Current Affairs Quiz
1. In which district ‘Operation Sulaimani’ has been implemented?
a) Kottayam
b) Kannur
c) Kollam
d) Kozhikode
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Kozhikode. In an initiative to eradicate poverty from the district, the Kozhikode district administration is all set to implement a project named ‘Operation Sulaimani’ to ensure food for the needy in its jurisdiction. Operation Sulaimani is being implemented in association with the state Hotel and Restaurants Association. Following the implementation of the project, the needy will get food free of cost.
2. The new Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo is _____________.
a) Joseph Kabila
b) Mouamba Clement
c) Denis Sassou
d) Moise Katumbi
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Mouamba Clement. Mouamba Clement, the former Congolese Finance Minister, has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Congo. He was appointed to the post by Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso. Clement will be responsible for forming a government in consultation with the president in accordance with the 25 October 2015 constitution.
3. World Malaria Day is observed on which date and what is the theme of it on 2016?
a) April 22 and “Invest in the future: defeat malaria”
b) April 24 and “Achieving Progress and Impact”
c) April 25 and “End Malaria for Good”
d) April 20 and “Counting malaria out”
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) April 25 and “End Malaria for Good”. On April 25th people across the globe take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day. The theme for 2016 is “End Malaria for Good” .The Day is an international observance commemorated every year on 25 April and recognizes global efforts to control malaria. Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria.
4. The government has proposed to build an application called _____________________ which would let people to access e-Gov services.
a) UMANG
b) TMANG
c) ILANG
d) EMANG
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) UMANG .The government has proposed to build an application called Unified Mobile Application for New age Governance (UMANG), which would let people access e-Gov services. The mobile application would include Central and state services, and let people apply for passports and file income-tax returns.
5. 22nd Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT), scheduled from 19-27 Apr 16 in the____________________.
a) Arabian Sea
b) Andaman Sea
c) Bay of Bengal
d) None of these
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Andaman Sea. INS Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette based at the Andaman and Nicobar Command, along with a Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft, are participating in the 22nd Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT), scheduled from 19-27 Apr 16 in the Andaman Sea.
6. Which country has successfully tested its first radar evading aircraft X-2?
a) India
b) China
c) Japan
d) North Korea
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Japan. Japan joined the exclusive stealth jet club with the successful test flight of its first radar-evading aircraft — a prototype called the X-2.
7. In which State, Minister JP Nadda inaugurated the first of its kind Current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility within the Central Government for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI)?
a) Haryana
b) Kerala
c) Madya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Himachal Pradesh. Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the first of its kind Current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility within the Central Government for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.
8. The Indian military has just completed a mammoth amphibious exercise named as _______________.
a) Pal Kahar
b) Jal Prahar
c) Tan Sahar
d) Lan Gahar
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Jal Prahar. Aiming to validate and fine-tune its strategy to take over enemy land via sea, the Indian military has just completed a mammoth amphibious exercise ‘Jal Prahar’ that saw participation of all three wings of the armed forces in the strategic Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
9. Government of India reduced the interest rate of Employee Provident Fund (EPF) for 2015-16 from ____ to 8.7%.
a) 9%
b) 8.75%
c) 8.8 %
d) 8.85%
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) 8.75%. The government has approved an interest rate of 8.7% on the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) for 2015-16 from 8.75% in 2014-15, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Monday. Earlier, the interest rate on Public Provident Fund was reduced to 8.1% from 8.7% while that on the National Savings Certificate was lowered to 8.1% from 8.5%, both starting April 1, 2016.
10. India banned the imports of milk products from which country?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Japan
c) America
d) China
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) China. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha that India has banned the import of milk and milk products from China after finding them substandard. Further, some mobile phones, which do not carry the IMEI number, and certain steel products from China were also banned. Notably, India’s trade deficit with China for 2015-16 (April-February) stood at $48.68 billion.
11. Which country banned four sports bodies from hosting events?
a) India
b) South Africa
c) New Zealand
d) Australia
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) South Africa. South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula on Monday revoked the hosting and bidding privileges of four major sporting federations including the country’s Cricket, Athletics Netball and Rugby federations. The privileges were revoked due to the failure to meet their transformation targets of improving sporting opportunities for the black community, which forms 84% of under-18 population of SA.
12. Indian rower ______________qualified for the Rio Olympics after winning silver in the finals of men’s single sculls
a) Sawarn Singh
b) Dattu Bhokanal
c) Manjeet Singh
d) Devender Singh Khandwal
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Dattu Bhokanal. Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero after his performance in the Asia Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea. Competing in the men’s single sculls category in the finals, Bhokanal finished with the second fastest time (7 minutes 07.49 seconds) in the 2-km course to win a silver medal and clinch a spot at the Olympics.
13. Who was qualified for Rio Olympics in the men’s 57 kg free style category?
a) Hardeep Singh
b) Narsingh Yadav
c) Sandeep Tomar
d) Yogeshwar Dutt
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Sandeep Tomar. Wrestler Sandeep Tomar secured an Olympic quota place for India in the men’s 57 kg freestyle category with a bronze-medal finish on the final day of the first World Olympic Qualifying tournament in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
14. Indian shooter who won the silver medal in the Men’s Skeet event of the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Rio De Janerio?
a) Javed Ahmed
b) Mairaj Ahmed Khan
c) Younis Khan
d) Amir Khan
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Mairaj Ahmed Khan . Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan made a successful start to his campaign at theISSF World Cup by winning a silver medal in men’s skeet event in Rio de Janeiro. Mairaj’s feat gave India its first skeet medal at a World Cup. The 40-year-old Indian shooter finished with an overall tally of 14 in the gold medal match but lost out to Marcus Svensson of Sweden in a shoot off after the latter was also tied at 14.
15. Who won Barcelona Open title?
a) Roger Federer
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Andy Murray
d) Rafael Nadal
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal beat the defending champion, Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 7-5 to win the Barcelona Open for the ninth time, equalling Guillermo Vilas’s record of 49 career clay-court titles. Nadal added this title to his trophy from Monte Carlo last week as the 14-time grand slam winner regains form on his favourite surface before next month’s French Open.
16. Who won the Barcelona Open doubles tennis title?
a) Frew Mcmillan and Anders Jareed
b) Paul Hauris and Raul remirez
c) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
d) Marcelo Melo and Jamie Murray
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan . Bob and Mike Bryan won the Barcelona Open doubles tennis title after defeating Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas and the Spaniard Marcel Granollers 7-5, 7-5 in one hour and 25 minutes. The twin brothers took advantage of their experience and mutual chemistry against Cuevas and Granollers who played on Sunday their first doubles final.
17. Who won women’s doubles final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament?
a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
b) Serena Williams and Venus Williams
c) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
d) Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. French pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic have won women’s doubles final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament. In the final held at Stuttgart in Germany, the French duo defeated the Indo-Swiss pair of top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis 6-2, 1-6, 6-10.
