CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1.How many Children were selected for the National Bravery Awards 2015?
a) 25
b) 20
c) 21
d) 22
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Answer a) 25. GOI announced the National Bravery Awards 2015. Overall, twenty five children (3 girls and 22 boys) were selected for the National Bravery Awards 2015. The Award Winners has been selected by a committee comprised of representatives from various Ministries and Departments, NGOs as well as Office Bearers of Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). These children will receive National Bravery Awards 2015 from the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on January 24, 2016. Afterwards, these children will participate in the Republic Day parade of India (on January 26, 2016).
2.Tata Motors Appointed _______ as CEO & MD.
a) Danik Sharma
b) Anil Kumar Sardana
c) Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
d) Guenter Butschek
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Answer d) Guenter Butschek. Homegrown auto major Tata Motors has announced appointment of ex-Airbus COO Guenter Butschek as its Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, two years after the death of its former MD Karl Slym. Butschek will lead all operations of Tata Motors in India and in international markets, including South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and South Africa. Jaguar Land Rover would continue to be managed by its Chief Executive Officer and Director, Ralf Speth, who is also on the Board of Tata Motors.
3. According to IMF, India’s growth projection rate is at ____ in the current fiscal and ___ per cent in the next.
a) 7.5 and 7.3 respectively
b) 7.3 and 7.5 respectively
c) 8 and 10 respectively
d) 7.0 and 7.3 respectively
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Answer b) 7.3 and 7.5 respectively. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has kept India’s growth projection unchanged at 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal and 7.5 per cent in the next, even as it cut world economic outlook to 3.4 per cent for 2016. The update released expects Indian economy to be the fastest among major economies. The IMF has pegged the current year’s growth at 7.3%, same as last year. The global economy is now forecast to grow 3.4% in 2016 and 3.6% in 2017, a reduction in 0.2 percentage point for both the years from the October forecast.
4. The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced to institute a new award category under the National Film Awards titled_____.
a) The movie buff state/UT
b) The Box office hit
c) The Most Film Friendly State/UT
d) The City
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Answer c) The Most Film Friendly State/UT. The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced to institute a new award category under the National Film Awards titled – The Most Film Friendly State/UT. This award will be conferred for the first time at the 63rd National Film Awards to be held on May 3, this year. The award will be conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Arora announced this while delivering his address at the inaugural function for the Public screening of Indian Panorama. The objective of setting up the office was to provide single window clearance to film makers and promote India as a Filming Destination.
5. Jayalalithaa launches _______for grievance redressal.
a) Amma is there for you.
b) Amma Available
c) Call Amma centre
d) Amma Call Centre
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Answerd) Amma Call Centre. Tamil Nadu Chief J Jayalalithaa on January 19 launched a round-the-clock Amma call centre for ensuring fast response to grievances, aimed at quick delivery of government services. The ‘Amma Call Centre’, which will work all through the year, was launched by the Chief Minister here through video-conferencing.
6. _____ launched a new service for algorithm trading test environment in partnership with Symphony Fintech Solutions Pvt Ltd.
a) NSE Ltd.
b) BSE Ltd.
c) CRISIL
d) Kanpur Stock exchange
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Answer b) BSE Ltd.BSE Ltd has launched a new service for algorithm trading test environment in partnership with Symphony Fintech Solutions Pvt Ltd. The service will enable all market participants to test their trading algorithms in equity, equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments free of cost. The members will be able to test their trading strategies with live market data feed during market hours and historical market data.
7. The Ministry of Shipping has started an initiative known as_____.
a) Project lush Ports
b) Project go Green Ports
c) Project Harvest ports
d) Project Green Ports
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Answer d) Project Green Ports. The Ministry of Shipping has started ‘Project Green Ports’ which will help in making the Major Ports across India cleaner and greener. ‘Project Green Ports’ will have two verticals – one is ‘Green Ports Initiatives’ related to environmental issues and second is ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’.
8. Delhi government launches _______app to boost tax collection.
a) DVAT Bill
b) VAT Bill
c) Vates Bill
d) VATI Bill
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Answer a) DVAT Bill.In order to boost Delhi government’s tax collection and bring in transparency, deputy chief minister Manish Siodia has launched ‘DVAT BILL’ app and said that people can play an important role in governance through this mobile application. The software has been developed by Delhi government’s Trade and Taxes department. Through this app, people can become a “VAT Inspectors.”
9.Which e-commerce website invests in parenting social network Tinystep?
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Amazon
d) Jabong
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Answer a) Flipkart. Tinystep, India’s first parenting social network has raised seed capital from Flipkart. The money will be used to develop the product, enhance user experience and strengthen the team. The funding will also be utilized to further accelerate the company’s already impressive growth and its user engagement. Launched in September 2015, Tinystep allows users – parents – to interact on a platform where they can ask, share and connect with other parents. The startup claims to have over 10,000 parents on its platform.
10. After over three years, Youtube returns to ______.
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Pakistan
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Answer d) Pakistan. After over three years of being told to ‘Surf Safely’, Internet users in the country were able to access the popular video-sharing website, YouTube, following orders from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that the website be unblocked. However, digital rights groups and other stakeholders, who had originally opposed the blocking of the website, still have concerns over the deal – struck between the government and Google – which may empower the former to censor content on the website.
