Current Affairs Quiz
1. Bollywood stars _________________ and _______________ bagged the Best Actor (Female) and Best Actor (Male) trophy at the 17th IIFA Awards 2016.
a) Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh khan
b) Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
c) Kajol and Amir Khan
d) Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh
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Answer b) Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor (Female) and Best Actor (Male) trophy at the 17th IIFA extravaganza for their performance in Piku and Bajirao Mastani respectively. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical romance Bajirao Mastanidominated the winners list at the 17th IIFA awards. Bajirao Mastani, which revolved around Peshwa Bajirao falling in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress, swept 13 awards.
2. Actress ___________________ won a ‘Special award for Woman of the Year’ at the IIFA Awards 2016.
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Sonakshi Sinha
c) Deepika Padukone
d) Kajol
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Answer a) Priyanka Chopra. Actress Priyanka Chopra won a ‘Special award for Woman of the Year’ at the IIFA Awards 2016, held in Spain. She also won the Best Supporting Role (Female) Award for her role in ‘Bajirao Mastani’. “Thank u #IIFA for my awards… Made it more special because my mom and my brother were there”, wrote Priyanka on Instagram.
3. Nokia has appointed _________________ as the new head of the India market.
a) Sandeep Girotra
b) Sanjay Mittal
c) Sanjay Malik
d) Sunil Mittal
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Answer c) Sanjay Malik. Nokia has appointed Sanjay Malik as the new head of the India market. He will be taking over from the current India head Sandeep Girotra who has been recently promoted as the head of the Asia-Pacific and Japan market for Nokia. Malik will be based in Gurgaon and will lead the customer operations, drive the business growth strategy and customer engagement services, effective from August 1, 2016. He is currently the vice president and head of global network implementation services, which is a part of the company’s Global Services business.
4. Asian Development Bank has approved $500 million loan for constructing river bridge in ______________
a) Bihar
b) Rajasthan
c) Assam
d) Gujarat
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Answer a) Bihar. Asian Development Bank has approved $500 million (approximately Rs 3350 crore) loan for constructing a bridge across Ganga. Once built, the 9.8 km road bridge inBihar will be country’s longest river bridge. The bridge would provide vital transport links between the northern and southern parts of the state and with neighbouring country Nepal. The project will run for about 4 years and is expected to complete by the end of December 2020.
5. Which Bank approved 500 million USD for First Four Projects?
a) World Bank
b) BRICS Bank
c) NABARD Bank
d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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Answer d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank or AIIB has approved 165 million U.S. dollars in loans for a Bangladesh project – the first batch of loan for the country from the China-led development bank. The banks Board of Directors approved its first 4 loans totaling 509 million U.S.dollars to finance 4 projects including that one of Bangladesh.
6. _____________________ declared as the SAARC cultural capital for 2016-17.
a) Dhaka
b) Mahasthangarh
c) Chittagong
d) Jessore
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Answer b) Mahasthangarh. Mahasthangarh, the 3rd century BC archaeological site in Bogra, Bangladesh, has been declared as the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cultural capital for the year 2016-17. As a SARRC cultural capital, the historic place will host festivals on literature, films, foods and dances from October 2016 to September 2017.
7. Which country has banned its citizens from working in Afghanistan after 13 of its citizens were killed and six more injured in a suicide attack in Kabul recently?
a) India
b) Malaysia
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh
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Answer c) Nepal . Nepal has banned its citizens from working in Afghanistan after 13 of its citizens were killed and six more injured in a suicide attack in Kabul recently. The dead men, who were employed as security guards in the Canadian embassy in Kabul, were killed in an early morning attack by the Taliban on June 20 when they were on their way to work. The government also decided to continue an earlier ban on Nepalis working in three other conflict-hit countries – Iraq, Libya and Syria.
8. The Government of India extended the ban on the import of milk and milk products from China for another year till ___________
a) January 2017
b) March 2017
c) May 2017
d) June 2017
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Answer d) June 2017. The government extended the ban on the import of milk and milk products from China for another year till June 2017. The ban, which was first imposed in 2008, has been extended every year since. The ban was reportedly implemented following apprehensions that milk consignments from China contained melamine, a toxic chemical used in making fertilisers and plastics.
