CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. India sign MoU with which country to set up Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail link ?
a) China
b) USA
c) France
d) Japan
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Answer d) Japan. India and Japan have signed an MoU on cooperation and assistance in the Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (referred by many as Bullet Train project). The two countries have also entered into two comprehensive technological cooperation agreements for modernization and upgradation of Indian Railways.
2. Application for Notaries to become Online from which date ?
a) 16th December 2015
b) 1st January 2016
c) 1st April 2016
d) 1st February 2016
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Answer b) 1st January 2016. Indian Law & Justice Ministry would soon launch online system for receiving applications for appointment of Notaries across the country.
3. Shinzo Abe is on three-day official visit to India from 11th December 2015. He is Prime Minister of which country ?
a) China
b) Japan
c) Philippines
d) Kango
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Answer b) Japan. Shinzō Abe is the Prime Minister of Japan, re-elected to the position in December 2012. Abe is also the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Oyagaku propulsion parliamentary group.
4. Which Bollywood veteran has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh ?
a) Saira Banu
b) Anupam Kher
c) Dilip Kumar
d) Rishi Kapoor
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Answer c) Dilip kumar. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was today presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the thespian’s residence in suburban Bandra. The 93-year-old legend was presented a medal, a certificate and a shawl by Singh, in the presence of the actor’s wife Saira Bano.
5. How many nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions ?
a) 201
b) 189
c) 172
d) 195
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Answer d) 195. The Paris Climate Deal to stop global warming has been adopted. The representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.
6. Which country declared itself as a ‘Islamic republic’country ?
a) Senegal
b) Gambia
c) Banjul
d) Dakar
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Answer b) Gambia. Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has declared the tiny West African country an Islamic republic, saying he decided this because Islam is the religion of the majority of its citizens and to break from the nation’s colonial past.
7. The MoU beween ________ state forest and environment department and WTI was signed and as per the agreement management plans will be prepared for protected areas as well as areas outside it.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Kerala
d) Odisha
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Answer d) Odisha. The MoU beween odisha state forest and environment department and WTI was signed and as per the agreement management plans will be prepared for protected areas as well as areas outside it.
8. In which city, LOGO and MASCOT of 12th South Asian Games, 2016 has launched ?
a) Bengaluru
b) Lucknow
c) Guwahati
d) Mumbai
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Answer c) Guwahati. The Organising Committee of the 12th South Asian Games, 2016 (OC-SAG) has unveiled the logo and mascot of the Games in Guwahati, Assam. The North Eastern cities of Guwahati and Shillong would jointly host the Games from February 6-16, 2016.
9. Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project is commencing after how many years of the inception of the project ?
a) 30
b) 20
c) 25
d) 15
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Answer c) 25 years. The construction of much-anticipated TAPI gas pipeline will begin from December 13 in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project is commencing after 25 years of the inception of the project.
10. Who was named as Saudi Arbia’s first elected female politician, after winning a Seat on the Council in Madrakah in Mecca province ?
a) Lama Suleiman
b) Lama al-Suleiman
c) Rasha Hufaithi
d) Salma bint Hizab al-oteibi
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Answer d) Salma bint Hizab al-oteibi. Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi was named as Saudi Arabia’s first electedfemale politician, after winning a seat on the council in Madrakah in Mecca Province. She was running against seven men and two women.
11. Who knocks out Dillian Whyte in the seventh round to win the British heavyweight title?
a) Anthony Joshua
b) Floyd Mayweather
c) Manny Pacquiao
d) Wladimir Klitschko
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Answer a) Anthony Joshua. Anthony Joshua came through his first real test as a professional, knocking Dillian Whyte out in the seventh round to win the British heavyweight title. Olympic champion Joshua, 26, came into the fight boasting 14 straight knockouts in the first three rounds.
12. The Delhi government announced that private vehicles with odd and even registration numbers would only be allowed to operate on alternate days. From when this rule will come into action ?
a) 1 March 2016
b) 15 August 2016
c) 1 January 2016
d) 1 April 2016
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Answer c) 1 January 2016. Pollution levels in Delhi have reached alarming levels. The Delhi government then announced that from 1 January 2016, private vehicles with odd and even registration numbers would only be allowed to operate on alternate days.
13. which India’s largest oil firm, will invest Rs 1.75 lakh crore over the next seven years on expanding refinery capacity, building petrochemical plants and laying pipelines?
a) IOC
b) IOCL
c) HPCL
d) BPCL
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Answer a) IOC (Indian Oil Corporation. Indian Oil Corporation is India’s largest commercial enterprise, with a sales turnover of Rs. 4,50,756 crore (US$ 73.7 billion) and profits of Rs. 5,273 crore for the year 2014-15. It is also the leading Indian corporate in Fortune’s prestigious ‘Global 500’ listing of the world’s largest corporates, ranked at the 119th position for the year 2015.
14. World tourism council has appointed which of the following as its Chairman of World Travel & Tourism Council?
a) Geoffrey Lipman
b) Kapil Chopra
c) Michael Frenzel
d) David Scowsill
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Answer b) Kapil Chopra. Kapil Chopra, President, The Oberoi Group, has been appointed as the Chairman of World Travel & Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) for 2016.
15. Which country has hosted “International Conference on Policy of Neutrality”?
a) Djibouti
b) Turkmenistan
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
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Answer b) Turkmenistan. The 20th anniversary of the Neutrality of Turkmenistan was organized by the Office of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to UN in the banquet hall of the hotel “New York Palace”, in New York City.
