Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which Bollywood actor has been named Indian Contingent’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Rio Olympics?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Salman Khan
c) Amir Khan
d) Shah Rukh Khan.
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Answer b) Salman Khan. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been named Indian Contingent’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Rio Olympics. This is the first time that a Bollywood superstar will be a goodwill ambassador for the national squad for as big an event likes the Summer Olympics. The association between Salman Khan and the Indian Olympic Association was facilitated by IOA’s official marketing agency IOS Sports & Entertainment.
2. Who has been appointed as new director of and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
a) Ganesan
b) Bhupendra Kainthola
c) Mohan Chandak
d) Harsh Bhal
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Answer b) Bhupendra Kainthola. Bhupendra Kainthola, an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 1989 batch, has been appointed as the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). This appointment process, which commenced in February 2015, took over a year to finish. Since DJ Narain, former institute director, completed his term in July 2015, the post was being occupied by a part-timer, Prashant Pathrabe, a director with the Press Information Bureau for last nine months.
3. President Pranab Mukherjee nominated of _____ eminent personalities from different fields to Rajya Sabha following a recommendation of the Union government.
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
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Answer b) 6. President Pranab Mukherjee nominated of six eminent personalities from different fields to Rajya Sabha following a recommendation of the Union government. President has a provision to nominate 12 members in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) on the recommendation of Union Cabinet as per Article 80 of the Constitution of India.
4. Which company became first Indian company to join in EP100 campaign?
a) Tata Motors
b) Maruti Suzuki
c) Mahindra & Mahindra
d) Hero Moto Corp
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Answer c) Mahindra & Mahindra. Automobile giant Mahindra & Mahindra has become the first Indian company to join a global energy campaign led by an international non-profit group that will work with the world’s most influential businesses in setting commitments to double their energy productivity. By signing up to ‘EP100‘ campaign led by ‘The Climate Group‘, the world’s largest manufacturer of tractors has committed to doubling their energy productivity by 2030, a core requirement for any business signing on to the campaign.
5. Which State Government has signed a pact with Tata Trusts to achieve elimination of Malaria from the state by 2030?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Odisha
d) Rajasthan
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Answer c) Odisha. Tata Trusts has signed a pact with the Odisha government to achieve elimination of Malaria from the state by 2030. As per the MoU, Tata Trusts will be taking mass screenings twice a year in 557 villages in five selected blocks including Bissamcuttack and Muniguda blocks of Rayagada district, Lanjigarh, Thuamulrampur blocks of Kalahandi district and Kotgarh block of Kandhamal district in southern Odisha.
6. The solar-powered aeroplane Solar Impulse has landed in _________________
a) Los Angeles, California
b) San Jose, California
c) San Diego, California
d) Silicon Valley, California
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Answer d) Silicon Valley, California. The solar-powered aeroplane Solar Impulse has landed in Silicon Valley, California, after a three-day flight over the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii. High winds delayed the landing at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, as pilot Bertrand Piccard flew in a holding pattern off the coast.
7. The Government of India has launched country’s first online interactive heritage portal named ____________.
a) Wikipedia
b) Sahapedia
c) Lihapedia
d) Jasapedia
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Answer b) Sahapedia. The Government of India has launched country’s first online interactive heritage portal named Sahapedia in New Delhi. The web portal is a collaborative knowledge resource on the arts, culture and heritage of India.
8. World Book and Copyright Day is observed on?
a) April 23
b) April 24
c) April 25
d) April 20
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Answer a) April 23. World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on April 23rd, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright. In the United Kingdom, the day is recognized on the first Thursday in March. World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.
9. India and __________ have launched a programme with $1 trillion potential to help developing countries harness fully their solar resources for a clean energy.
a) Japan
b) Spain
c) France
d) America
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Answer c) France. India and France have launched a programme with $1 trillion potential to help developing countries harness fully their solar resources for a clean energy. Power Minister Piyush Goyal and French Environment Minister Segolene Royal announced that the solar finance programme that aims to lower the cost of finance and facilitate the flow of more than $1 trillion investment to members of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
10. India signed Paris climate agreement along with other _____ nations at UN.
a) 171
b) 174
c) 160
d) 150
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Answer b) 174. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has signed the historic Paris climate agreement along with other 174 nations at a high-level ceremony hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York.
11. A mosque in ________ has decided to allow the entry of Muslim women for the first time in its history.
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Delhi
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Answer a) Kerala. A mosque in Kerala has decided to allow the entry of Muslim women for the first time in its history. Muslim women “in the right attire” can enter the Thazhathangady Juma Mosque, only on April 24 and May 8, the chief Imam said. Believed to be over a thousand years old, it is one of the oldest mosques in India.
12. Gurgaon-based airline Vistara partners with which IT company for application maintenance services?
a) Infosys
b) Wipro
c) HCL
d) TCS
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Answer d) TCS. Gurgaon-based airline Vistara has entered into a strategic partnership with software services firm TCS for a range of IT services, including application maintenance services and airport infrastructure support. The two entities would also develop digital solutions which can be taken to other airlines, Vistara said. Vistara is a joint venture between conglomerate Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines.
13. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has cleared the insurance policy for all _________ nuclear reactors in India.
a) 25
b) 31
c) 21
d) 18
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Answer c) 21. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has cleared the insurance policy for all 21 nuclear reactors in India. The NPCIL also finalised the insurance policy for suppliers, officials said. Under a 2010 law, NPCIL can seek damages from suppliers in case of accidents. This comes as India plans to build 60 nuclear reactors to move away from fossil fuels.
14. Government of India going to appoint ___________ new LPG distributors in Financial Year 2017
a) 2000
b) 3000
c) 8000
d) 10000
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Answer d) 10000. Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that 10,000 new LPG distributors will be appointed in the current financial year.“At present, there are 18,000 gas distributors in the country and in the coming three months, 2,000 new distributors will be made and by the end of this financial year 8,000 more distributors will be made,”.
15. Papa Wemba was a/an _____________ who passed away recently.
a) Dancer
b) Musician
c) Actor
d) Poet
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Answer b) Musician. The influential Congolese musician Papa Wemba has died aged 66 after collapsing during a concert. The musician, whose real name was Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, rose to fame in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa during the 1970s with the band Zaiko Langa Langa, whose guitar-based fusion of Latin and African dance styles inspired a generation of African musicians.
