Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force (RPF)?
a) Krishna chaudhary
b) Surender Kumar Bhagat
c) Vignesh Kumar
d) Rajiva Ranjan Varma
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Answer b) Surender Kumar Bhagat. Senior IPS officer Surender Kumar Bhagat has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force (RPF). His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). He will serve the Railway Protection Force till the date of his superannuation that is on 30 June 2017.
2. Which State has announced 10% reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) in general category?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Assam
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Answer c) Gujarat. Gujarat government has announced 10% reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) in general category. EBCs in the upper castes, include Patidars, with a family income cap of 6 lakh rupees a year that is 50000 rupees per month can avail the benefit.
3. Which country has launched the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome?
a) America
b) Russia
c) Spain
d) Japan
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Answer b) Russia. Russia has launched the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome. The unmanned rocket is carrying three satellites. The new space port was built to reduce dependency on the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. An unmanned Soyuz-2.1A rocket, carrying three satellites, roared into a clear blue sky from the launchpad at Vostochny cosmodrome in the remote Amur Region near China’s border.
4. Which country has developed the world’s first graphene electronic paper?
a) South Africa
b) Japan
c) North Korea
d) China
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Answer d) China. In a major breakthrough, China has developed the world’s first graphene electronic paper which will catapult the material to a new level. The new material has been heralded as “the world’s first graphene electronic paper,” by Chen Yu, general manager of Guangzhou OED Technologies, which developed it in partnership with a company in Chongqing Province. Graphene is the world’s strongest and lightest known material; a single layer of graphene is only 0.335 nanometers thick, and it can conduct heat and electricity.
5. Which Bank has launched mobile-only bank?
a) Development Bank of Singapore
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) State Bank of India
d) Citi Bank
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Answer a) Development Bank of Singapore. DBS (Development Bank of Singapore) Bank has launched mobile-only bank, Digibank, at the financial district of the country, Mumbai. Making its foothold strong is a completely digital branch which will work on the principles of artificial intelligence.
6. The government of India hiked Employee Provident Fund (EPF) interest rates to ____% from 8.7% amid nation-wide protests from trade unions.
a) 8.75
b) 8.8
c) 8.9
d) 8.85
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Answer b) 8.8. The government of India hiked Employee Provident Fund (EPF) interest rates to 8.8% from 8.7% amid nation-wide protests from trade unions. The Central Board of Trustees, headed by the Labour Minister, had in February decided to provide 8.8% interest rate to over 5 crore subscribers for 2015-16, before the Finance Ministry earlier this month decided to ratify 8.7% interest rate.
7. International Dance Day is observed on?
a) April 27
b) April 25
c) April 29
d) April 20
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Answer c) April 29. International Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Council (CID, Conseil International de la Danse), a UNESCO partner NGO, and is celebrated yearly, on April 29. The date is not linked to a particular person or a particular form of dance, although it’s also the day when the French dancer and ballet master Jean-Georges Noverre was born. The main purpose of Dance Day events is to attract the attention of the wider public to the art of dance.
8. Which State contributed the highest amount (2.77 lakh crore) among India’s states and union territories to the total national direct tax collection of ₹6.96 lakh crore in 2014-15?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Rajasthan
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Answer a) Maharashtra . Maharashtra contributed the highest (₹2.77 lakh crore) among India’s states and union territories to the total national direct tax collection of ₹6.96 lakh crore in 2014-15. Further, according to data released by the Central Board of Direct Taxes for the first time, Maharashtra was followed by Delhi and Karnataka, with direct tax collections of ₹91,248 crore and ₹60,595 crore respectively.
9. Which State capital was declared as a ‘smoke-free city’?
a) Odisha
b) Assam
c) West Bengal
d) Nagaland
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Answer d) Nagaland. Nagaland’s capital Kohima on Thursday was declared a ‘smoke-free city’. The formal declaration was made during a ‘Smoke-Free Kohima City’ campaign by the district’s Deputy Commissioner Rovilatuo Mor.
10. Tobago batsman _______________ has created a record by scoring 21-ball century in the Tobago Cricket Association’s T20 tournament.
a) Bryan Davis
b) Jack Noreiga
c) Iraq Thomas
d) Inshan Ali
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Answer c) Iraq Thomas. Tobago batsman Iraq Thomas has created a record by scoring 21-ball century in the Tobago Cricket Association’s T20 tournament at Louis D’or.Chasing Speyside’s target of 152, Thomas bludgeoned 131 off 31 balls to finish off the contest in just eight overs.
