Current Affairs Quiz
1. Manipuri documentary bags top award at 14th MIFF. Name it.
a) Pheer
b) Quisa
c) Phum Shang
d) None
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Answer c) Phum Shang.Manipuri movie “Phum Shang” has won the Golden Conch award for the best documentary film (up to 60 minutes) at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Animation and Short Films. Swiss drama “My Name is Salt” and Indian entry “Placebo” shared the Gold Conch award for the best feature length documentary film.
2. Mu Sigma appoints _________ as new CEO.
a) Amitabh Bhanu
b) Amba Sharma
c) Ambiga Dhiraj
d) Rishabh Jadeja
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Answer c) Ambiga Dhiraj. Analytics services provider Mu Sigma Inc. has appointed its chief operating officer (COO) Ambiga Dhiraj as its chief executive officer (CEO). Mu Sigma’s founder and former CEO, Dhiraj Rajaram, will remain the chairman.
3. Who has been appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
a) Tanmay Gupta
b) Rishabh Bajaj
c) Arpan Pandey
d) DJ Pandian
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Answer d) DJ Pandian. Former chief secretary of Gujarat DJ Pandian has been appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). AIIB President-designate Jin Liqun had last month called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also had meetings with officials of the Finance Ministry.
4. Who has appointed Major General Jai Shanker Menon to head the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)?
a) Helen Clark
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Anthony Lake
d) Harry Dexter White
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Answer b) Ban Ki-moon.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Jai Shanker Menon to head the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which monitors the Syria-Israel ceasefire in the Golan Heights. Menon succeeds Lieutenant General Purna Chandra Thapa of Nepal whose assignment ended recently.
5. Which Country became second largest smartphone market?
a) India
b) Indonesia
c) UAE
d) UK
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Answer a) India. India has surpassed the US to become the world’s second largest smartphone market, crossing 220 million in active unique smartphone users in 2015. According to Hong-Kong-based Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Smartphone shipments in India grew a healthy 15 percent annually in the December quarter of 2015 versus the previous quarter and 23 percent on the year-earlier quarter.
6.Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal signed in_________.
a) Christchurch
b) Nelson
c) Hamilton
d) Auckland
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Answer d) Auckland. The Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest multinational trade deals ever, has been signed by ministers from its 12 member nations in New Zealand. The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a reality. The 12 nations account for some 40% of the world’s economy – they now have two years to ratify or reject the pact.
7.Joint Declaration between India and ________.
a) Sri lanka
b) Vietnam
c) Germany
d) Armenia
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Answer c) Germany.The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised about signing of a Joint Declaration between the ministry of science & technology and the federal ministry of education and research of Germany on the extension of the tenure of the Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC).
8. _____has launched India’s first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for type two Diabetes mellitus.
a) The Council for Science and Industrial Research
b) The Council for Scientific and Industry Research
c) The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
d) The Cabinet for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Answer c) The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. SS Tarapore, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a noted economist, has passed away in Mumbai, at the age of 80. Tarapore joined the RBI in 1961 and retired in 1996 as deputy governor, having been involved in almost all aspects of monetary policy.
9. ________wins 61st National School Athletics championship.
a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Orissa
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Answer a) Kerala.Kerala has emerged champions in the 61st National School Athletics Meet, which began on January 29 and concluded on February 2. Kerala emerged as the overall winner for the 19th consecutive time
