Current Affairs Quiz
1. US based Indian actress _______________ to get International Icon Award at International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala in Madrid.
a) Norah Jones
b) Parminder Nagra
c) Frieda Pinto
d) Rhona Mitra
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Answer c) Frieda Pinto. Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto will make her debut at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala in Madrid. The US-based Indian actress will be honoured with International Icon award at the 17th edition of the gala. IIFA — often known as Bollywood’s Oscars — is held every year to honour the best of Hindi cinema. A source from the IIFA team confirmed that Freida will be getting the honour.
2. IIT-Kanpur professor ________________ has bagged the prestigious GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2016.
a) Uday Mittal
b) Sanjay Mittal
c) Prakash Singh
d) Sadiq Khan
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Answer b) Sanjay Mittal. IIT-Kanpur professor Sanjay Mittal has bagged the prestigious GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2016. Mittal, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has been chosen for his contribution in the area of Mechanics.
3. Social activist ________________ has been awarded Voices of Our Future Award by World Pulse.
a) Medha Patkar
b) Shaheen Mistri
c) Urmila Chanam
d) Sunitha Krishnan
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Answer c) Urmila Chanam. Social activist Urmila Chanam has been awarded Voices of Our Future Award by World Pulse, a social networking platform connecting women from 190 countries across the world with a vision to amplify women’s voices to speed up change and improve the lives of millions around the world. Chanam from Manipur was among three from across the world who received the award. The other two recipients areSadaf Kashif from Pakistan and Carolyn Seaman from Nigeria.
4. Nagaland Government launched women helpline – 181 in the premises of District Hospital Dimapur in Nagaland. Who is the Governor of Nagaland?
a) PB Acharya
b) Om prakash Kohli
c) Balram Das Tandon
d) V Shanmuganathan
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Answer a) PB Acharya. Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has launched women helpline – 181 in the premises of District Hospital Dimapur in Nagaland and also inaugurated Sakhi, a one stop Centre, intended to support women affected by violence both in private and public spaces under one roof. He highlighted the multiple roles played by women as home makers, guardians of children and the hard work put in by them in every field.
5. Indian Air Force is planning to set up a training base at Kodiakarai, a coastal town in __________________
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer b) Tamil Nadu. Indian Air Force is planning to set up a training base at Kodiakarai, a coastal town Tamil Nadu, and an aerial survey has been conducted to identify the site for the project. IAF has already established a RADAR station at Kodiakarai for surveillance along the Palk Bay and Palk Strait. The Union Defence Ministry has requested the state government to allot land for the training base at Kodiakarai.
6. ________________ has voted to leave the European Union
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) Britain
d) USA
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Answer c) Britain. Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world, rattle the Continent and rock political establishments throughout the West. The margin of victory startled even proponents of a British exit. The “Leave” campaign won by 52 percent to 48 percent. More than 17.4 million people voted in the referendum on Thursday to sever ties with the European Union, and about 16.1 million to remain in the bloc.
7. International Widow’s day is observed on?
a) June 21
b) June 22
c) June 24
d) June 23
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Answer d) June 23. There are around 259 million widows around the world and a large number of them are forced to live in abject poverty and suffer ill-treatment as an ostracised community. International Widows’s Day is celebrated on 23 June in an effort to shed light on the plight of widows who are considered social stigma. The annual global day of action to highlight the desperate plight of millions of widows all over the world was launched by The Loomba Foundation in 2005 and following a five-year campaign was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010.
8. World public Service day is observed on?
a) June 23
b) June 15
c) June 18
d) June 20
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Answer a) June 23. The UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/277, designated 23 June as Public Service Day. The UN Public Service Day intends to celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlight the contribution of public service in the development process; recognize the work of public servants, and encourage young people to pursue careers in the public sector.
9. Which two countries have signed an agreement to establish formal cooperation in the fields of skills development and vocational and professional education and training?
a) India and Japan
b) India and Switzerland
c) India and Britain
d) India and Germany
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Answer b) India and Switzerland. India and Switzerland have signed an agreement to establish formal cooperation in the fields of skills development and vocational and professional education and training. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Winterthur between State Secretary Mauro Dell’ Ambrogio and Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
10. The _______________ government has banned retrofitting of CNG kits in “in-use” cars following complaints of dealers supplying “unapproved and uncertified” CNG fuel kits.
a) Delhi
b) Puducherry
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
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Answer a) Delhi . The Delhi government has banned retrofitting of CNG kits in “in-use” cars following complaints of dealers supplying “unapproved and uncertified” CNG fuel kits. This would disable petrol-fuelled cars to be converted into CNG-fuelled vehicles. The state transport department has directed its motor licensing officers “not to endorse CNG fuel in vehicle registration certificates till further orders”.
11. India’s first sunken museum is set to come up at Humayun’s Tomb in ____________
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Chennai
d) New Delhi
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Answer d) New Delhi. India’s first sunken museum is set to come up at Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. With a built-up area of 9,000 square metres, the underground site museum, whose roof was laid down recently, will open to the public in early 2018. The construction work for the same began in April 2015 and 30% work has been completed so far, officials said.
