CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. The CCEA has approved how many crores for strengthening drug regulatory system
a) Rs 1550 Crore
b) Rs 1650 Crore
c) Rs 1750 Crore
d) Rs 1850 Crore
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Answer c) Rs 1750 Crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the PM Modi, has approved the proposal for strengthening the drug regulatory system at a total cost of Rs.1750 crore with in three years.
2. Government has planning to how much percentage stake in Coal India Limited?
a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 13%
d) 15%
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Answer b) 10%. The Government of India is aiming to sell a 10 percent stake valued at around $3.7 billion in top coal miner Coal India Ltd through a stock market auction.
3. What is the Capital of Turkey?
a) Istanbul
b) Konya
c) Antalya
d) Ankara
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Answer d) Ankara. The United States’ warplanes have carried out their first air strikes on ISIS in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base. It is the first time that manned US fighter jets had carried out raids after taking off from Turkey’s strategically located Incirlik base.
4. An International Climate Office on Variability and Predictability would be set up in
a) Varanasi
b) Ahmadabad
c) Pune
d) Jaipur
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Answer c) Pune. An International Climate Office on Variability and Predictability would be set up in Pune. The main objective to to implement intra-seasonal, seasonal and inter-annual variability and predictability of monsoon systems. An agreement has already been signed between Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and World Climate Research Programme, Geneva
5. Who has been invited to become the Grand Marshall and guest of honour at the prestigious New York India Day Parade 2015?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Parineeti Chopra
d) Aishwarya Rai
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Answer c) Parineeti Chopra.
6. Who has been elected as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)?
a) Mahohar Kapoor
b) Sudhakar Shetty
c) Murai Reddy
d) Jayaram Naidu
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Answer b) Sudhakar Shetty. Maharashtra’s Sudhakar Shetty has been elected as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI). He succeeds Jaspal Singh Kandhari.
7. Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between the India and _____ for the construction of a petroleum products pipeline?
a) Bhutan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer c) Nepal. The pipeline will be from Raxaul (India) to Amlekhgunj (Nepal).
8. Recently China has signed an agreement with ______ for its Economic Corridor?
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar
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Answer b) Pakistan. China and Pakistan have signed agreements worth $1.6 billion to implement the China Pakistan Eocnomic Corridor or CPEC project. The agreements were signed at Karamay city in Xinjiang province.
9. Which bank has recently launched multi-currency contactless card with Visa?
a) ICICI
b) HDFC
c) Axis
d) SBI
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Answer c) Axis Bank. Axis Bank will upgrade close to about one-fourth, or 50,000, of its point of sale (PoS) machines so that they can accept debit and credit card payments from contactless cards. The bank launched contactless multi-currency forex cards in partnership with Visa -the payments gateway company.
10. GOI has sanctioned 1,500-MW ultra mega solar power park for
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer a) Andhra Pradesh. The Ministry for New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned a 1,500-MW ultra mega solar power park for development in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
11. Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of L&T Infotech?
a) Sanjay Jalona
b) Manoj Chawla
c) Preethi Nandagopalan
d) Swetha Mishra
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Answer a) Sanjay Jalona.
12. Indian Railways has signed 4 MoUs with
a) Ministry of Finance
b) Ministry of Food Processing
c) Ministry of Transports
d) Ministry of Power and New Renewable Energy
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Answer d) Ministry of Power and New Renewable Energy
13. Coca-cola India has signed _______ for 3-years as social ambassador.
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Sourav Ganguly
d) Virat Kohli
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Answer c) Sourav Ganguly. Coca-Cola India has roped in former captaun Sourav Ganguly as its social ambassador for a three-year deal ending in 2017, replacing Sachin Tendulkar, whose contract ended last year.
14. Who has been elected as Chairman of the prestigious Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation?
a) Pranav Mishra
b) Joy Mukherjee
c) Dhananjay Singh
d) Jethabhai Patel
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Answer d) Jethabhai Patel.
15. World Elephant Day is observed on
a) August 12
b) August 13
c) August 14
d) August 15
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Answer a) August 12.
