CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1.Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, _________ has inaugurated Games Secretariat of the 12th South Asian Federation (SAF) Games 2016 at Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex, Polo Ground in Shillong, Meghalaya.
a) Sarbananda Sonowal
b) Bruno Racine
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Suresh Prabhu
2.Who is the president of the National Library of France?
a) Rino Mars
b) Bruno Racine
c) Bob Minkler
d) Francis Reye
3.The Union Ministry of Culture and National Library of ______ have entered into an MoU under which the two countries would cooperate in conservation, development and publicity of written heritage at the National Library of Kolkata.
a) France
b) Germany
c) India
d) Japan
4.Bob Minkler, a veteran sound mixer who won an Academy Award for his work on the 1977 blockbuster Star Wars, died of respiratory failure. Who was he?
a) Musician
b) Sound mixer
c) Guitarist
d) Writer
5.British-American actor-model Sam Sarpong has died of an apparent suicide, was 40. Sarpong, who was a model for _________
a) Tommy Hilfiger
b) Pepe
c) Mufti
d) Levis
6.Which nation has failed to win a re-election to the top UN human rights body, gathering just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Nigeria
d) Baluchistan
7.Indian para-athlete ________ bagged a silver in men’s club throw F51 event to give the country its second medal in the IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha.
a) Amit Kumar
b) Zeljko Dimitrijevic
c) Milos Mitic
d) None
8.Senior IAS officer _________ has been appointed as India’s representative in the council of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a United Nations body.
a) Alok Shekhar
b) Prashant Narain Sukul,
c) Nishant Chaubey
d) Deepanshu Chandra
9.Who is the co-founder of spice jet?
a) Ajay Singh
b) Sanjiv Kapoor
c) Alok Shekhar
d) Chandra Kumar
10.The Government has decided to set up National Tribal Advisory Council under chairmanship of the ________ for real time monitoring of various tribal development programmes and schemes in the country.
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
d) Tribal department
11. _________ was the mastermind of the Udhampur attack in which two BSF personnel were killed and 11 others injured?
a) Abu Qasim
b) Chota Rajan
c) Abu Salem
d) Feroz Shah
12.Hockey India (HI) has signed a _____________ partnership with Sports Authority of India (SAI), extending its commitment towards helping hockey regain its position as the country’s top sport.
a) 3 year
b) 2 year
c) 4 year
d) 1 year
13.Nepal signed its first ever fuel agreement with ____________ to supply petroleum to ease a crippling shortage after protests blocked imports from sole supplier India.
a) China
b) Japan
c) Iran
d) Saudi Arabia
14.The ____________ government has decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs.
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) Bihar
