Current Affairs Quiz
1. In which State Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has got green nod for its 694-crore rupees project?
a) Rajasthan
b) West Bengal
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Kerala
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Answer b) West Bengal. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has got green nod for its 694-crore rupees project at Haldia Dock Complex in West Bengal. This is the project of developing LPG import terminal as well as storage, bottling and bulk distribution facilities. The proposed project aims to boost supply and help achieve the government’s target of making LPG available to each household by 2018.
2. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and pharmaceutical major Sun Pharma have entered into a public-private partnership (PPP) to eradicate _________.
a) Zika virus
b) Polio
c) Swin flue
d) Malaria
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Answer d) Malaria. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and pharmaceutical major Sun Pharma have entered into a public-private partnership (PPP) to eradicate malaria.The partners will jointly set up management and technical committees to provide oversight for malaria surveillance and elimination.
3. Name the first pasteurized milk bank launched in Delhi which will make available Pasteurized Human Milk to infants hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care units of Fortis and other hospitals?
a) Jamraa
b) Amaara
c) Tumaara
d) Ramaara
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Answer b) Amaara. The first Pasteurised Human Milk Bank in Delhi-NCR, ‘Amaara’, was launched on Tuesday by Fortis La Femme in collaboration with the Breast Milk Foundation. According to the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, only 14 such banks exist in India. The bank will make available Pasteurized Human Milk to infants hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care units of Fortis and other hospitals.
4. World Intellectual Property Day is observed on which date and and what is the theme of it on 2016?
a) April 25 Creativity – The Next Generation
b) March 26 Designing the Future
c) April 26 Digital Creativity: Culture Re imagined
d) April 20 Get Up, Stand Up. For Music
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Answer c) April 26 Digital Creativity: Culture Re imagined. World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 26 April. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to “raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life” and “to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe”. The theme for 2016 is Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined.
5. India and Mongolia have commenced a joint military training exercise called ____________ in Mongolia.
a) Exercise Shakti
b) Nomadic Elephant -2016
c) Exercise Yuddh Abhyas
d) Hand-in-Hand
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Answer b) Nomadic Elephant -2016. India and Mongolia have commenced a joint military training exercise called “Nomadic Elephant -2016” in Mongolia. The Indian Army sent platoon-strength soldiers of the Kumaon Regiment to the 11th Indo-Mongolia exercise.
6. India will be hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships in ___________.
a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) Jaipur
d) Amristar
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Answer c) Jaipur . India will be hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur, besides organising the Asian Cadet and Asian Junior Judo Championships in September in Kerala this year. The Commonwealth Judo Championships was allotted to India, by the Commonwealth Judo Congress held on April 23rd at Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
7. Which bank launched the nation’s first Small Finance Bank “Capital Small Finance Bank Limited”?
a) State Bank of India
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) Capital Local Area Bank
d) Indian Bank
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Answer c) Capital Local Area Bank. First small finance bank starts operations in Punjab.Punjab-headquartered Capital Local Area Bank launched the country’s first small finance bank on Sunday, seven months after the Reserve Bank of India gave its in-principle approval for this new type of banks.
8. Which city named as noisiest city in India?
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Bengaluru
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Answer a) Mumbai. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified Mumbai as the noisiest city in the country, followed by Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru. The CPCB has analysed the noise levels in nine metro cities using data from 35 monitoring stations. According to reports, some areas in Mumbai and Delhi are noisier than the busiest parts of New York, London, and Beijing.
9. Who has become the first African footballer to win the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award for the 2015–16 season?
a) Michael Essien
b) Riyad Mahrez
c) Roger Milla
d) George Weah
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Answer b) Riyad Mahrez . Riyad Mahrez has become the first African footballer to win the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award for the 2015–16 season. The footballer received the award at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards ceremony organised in London.
10. Who has been named as ‘Indian Player of the Year’ by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI)?
a) Jeje Lalpekhlua
b) Robin Singh
c) Sandesh Jhingan
d) Subrata Pal
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Answer a) Jeje Lalpekhlua. India and Mohun Bagan forward Jeje Lalpekhlua has been named the ‘Indian Player of the Year’ by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI). The annual FPAI award was held at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai on Monday.
11. The former prime minister of Thailand, who has died recently in Bangkok?
a) Surayud Chulanont
b) Banharn Silpa-archa
c) Chuan Leekpai
d) Abhisit vejjajiva
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Answer b) Banharn Silpa-archa . The former prime minister of Thailand, Banharn Silpa-archa was died in Bangkok at the age of 83. His scandal-ridden tenure a Prime Minister preceded the Thailand’s economic collapse in the 1990s.
