Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been awarded as the Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics Sector by the Indo Global Business Council (IGBC)?
a) Girish Kumar
b) M M Joshi
c) SK Sharma
d) Prakash Varma
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Answer c) SK Sharma. SK Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, BEL, has been awarded as the Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics Sector by the Indo Global Business Council (IGBC), a policy think-tank based in New Delhi. M M Joshi, Executive Director (National Marketing), BEL, received the award on behalf of CMD.
2. Which State has received the highest number of gallantry medals for police personnel in the country on the eve of Independence Day?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Telangana
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Answer d) Telangana. Telangana State has received the highest number of gallantry medals for police personnel in the country on the eve of Independence Day. It was the only State unit to secure the President’s police medal for gallantry (PPMG). The other units to receive the award this year were Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and the Intelligence Bureau.
3. Who has been re-elected as President of Zambia?
a) Micheal Sata
b) Edgar Lungu
c) Rupiah Banda
d) Hakainde Hichilema
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Answer b) Edgar Lungu. Zambian President Edgar Lungu narrowly won re-election on in a vote his main rival said was rigged. Hakainde Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND) said it would appeal the result at the Constitutional Court, accusing election officials of fraud during the count which began after voting ended.
4. _____________________to be new brand ambassador of Incredible India
a) Narendra Modi
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Saina Nehwal
d) Amitabh Bachchan
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Answer a) Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the face of Incredible India campaign of the Union Culture and Tourism Ministry. After much deliberation, a decision has been taken in this regard. Concepts for ad films have also been directed to be submitted in a week’s time. Modi will be talking about the significance of different places in those films.
5. Qatar-based Doha Bank will open a state-of-the-art branch in _______________
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer b) Kerala. Qatar-based Doha Bank will open a state-of-the-art branch in Kochi , the only branch of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-based bank in India. Kerela chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the branch, which will be located in the LULU International shopping Mall at Edapally, It will mainly cater to the needs of the large NRI population, both in Kerala and the Gulf.
6. Government has slapped an additional penalty of USD 380 million (around Rs 2,500 crore) on __________________
a) Mahendra Industries
b) Tata Company
c) Reliance Industries
d) Adidas Company
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Answer c) Reliance Industries. Government has slapped an additional penalty of USD 380 million (around Rs 2,500 crore) on Reliance Industries and its partners for producing less than targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields. the total penalty, which is in form of disallowing recovery of cost incurred, for missing the target in five fiscal years beginning April 1, 2010, now stands at a cumulative USD 2.76 billion.
7. Online and mobile commerce major the ______________ Group, along with Crossword and Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust, has launched ‘Mission Million Books’
a) Flipkart
b) Amazon
c) Snapdeal
d) Alibaba
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Answer d) Alibaba. Online and mobile commerce major the Alibaba Group, along with Crossword and Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust, has launched ‘Mission Million Books’, a pan-India initiative inviting Indian citizens to donate textbooks and educational material for the underprivileged. The collected material will be distributed to more than 2,500 educational institutions across India.
8. World Mosquito day is observed on?
a) August 17
b) August 19
c) August 20
d) August 18
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Answer c) August 20. World Mosquito Day, observed annually on 20 August, is a commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans. Ross is responsible for the annual observance, having declared shortly after his discovery that the day should be known as World Mosquito Day in the future.
9. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) permitted an increment in the maximum validity period of mobile internet data packs to _____ days from 90 days
a) 180
b) 365
c) 270
d) 120
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Answer b) 365. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) permitted an increment in the maximum validity period of mobile internet data packs to 365 days from 90 days applicable currently. This is to address the concerns of marginal consumers who prefer lower denomination data packs with longer validity, the telecom regulator said.
10. Which State received ₹16,469.43 crore in 2015-16, making it the top beneficiary of loans disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana?
a) Karnataka
b) Rajasthan
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Punjab
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Answer a) Karnataka. Karnataka received ₹16,469.43 crore in 2015-16, making it the top beneficiary of loans disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, a scheme for giving credit to micro units, as per government data. Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were second and third respectively. Overall, banks and financial institutions disbursed ₹1.33 lakh crore under PMMY, exceeding the ₹1.22 lakh crore target, data added.
11. Who has been appointed as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
a) Arundhati Bhattacharya
b) Arvind Subramanian
c) R Gandhi
d) Urjit Patel
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Answer d) Urjit Patel. Deputy Governor of the RBI Urjit Patel has been appointed as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Patel, who was in-charge of RBI’s monetary policy, will replace Raghuram Rajan, who vacates office on September 4. The 52-year-old had studied at Oxford and Yale Universities and also served as an advisor to the Boston Consulting Group.
12. In order to promote the “welfare of women”, the ______________ government has decided to reserve 33% posts of Sub-Inspectors for women recently
a) Delhi
b) Puducherry
c) West Bengal
d) Gujarat
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Answer b) Puducherry. In order to promote the “welfare of women”, the Puducherry government has decided to reserve 33% posts of Sub-Inspectors for women, Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy said today. The government has also decided to disburse the monthly assistance to aged persons and widows under welfare schemes through Anganwadi centres instead of the beneficiaries approaching the bank branches, he added.
13. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti launched projects worth ₹560 crore under the Namami Gange programme in _________________
a) Jaipur, Rajasthan
b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
c) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
d) Vishakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh
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Answer c) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti launched projects worth ₹560 crore under the Namami Gange programme in Kanpur, UP. This includes networking schemes worth ₹397 crore, a ₹100 crore riverfront development scheme, and a ₹63 crore interception and diversion plan of a city’s drain. Fourteen ghats and five crematoria will also be constructed in the district, a statement read.
14. Which State government urged the Chinese companies to invest in sectors, including infrastructure, to help accelerate the economic growth of the state along with the country?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Assam
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer b) Maharashtra . The Maharashtra government urged the Chinese companies to invest in sectors, including infrastructure, to help accelerate the economic growth of the state along with the country. “They should look at Maharashtra… as a destination which will increase… bilateral trade between India [and] China, as recommended by [PM] Narendra Modi”, state Industry Minister Subhash Desai said.
15. Who the first athlete to complete a triple-triple of winning golds in 100-metre, 200-metre and 4X100-metre at three consecutive Olympics?
a) Justin Gatlin
b) Yohan Blake
c) Usain Bolt
d) Micheal Johnson
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Answer c) Usain Bolt. Usain Bolt became the first athlete to complete a triple-triple of winning golds in 100-metre, 200-metre and 4X100-metre at three consecutive Olympics after helping the Jamaican team win the 4X100-metre race in Rio on Saturday. With a total of nine golds in as many events, Bolt has the second most number of Olympic gold medals, behind American swimmer Michael Phelps.
