Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for his breakthrough studies in fields like religion and philosophy?
a) David Shulman
b) Patrick Ben
c) Paul Bishop
d) Simon Kerton
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Answer a) David Shulman. Prof. Shulman introduced the field of India studies to Israeli academia and the general public, acting as a sort of ambassador for Indian civilisation in Israel.
2. __________ wins game of the year award.
a) Game of Thrones
b) Assassin’s Creed
c) Fallout 4
d) Grand Theft Auto
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Answer c) Fallout 4. Bethesda’s Fallout 4 has won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars of gaming. The announcement was made at the Pete Holmes-hosted affair at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
3. Who has been named as the Chairman of GST committee of state FMs?
a) Sanjay Mishra
b) Pratab Rudi
c) Murali Manohar
d) Amit Mitra
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Answer d) Amit Mitra. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has been named the new chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST). He will succeed Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani who had to resign in November over corruption charges.
5. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a new initiative called ‘Japan Desk’ in ________.
a) Tokyo
b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Kolkata
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Answer c) Delhi. This SBI Japan Desk will serve as an one-point comprehensive and reliable information support source for India-bound investments of Japanese companies.
6. The World Bank has decided to lend support to the _________ government on energy reforms.
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer c) Rajasthan. The decision was taken at a meeting between World Banks country director in India, Onno Ruhl and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
7. Playing It My Way is the Autobiography of
a) Lionel Messi
b) Yuvraj Singh
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Leander Paes
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Answer c) Sachin Tendulkar. Cricket Legend and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography, Playing It My Way, has entered the Limca Book of Records in the category of best-selling books across both fiction and non-fiction categories with 1,50,289 copies sold on order subscriptions.
8. Project Loon is associated with ____________.
a) Microsoft
b) IBM
c) NASA
d) Google
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Answer d) Google. Google’s balloon-powered high-speed internet service known as ‘Project Loon’ began its first tests in Sri Lanka.
9. Pyongyang is the Capital of __________.
a) Cambodia
b) North Korea
c) Laos
d) Turkmenistan
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Answer b) North Korea. US President Barack Obama has signed legislation imposing new sanctions against North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests.
10. ________ has put a ban on foreign firms from “online publishing”.
a) Russia
b) China
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer b) China. China is to ban foreign firms from “online publishing” under new rules, as the country increasingly seeks to minimise Western influence. Chinese websites are already among the world’s most censored, with Beijing blocking many foreign Internet services with a system known as the “Great Firewall of China”.
11. Ustad Abdul Rashid, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Journalist
c) Hindustani classical vocalist
d) Bird Photographer
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Answer c) Hindustani classical vocalist. Veteran Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away in Kolkata due to old age problems at the age of 107. Khan, the oldest performing musician, was awarded a Padma Bhushan in 2013.
