandela
c) Rajvardhan Singh Rathore
d) Vijay Kumar
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Answer b) Apurvi Chandela.Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix. Chandela shot 211.2 in the event to surpass the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the record with 211. The result marked a positive start for Chandela, who has already won an Olympic quota place for the Rio Olympics.
13. Labshankar Thakar who passes away, was/an______.
a) Choreographer
b) Painter
c) Writer
d) Singer
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Answer c) Writer.Sahitya Akademi Award winner Veteran Gujarati littérateur Labhshankar Thakar, also known by his pen name Punarvasu, has died after prolonged illness at the age of 80. Thakar was a modernist author of Gujarati literature with influence of existentialism challenging traditional literature styles.
(Read Complete Current Affairs of January 7′ 2015)
