Current Affairs Quiz
1. National Handloom Day is observed on?
a) August 5
b) August 6
c) August 7
d) August 8
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Answer c) August 7. The 2nd National handloom day is being celebrated all around the country on 7th August 2016. “Observance of National Handloom Day would generate awareness about the importance of handloom industry as a part of our rich heritage and culture, promote handloom products. National Handloom Day, which was first celebrated in 2015, will be celebrated at state level in all states and in 200 different handloom clusters.
2. Central Government launched ‘Swachh Suvekshan-2017’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns. Who is the Minister of Urban Development?
a) Prakash Javadekar
b) Maneka Gandhi
c) Ravi Shankar Prasad
d) Venkaiah Naidu
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Answer d) Venkaiah Naidu. Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Swachh Suvekshan-2017’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns based on levels of sanitation and efforts made by respective urban local bodies and also to capture progress towards achieving ‘Open Defecation Free’ status. The Minister also released in New Delhi various publications and mobile applications to help the 500 cities and towns prepare for the survey to be conducted in January next year.
3. The Adani Group had got the extension for setting up 540 Mw power plant in________________ till 2019-20
a) Maharashtra
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Punjab
d) Meghalaya
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Answer b) Chhattisgarh. The Adani Group had got the extension for setting up 540 Mw power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sarguja region till 2019-20. The 4×135 Mw thermal power project would be based on the coal washery rejects and would come up within the Parsa East and Kete Basan coal blocks, which had been originally allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RRVUNL). Adani Mines had been assigned the work of Mining, Development and Operation (MDO) of coal block.
4. Government of India has proposed to set up four new Major Ports in ____________________________________
a) Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra
c) Kerala, West Bengal, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra
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Answer a) Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra . The government has proposed to set up four new Major Ports viz. Enayam in Tamil Nadu, Sagar in West Bengal, Dugarajpatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Vadhawan in Maharashtra. Minister of State for shipping Pon Radhakrishnan informed Lok Sabha.According to the Ministry of Shipping, around 95 per cent of India’s trading by volume and 70 per cent by value is done through maritime transport. It is serviced by 13 major ports, 200 notified minor and intermediate ports.
5. The Ministry of Railways has signed an agreement with the ________________ government for formation of a joint venture (JV) company
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Tripura
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Assam
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Answer c) Chhattisgarh. The Ministry of Railways has signed an agreement with the Chhattisgarh government for formation of a joint venture (JV) company for focused resource mobilisation, implementation and monitoring of critical rail projects. The agreement was signed in the presence of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Chief Minister Raman Singh.He also announced that the Ministry has planned to harness 1000 MW of solar power through developer mode through land based plants across the country.
6. Who has been re-elected as Asian Development Bank President?
a) Jim Yong Kim
b) Takehiko Nakao
c) Jin Liqun
d) Haruhiko Kuroda
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Answer b) Takehiko Nakao. The board of Asian Development Bank has re-elected Takehiko Nakao as the multilateral funding agency’s president for a five-year term beginning November. Nakao was first elected as ADB president on April 28, 2013 to serve the three-and-half-years remaining term of his predecessor Haruhiko Kuroda. Being the ninth president of ADB, he was the sole nominee after ADB’s Governors were invited from May 31 to June 30, 2016, to make nominations for the organisation’s presidency, the release added.
7. Which State government will undertake an irrigation project worth ₹2,800 crore to keep a check on floods?
a) Sikkim
b) Meghalaya
c) West Bengal
d) Haryana
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Answer c) West Bengal. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the state government will undertake an irrigation project worth ₹2,800 crore to keep a check on floods. The project will involve canal dredging in Burdwan, Hooghly, Bankura, East Midnapore and other south Bengal districts. It will be undertaken with the help of World Bank in the next five years, Banerjee added.
8. Government of India launched the app called _________, which will allow the general public to directly connect to high-level ministers
a) MyApp
b) MyGov
c) MyMin
d) MyPar
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Answer b) MyGov. Minister of Law and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the MyGov app ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first-ever ‘townhall’ style event in Delhi. Prasad said that the app will allow the general public to directly connect to high-level ministers. The launch marked two years of MyGovIndia, an online citizen engagement website of the Indian government.
