current affairs quiz
1. Who has been appointed as chairman of NASSCOM?
a) Indrani Shukla
b) Piyush Mehta
c) CP Guranani
d) Naresh Krishna
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Answer c) CP Guranani. National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has announced the appointment of CP Gurnani as its chairman for 2016-17. He will take the new role as chairman of Nasscom. He will succeeds B V R Mohan Reddy, who served as chairman of Nasscom for the previous financial year.
2. GOI signs up _______ to endorse Skill India.
a) Vishwanthan Anand
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Shahrukh Khan
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Answer b) Sachin Tendulkar. Government has roped in cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar to endorse the ‘I Support Skill India‘ campaign, in an attempt to reach out to the youth and build awareness on the importance of skill development.
3. Which state is to pull all major public services online?
a) Maharashtra
b) Odisha
c) Kerala
d) Telangana
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Answer a) Maharashtra. Targeting to make all public services online so that a citizen does not have to visit a government office at all, Maharashtra will be launching a mobile application and digital payment gateway by the end of the year to facilitate this. The initiative was announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
4. Who for the first time will introduce a heat index for the country?
a) India Meteorological Department
b) Indian Meteorological Department
c) India Meteorological Departments
d) None of the above
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Answer a) India Meteorological Department. As several parts of the country experience heatwaves, and with summer temperatures steadily on the rise, India is set to get its own heat index. Starting this month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the first time will introduce a heat index for the country. The index will be available on the IMD website, and will be updated every three hours across all weather stations.
5. GOI constitutes _______Committee to monitor Govt Advertisements.
a) Mehta Committee
b) Mehta Tondon Committee
c) BB Tondon Committee
d) None
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Answer c) BB Tondon Committee. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a three-member panel, headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) BB Tandon, to see that guidelines set for government advertisements by the Supreme Court are followed. Senior TV journalist Rajat Sharma and ad-man Piyush Pandey will be the other members of the committee.
6.Which Country offers Sri Lanka 500 Million Yuan?
a) India
b) China
c) America
d) None of the above
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Answer b) China. China has offered Sri Lanka 500 million Yuan to provide assistance to improve investment zones and speed up the industrialization process in the country. China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang made this offer during bilateral discussions with the visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing.
7. ______ and ______ to build bridge over the Red Sea
a) Germany and Egypt
b) USA and Egypt
c) Pakistan and Egypt
d) Saudi Arabia and Egypt
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Answer d) Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Saudi Arabia’s king has announced that a bridge linking the country to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea. King Salman said that the bridge would boost commerce between the two allies.
8. _________rocket successfully launches inflatable room to ISS.
a) Long MArch
b) SpaceX Falcon 8
c) SpaceX Falcon 9
d) None of the option
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Answer c) SpaceX Falcon 9. The US aerospace company SpaceX has successfully landed a resusable rocket on an ocean platform, after four previous attempts failed. Mission controllers cheered as the Falcon 9 rocket remained upright on the platform off Florida. It was returning from delivering an inflatable habitat into space for Nasa. The inflatable room will attach to the International Space Station (ISS) for a two-year test and become the first such habitat for humans in orbit.
9. C Silvera who passed away was a/an_____.
a) Actor
b) Singer
c) Architect
d) Union Minister
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Answer d) Union Minister. Former Union Minister C Silvera died due to massive stroke. Silvera (81) collpased in the bathroom and died on the spot. He is survived by his wife Lallawmzuali and three sons. Silvera was born on May 6, 1935 and earned his MBBS degree from Christian Medical College in Vellore.