12. The Cabinet approved the signing of a protocol amending an agreement with _______________ on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion.
a) Switzerland
b) Belgium
c) Qatar
d) Singapore
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Answer b) Belgium . The Cabinet approved the signing of a protocol amending an agreement with Belgium on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion. The amendment will broaden the scope of tax-related information exchange between the two countries. Earlier in May, India had amended the double taxation avoidance agreement with Mauritius.
13. The Ambubachi Mela, an annual festival that celebrates fertility,at the Kamakhya Temple in ________________
a) Gujarat
b) Bihar
c) Assam
d) Maharashtra
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Answer c) Assam. The Ambubachi Mela, an annual festival that celebrates fertility, at the Kamakhya Temple in Assam’s Guwahati began. Officials said over 25 lakhs devotees are expected to visit the temple, one of the 51 shaktipeeths, till June 26. The state government also deployed “intricate” security measures and set up camps, makeshift hospitals, and special buses for the devotees.
14. Which country opened its first ever electric road to provide power for heavy hybrid electric transports on public roads on a pilot basis?
a) Singapore
b) Canada
c) Sweden
d) Switzerland
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Answer c) Sweden . Europe’s Sweden opened its first ever electric road to provide power for heavy hybrid electric transports on public roads on a pilot basis. The two-kilometre long electric road’s technology is similar to the light rail, with contact lines 5.4 meters over the roadway. The lines can provide up to 750 volts DC of electricity to a truck.
15. Which State government decided to provide 100% rebate in property tax for residential, commercial and institutional properties?
a) Haryana
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Assam
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Answer a) Haryana. The Haryana government decided to provide 100% rebate in property tax for residential, commercial, and institutional properties, said an official release. The rebate would be given for a year– from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. The government had earlier waived electricity dues for consumers whose properties were damaged or looted during the Jat quota agitation.
16. The ______________ government approved a proposal of the Panchayati Raj Department to add 500 new gram panchayats in the state.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Odisha
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Answer d) Odisha . The Odisha government approved a proposal of the Panchayati Raj Department to add 500 new gram panchayats in the state. This will be implemented before the three-tier panchayat polls to be held in 2017. The state election commission will be soon informed about the proposal, a senior department official said. Presently, Odisha has 6,211 gram panchayats.
17. China has launched its first dark sky reserve in ____________
a) Beijing
b) Tibet
c) Shanghai
d) Nanjing
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Answer b) Tibet . China has launched its first dark sky reserve in Tibet’s Ngari Prefecture to let people make astronomical observations without getting limited vision due the presence of city lights or pollution clouds. Ngari, which covers an area of 2,500 square kilometres, was chosen for the purpose due to its high altitude and a large number of cloudless days throughout the year.
18. Which State government has decided to go paperless from August 15, in its endeavour to implement e-governance in the state?
a) Telangana
b) Sikkim
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer d) Arunachal Pradesh . The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to go paperless from August 15, in its endeavour to implement e-governance in the state. e-Office suites will be made functional in the state’s civil secretariat to stop manual movement of files. Further, all government files will be processed electronically to ensure speedy decision-making and bring about transparency in the government processes.
19. India and _______________ agreed to set up security co operation
a) China
b) Spain
c) Uzbekistan
d) USA
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Answer c) Uzbekistan . Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, during which the leaders called for increased security cooperation and stronger bilateral relations. Modi said that India would extend e-Tourist Visas to Uzbek nationals, and organise a ‘Festival of India’ in Uzbekistan to mark the 25th year of its independence and diplomatic relations with India.
20. _______________will becomes the first hill state to launch a two-wheeler taxi service, which will start operating from July.
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Mizoram
c) West Bengal
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer b) Mizoram . Mizoram will become the first hill state to launch a two-wheeler taxi service, which will start operating from July. Around 200 to 250 motorcycles will operate on the roads in the state capital Aizawl with fares starting at ₹10. The taxi service is aimed at controlling traffic in the city’s narrow roads while boosting employment amongst the youth.
21. The world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide opened in ________________
a) London, UK
b) Beijing, China
c) Tokyo, Japan
d) New York, USA
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Answer a) London, UK. The world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide, ArcelorMittal Orbit, which has 12 loops was opened to the public in London, UK. The 584-feet long and 250-feet tall slide has been designed by British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor and created by Belgian artist Carsten Holler. It has been transformed from UK’s tallest artwork built for the London Olympics in 2012.
22. Who has been named as the head coach of the men’s cricket team?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Anil Kumble
c) Ravi Shastri
d) Ricky Ponting
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Answer b) Anil Kumble. Anil Kumble, the former India Test captain and the country’s most successful bowler, has been named as the coach of the men’s cricket team. The announcement was made in Dharamsala, where the BCCI is holding its first annual cricket conclave, with board president Anurag Thakur and its secretary Ajay Shirke naming Kumble in a press conference. There was speculation that Ravi Shastri, who was team director until April, would be accommodated in the position of batting coach.
23. Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan have qualified for the Rio Olympics. They related to which sports?
a) Badminton
b) Shooting
c) Boxing
d) Archery
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Answer c) Boxing. Boxers Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan have qualified for the Rio Olympics, after beating Rakhimov Shakvakatdzhon and Lee Dongyun, respectively, in the AIBA World Olympic qualification event in Azerbaijan. Before them, Shiva Thapa was the only Indian boxer with an Olympic berth. Two other boxers, Devendro Singh and Sumit Sangwan, are still in the running for an Olympic quota.