9. Which State has started work on the installation of an Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) in six coastal districts prone to disasters like floods and cyclones?
a) Andra Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha
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Answer d) Odisha . The Odisha government has started work on the installation of an Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) in six coastal districts prone to disasters like floods and cyclones. The system, to be implemented at a cost of ₹66 crore, will involve 122 warning towers that will cover 22 calamity sensitive blocks, and blow sirens two hours prior to any calamity.
10. Which state has emerged as the top state in India in terms of growth in industry and service sectors during 2004-05 to 2014-15?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar
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Answer a) Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand has emerged as the top state in India in terms of growth in industry and service sectors during 2004-05 to 2014-15, an Assocham study said. It posted the highest compounded annual growth rate of 16.5% and 12.3% in industry and services respectively. Notably, the state outperformed the nearly 7% national average growth, the study added.
11. Government of India launched ________________ App and Helpline – 1969 to help general public address complaints related to civic issues
a) Swachhgov
b) Swachhata
c) Swachhbalan
d) Swachhbharat
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Answer b) Swachhata. The Centre launched ‘Swachhata App’ and ‘Swachhata Helpline – 1969’ to help general public address complaints related to civic issues. Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu also unveiled ‘Asli Tarakki’ (real progress) campaign to promote usage of toilets along with launching ‘Swachh Suvekshan’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns based on levels of sanitation in 2017.
12. India ________ riskiest place to do business: Report
a) 25th
b) 8th
c) 17th
d) 4th
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Answer d) 4th. London-based risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft has ranked India the fourth riskiest in a list of 198 countries losing out on business opportunities due to civil unrest. War-torn countries Syria, Yemen and Libya took the first three spots on the list. Notably, countries like Bangladesh (6th) and Nigeria (10th) were found to be safer for conducting businesses than India.
13. Which country launched its first ever mobile telecommunications satellite recently?
a) Russia
b) USA
c) China
d) India
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Answer c) China . China recently launched its first ever mobile telecommunications satellite, the ‘Tiantong-01’ from Beijing. The satellite will establish a mobile network serving China, the Middle East, Africa and other areas. The ground service will be operated by China Telecom, which is owned by the Chinese government. The country is also preparing for the next round of its manned space mission.
14. Which State Government has launched ‘Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana’, a pension scheme for weaver community in the state?
a) Odisha
b) Gujarat
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) West Bengal
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Answer a) Odisha. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched ‘Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana’, a pension scheme for weaver community in the state. He announced the scheme, under which the state government would provide Rs 500 pension to the weavers, on the occasion of National Handloom Day. The beneficiary must have worked at least preceding 20 years in the weaving profession and attained 60 years to avail the benefits under the pension scheme, said Patnaik, adding weavers, who have attained 80 years of age, would get Rs 700 pension per month.
15. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the __________ government have sined a MoU, which seeks to provide improved hospitality and tourism services to their customers
a) Maharashtra
b) Punjab
c) Haryana
d) Manipur
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Answer d) Manipur . Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the Manipur government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which seeks to provide improved hospitality and tourism services to their customers by making ‘joint use of their capabilities and facilities’. The MoU entails upon both the parties to identify areas of cooperation and draw up detailed plans for development of joint tourism products and opening and managing various catering and hospitality outlets, budget hotels and handicrafts shops at railway as well as non-railway locations.
16. _______________has became the first country to ban the mobile game Pokémon Go
a) India
b) USA
c) Iran
d) Iraq
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Answer c) Iran . Iran has become the first country to ban the mobile game Pokémon Go. The country’s High Council of Virtual Spaces, the official body that oversees Iran’s online activity, took the decision citing unspecified security concerns. Iran had reportedly waited for co-operation from the game makers before taking the decision to ban it.
17. ___________ became the first nation to register a gold medal at the Rio Olympics 2016
a) China
b) USA
c) India
d) Australia
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Answer b) USA. USA became the first nation to register a gold medal at the Rio Olympics 2016, after 19-year-old Virginia Thrasher won gold in the 10-metre air rifle on Day One of the event held on Saturday. Thrasher finished ahead of China’s Du Li and Yi Siling, who won the silver and bronze medals to open China’s medals tally at the event.
