Current Affairs Quiz – September 24 2015

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September 25, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. The film named “Court” has been selected as India’s official entry to Oscars. It is a
a) Telgu Film
b) Tamil Film
c) Hindi Film
d) Marathi Film

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Answer d) Marathi Film. The movie was written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati has passed away at his ashram in _________.
a) Rishikesh
b) Kasi
c) Varanasi
d) Mathura

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Answer a) Rishikesh.

3. Who is the Spiritual Guru of Swami Dayananda Sarawati?
a) Swami Chidbavananda
b) Swami Sadananda
c) Swami Chinmayananda
d) Swami Omkarananda

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Answer c) Swami Chinmayananda

4. Enda Kenny is associated with
a) Canada
b) Denmark
c) Greece
d) Ireland

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Answer d) Ireland. He is Ireland’s Prime Minister. In Ireland they call TAOISEACH to Prime Minister which means HEAD of GOVERNMENT.

5. What does S in SWFs stands for?
a) Sale
b) Sustainable
c) Sovereign
d) Stock

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Answer c) Sovereign. RBI has proposed to allow domestic companies to borrow money from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and insurance funds.

6. Who has been named India’s richest for ninth year in a row with a net worth of $18.9 billion?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Anil Ambani
c) Mukesh Ambani
d) Pranav Mistry

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Answer c) Mukesh Ambani. Ambani was followed by Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi as the second richest with a net worth of $18 billion, while Wipro’s Azim Premji retained his third place with $15.9 billion.

7. Hidekichi Miyazaki, a 105 year old man, who recently created Guinness record by running 100 m in 42.2 seconds is from
a) China
b) North Korea
c) Vietnam
d) Japan

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Answer d) Japan. He is referred as Japan’s Golden Bolt.

8. What does I in IACCS stands for?
a) Indian
b) Indigenous
c) International
d) Integrated

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Answer d) Integrated. IACCS – Integrated Air Command & Control System.

9. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has inked an MoU with Sports Ministry of _______ to crack down on supply of PEDS.
a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) USA

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Answer c) China. Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDS)

10. Which of the following has been presented the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the “Largest Yoga performance”?
a) NSS
b) IAF
c) BSF
d) NCC

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Answer d) NCC – National Cadet Corps.

11. The Tribal Carnival will be organized from February 12-17’ 2016 in
a) Guwahati
b) Kanur
c) New Delhi
d) Jaipur

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Answer c) New Delhi. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs shall be organizing a “Tribal Carnival” from February 12 to 17, 2016 in New Delhi. The ministry has proposed to provide a name, a logo with related tag line for the Carnival.

12. ________ got the SKOCH Awards recently for Smart Governance for its initiatives.
a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) EPFO
d) SBI

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Answer c) EPFO. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for its UAN Programme and Transformation of Social Security Agenda in India.

13. Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 talks?
a) Arun Jaitely
b) Arvind Mayaram
c) Raghuram Rajan
d) Arvind Panagariya

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Answer d) Arvind Panagariya. Government has decided to appoint NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya as the Sherpa for G-20 talks, replacing Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.