11. Which app is now Free and Ads-free?
a) Whatsapp
b) Temple run
c) Criminal case
d) Instagram
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Answer a) Whatsapp. WhatsApp is dropping its subscription fees to access the popular messaging service. WhatsApp introduced the fees a few years ago, forcing new users to pay an annual 99 cents subscription after the first year. WhatsApp has always been free to download and use for the first year. In fact, original users of the app, who joined WhatsApp when it started out six years back, were given a free lifetime service. But in recent years, the company introduced a subscription fee of 0.99 cents after the first free year.
12. Which Country declared economic emergency?
a) China
b) Argentina
c) France
d) USA
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Answer c) France. French President Francois Hollande has declared what he called “a state of economic emergency” and says it’s time to redefine France’s economic and social model. The first measures he proposed are relatively modest, and he said they would not “put into question” the 35-hour workweek. He did not seek to assume any new emergency powers. The measures included a loosening of some worker-friendly measures to encourage companies to hire, and new training for half a million workers.
13. Name the world’s oldest man who died at 112.
a) Chillepe Clarke
b) Arieles Tower
c) Fauj Singh
d) Yasutaro Koide
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Answer d) Yasutaro Koide.The world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112 in the Japanese city of Nagoya. Yasutaro Koide, who was born on 13 March 1903, was officially named the oldest man by Guinness World Records in August this year. At the time he was quoted as saying his secret to long life was not smoking or drinking, not to overdo things and to “live with joy”..
14. India and ____to intensify counter terrorism coordination.
a) Israel
b) Argentina
c) Greece
d) Pakistan
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Answer a) Israel.Stating that India and Israel face challenges of terrorism, the two countries on January 19 agreed to intensify coordination to deal with the menace. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met top Israeli leadership and discussed a wide-range of bilateral and regional issues. Swaraj, who is on her first visit to West Asia as the External Affairs Minister, called on President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top leaders.
15. Indian space agency ISRO is all set to make its first rocket launch of the year and the fifth satellite of India Regional Navigation Satellite System. Name it.
a) IRNSS-1D
b) IRNSS-1E
c) Bhanskara
d) INS D
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Answer b) IRNSS-1E.Indian space agency ISRO is all set to make its first rocket launch of the year and the fifth satellite of India Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS-1E, on board PSLV-C31 rocket from Sriharikota on January 20. According to ISRO, the 48-hour countdown for the launch scheduled at 9.31 AM from the second launch pad began on January 18 at the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 100 km and was progressing “smoothly”.
16. Life time ban imposed on IPL player _____ by BCCI.
a) Paddy Upton
b) S.Sreesanth
c) Ajit Chandila
d) Gary Kristen
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Answer c) Ajit Chandila.Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has imposed a life time ban on Haryana off-spinner bowler Ajit Chandila considering his involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal 2013. On the other hand, BCCI also decided to hand a five-year suspension on Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah for making a corrupt approach to a fellow player.
17. Ronnie O’Sullivan eased to win the Dafabet Masters title 2016. He defeated_______.
a) Paddy Upton
b) Barry Hawkins
c) Mark Allen
d) Stephen Kristen
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Answer b) Barry Hawkins. Ronnie O’Sullivan eased to win the Dafabet Masters title 2016. He defeated Barry Hawkins on January 17 in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace. This is to note that Dafabet Master title 2016 is the sixth Master title won by Ronnie O’Sullivan. At the same time by winning his sixth Master title Ronnie O’Sullivan has equaled the World record of winning maximum Masters title which was previously made by Stephen Hendry. He also made the record of winning with biggest winning margin (10 – 1) in a Masters final.
18. Which player went out with a bang in the Big Bash League, smashing the equal-fastest 50 in Twenty20 history?
a) Darren Sammy
b) AB de Villiers
c) Chris Gayle
d) Stephen Kristen
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Answer c) Chris Gayle. West Indian opener Chris Gayle went out with a bang in the Big Bash League, smashing the equal-fastest 50 in Twenty20 history. The burly Jamaican equalled Yuvraj Singh’s 50 off 12 deliveries for India against England at the 2007 T20 World Cup in Durban. Gayle needed a six to reach the record and it was not a problem against the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash League. He slogged four successive sixes in the first over as the Renegades were set a target of 171.
19. Glenn Frey who passed away was a/an_______.
a) Guitarist
b) Singer
c) Choreographer
d) writer
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Answer a) Guitarist. Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on January 18. He was 67. Glenn fought a courageous battle for the past several weeks but, sadly, succumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia. An American rocker whose band dominated charts throughout the 1970s with hits such as ‘Hotel California’.
20. Geethapriya who passed away was a/an_______.
a) Guitarist
b) Filmmaker
c) Director
d) writer
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Answer b) Filmmaker. Famous Sandalwood film-maker and lyricist Geethapriya, who straddled Kannada cinema in late 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 84 due to throat cancer. Geethapriya directed about 40 Kannada movies and penned more than 250 songs. He also directed a Hindi film and two Tulu films. Born on June 15, 1932, Lakshman Rao Mohite began his career in Kannada movies in mid 1960s. He earned the nickname Geethapriya (meaning Song lover), notwithstanding the fact that Marathi was his mother tongue’.
(Click here for the Current Affairs on January 19 2016)
