CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Under the Land Border Agreement, how many enclaves have been physically transferred between India and Bangladesh?
a) 152
b) 162
c) 172
d) 182
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Answer b) 162 Enclaves. Under the historic exchange, 51 Bangladeshi enclaves merged with India, while 111 Indian enclaves from West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram merged with Bangladesh.
2. Name the Cricketer who has been presented the Arjuna Award by the Sports Minister.
a) Ashik Dinda
b) Ravichandran Ashwin
c) Yousuf Pathan
d) Ashish Nehra
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Answer b) Ravichandran Ashwin. Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been presented the Arjuna Award by India’s Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in New Delhi. Ashwin was not present during the award Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2014, when he was conferred the award, as he was a part of the India ODI team, which was touring England at that time.
3. Name the South African bowler who has recently claimed his 400th Test Wicket.
a) Ab de Villiers
b) Hasim Amla
c) JP Duminy
d) Dale Steyn
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Answer d) Dale Steyn. Dale Steyn became the 13th bowler to join the 400-wicket club in Test cricket. Shaun Pollock (421) is the only other South African to have taken 400 Test scalps.
4. What is NISAR Mission?
a) Mission of SAARC Countries
b) Mission to reach Neptune
c) Mission of ISRO and NASA
d) National Investigative Statistics on Academic Research
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Answer c) Mission of ISRO and NASA. ISRO and NASA are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission to codevelop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite.
5. What is India’s rank among the high Tuberculosis prevalence countries?
a) 12
b) 13
c) 14
d) 15
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Answer c) 14. India ranks 14th among 22 high Tuberculosis burden countries globally and the country has 2.6 million cases of Tuberculosis as per the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2014.
6. Who has been appointed as new Railway Board Secretary?
a) Ganga Ram Agarwal
b) Ram Mohan Singh
c) Abhiskek Chatterjee
d) Vinoth Mishra
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Answer a) Ganga Ram Agarwal. Ganga Ram Agarwal has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Railway Board. Ganga ram Agarwal succeeded PC Gajpiyae who has attained the age of superannuation.
7. What is the helpline number for Medical Emergency in Trains?
a) 131
b) 133
c) 138
d) 141
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Answer c) 138. Train passengers can contact helpline by dialing number 138 through their mobile phones in case of medical emergency. All passengers trains will be provided with First Aid Boxes containing essential drugs, medicines and dressing materials.
8. Wildlife researchers have discovered new frog species called Indirana Salekari in
a) Kerala
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Goa
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Answer d) Goa. The discovered species has been christened as ‘Indirana Salelkari’ after Netravali Range Forest Officer Prakash Salelkar for his contribution to conservation of wildlife.
9. Prabhroop Sekhon, who won two Golds in Special Olympic Games, is associated with
a) Archery
b) Swimming
c) Golf
d) Roller Skating
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Answer d) Roller Skating. India’s 14 year old Prabhroop Sekhon has won two gold medals in the Special Olympics World Summer Games held at Los Angeles, US. He won the medals in 300 metre and 500 metre Roller Skating event.
10. India’s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) has been commissioned in
a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) West Bengal
d) Maharashtra
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Answer b) Kerala (Kochi)