9. Which car manufacturing company has agreed to pay USD 10 billion to settle a huge US civil case over its diesel emissions-cheating scandal?
a) Ford
b) TATA group
c) Volkswagen
d) Maruti Suzuki
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Answer c) Volkswagen. Volkswagen has agreed to pay USD 10 billion to settle a huge US civil case over its diesel emissions-cheating scandal. As part of the settlement, Volkswagen would compensate owners of around 480,000 2.0-liter diesel cars up to USD 7,000 in cash each, and would also fund a programme to fight air pollution.
10. Brahmos, the world’s “most formidable” supersonic cruise missile system has been successfully integrated and test-flown with IAF’s ____________ frontline strike fighter.
a) Su – 30MKI
b) Du – 30MKI
c) Tu – 30MKI
d) Bu – 30MKI
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Answer a) Su – 30MKI. Brahmos, the world’s “most formidable” supersonic cruise missile system has been successfully integrated and test-flown with IAF’s Su-30MKI frontline strike fighter. BrahMos is a leading cruise missile capable of hitting targets beyond radar horizons. This fire-and-forget world class missile has the capability to take on targets by flying a combined high-low trajectory, thus evading enemy air defence systems.
11. Who has been qualified for Rio Olympics in the women’s 100m event after meeting the qualification mark at XXVI International Meeting?
a) Tintu Lukka
b) Srabani Nanda
c) Dutee Chand
d) Santi Soundarajan
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Answer c) Dutee Chand. Dutee Chand qualified for Rio Olympics in the women’s 100m event after meeting the qualification mark at XXVI International Meeting G.Kosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Dutee clocked 11.30s in the 100m heats at the memorial tournament hence beating the Rio Olympics qualification mark of 11.32 secs. Dutee became the first Indian woman to qualify for the event since qualification started for the event. PT Usha had qualified for the event in 1980 Olympics.
12. Indian men’s hockey team secured ______ position in FIH rankings.
a) 1st
b) 3rd
c) 4th
d) 5th
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Answer d) 5th. India’s men hockey team jumped to fifth position ahead of the likes of Belgium, Argentina and New Zealand when the Indian hockey team lodged a protest during the penalty shootout before finally settling for historic silver after the jury announced that the 1-3 result against Australia. India now has 1689 points at the conclusion of the Champions Trophy, 56 points ahead of sixth-placed Belgium (1633) and just eight away from Great Britain (1697) on fourth.
13. Who has become the first Indian woman cricketer to be signed by a foreign T20 franchise, Sydney Thunder?
a) Harmanpreet Kaur
b) Jhulan Goswami
c) Poonam Raut
d) Thirush Kamini
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Answer a) Harmanpreet Kaur. Moga’s Harmanpreet Kaur has become the first Indian woman cricketer to be signed by a foreign T20 franchise, Sydney Thunder. She has for the second edition of the women’s Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia, to be played in December-January. The 27-year-old bats woman and medium-fast bowler got this opportunity from the defending champions based on her all-round abilities and her recent performances. A power-hitter, Harmanpreet was an outstanding performer for India in this year’s World T20. In T20 she scored 89 runs and took seven wickets in four matches.
14. Shooter _____________ clinched the silver medal in 10-metre air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
a) Gagang Narang
b) Jitu Rai
c) Abhinav Bindra
d) Rathore
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Answer b) Jitu Rai. Shooter Jitu Rai clinched the silver medal in 10-metre air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is Rai’s sixth World Cup medal, and his second this year, after a gold medal in Bangkok in March. In 2014, Rai had become the first Indian shooter to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
15. Former Indian cricketer _________________ has been made the head coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Ajit Agarkar
c) Lalchand Rajput
d) Ravi Shastri
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Answer c) Lalchand Rajput. Former Indian cricketer Lalchand Rajput has been made the head coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team, taking over from former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, who vacated the post in April 2016. Rajput managed the Indian team when they won the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup, and had recently applied for the post of Indian team head coach.
16. Neil O’Brien who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor
b) Politician
c) Quiz master
d) Both b and c
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Answer d) Both b and c. Neil O’Brien, a pioneer of quizzing in India and leader of the Anglo-Indian community, passed away at the age of 82. Neil O’Brien, former MP of the Lok Sabha and erstwhile member of West Bengal Assembly is survived by his wife and three sons. One of the first quiz masters Neil O’Brien had conducted the first well-organised, formal quiz in 1967 at Christ the King Church Parish Hall in the city.
