Current Affairs Quiz – November 16 & 17 2018
1. Who is the current head of UIDAI?
a) Ajay Kumar Yadhav
b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
c) Vishnuvi Menon
d) Padmanabhan
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Answer b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the head of Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI, will be the next Revenue Secretary as Hasmukh Adhia retires on November 30.
2. Alyque Padamsee is passed away at 90, is associated with__________.
a) Cinema
b) Journalism
c) Politics
d) Both a and c
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Answer a) Cinema. Padma Shri awardee Alyque Padamsee passed away aged 90 in Mumbai. Padamsee is credited with ads like Liril soap’s waterfall girl in a green bikini, Hamara Bajaj and Kamasutra couple.
3. India’s first elephant hospital opens in __________.
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Kolkata
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Kerala
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Answer c) Uttar Pradesh. India’s first specialised hospital for elephants was inaugurated by Agra Divisional Commissioner Anil Kumar in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Friday.
4. Which has been chosen as the ‘Word of the Year 2018’ by Oxford Dictionaries?
a) Poison
b) Devil
c) Horror
d) Toxic
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Answer d) Toxic. ‘Toxic’ has been chosen as the ‘Word of the Year 2018’ by Oxford Dictionaries.
5. Who has been appointed as interim CFO?
a) Sankaraiah
b) Kokila Natarajan
c) Jayesh Sanghrajka
d) Mahesh Boopathy Raja
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Answer c) Jayesh Sanghrajka. India’s second largest IT services firm Infosys named Jayesh Sanghrajka as its interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
6. International Day for Tolerance is observed on ___________.
a) 16 November
b) 17 November
c) 18 November
d) 19 November
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Answer a) 16 November. The International Day for Tolerance is an annual observance day declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance.
7. Which country has build artificial sun?
a) Russia
b) China
c) USA
d) Japan
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Answer b) China. Scientists at a Chinese institute announced that their nuclear fusion reactor dubbed ‘artificial sun’ reached 100 million°C, the temperature required to carry out fusion on Earth.
8. Which university has topped in Global University Employability Ranking 2018?
a) California Institute of Technology
b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
c) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore
d) Harvard University
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Answer d) Harvard University. The Harvard University topped the list, followed by the California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
9. India International Cherry Blossom Festival Held in ___________.
a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Meghalaya
d) Nagaland
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Answer c) Meghalaya. During the programme, the Chief Minister also handed over the Meghalaya Entrepreneurship Recognition Award (MEG-ERA) to Perastill R Sangma, an entrepreneur from Garo Hills. The award consists of a citation and a cash award of one lakh rupees.
