Current Affairs Quiz
1. Actor _________________ will be awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres (The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French government.
a) Amir Khan
b) Rajinikanth
c) Kamal Haasan
d) Mohan Lal
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Answer c) Kamal Haasan. Actor Kamal Haasan will be awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres (The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French government. The Order is part of France’s premier award, the Legion of Honor. Other Indians who have been conferred the Chevalier Order include actors Sivaji Ganesan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Nandita Das and Shah Rukh Khan.
2. India ranks _____ in Asia Pacific on fixed broadband
a) 56th
b) 44th
c) 81st
d) 39th
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Answer d) 39th. India ranks a low 39th in terms of fixed broadband adoption among Asia Pacific countries, with just 1.3 per cent of its citizens subscribing to such a service in 2015, according to a study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, Macao, Australia and Singapore topped the list of 53 countries covered in the report.
3. Which State government decided to felicitate the Olympic badminton star PV Sindhu with Rs. 3 crore rewards in cash and a Group I cadre job in the State?
a) Haryana
b) Andra Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer b) Andra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet decided to felicitate the Olympic badminton star PV Sindhu with Rs. 3 crore reward in cash, a 1,000 sq yard site in the new capital city of Amaravati and a Group I cadre job in the State. The Cabinet also approved a Rs. 50 lakh cash reward to Pullela Gopichand, the former badminton star and coach of Sindhu.
4. Who has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Georgia?
a) Yogeshwar Sangwan
b) Viiay Keshav Gokhale
c) Gautam H Bambawale
d) Raghavan
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Answer a) Yogeshwar Sangwan. Mr. Yogeshwar Sangwan (IFS: 1994), presently Ambassador of India to Armenia, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Georgia, with residence in Yerevan, The Ministry of External Affairs said that Mr. Vishvas Vidu Sapkal (IFS:1998), presently High Commissioner of India to Fiji, had been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner to Kiribati, with residence in Suva (Fiji).
5. Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of telecom giant Bharti Airtel for another five year, with effect from October 1, 2016?
a) Gopal Vittal
b) Lakshmi Mittal
c) Sunil Bharti Mittal
d) Azim Premji
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Answer c) Sunil Bharti Mittal. Sunil Bharti Mittal has been re-appointed as the Chairman of telecom giant Bharti Airtel for another five year, with effect from October 1, 2016. Mittal is the Founder of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s largest conglomerates with diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, agri and food, besides other ventures.
6. Which Country won its first Olympic men’s football gold medal in 2016 Rio Olympics?
a) Argentina
b) Brazil
c) Germany
d) Spain
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Answer b) Brazil. Brazil star forward Neymar gave the 2016 Rio Olympics host nation its biggest moment as he handed the country its first Olympic men’s football gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over Germany.
7. Indian-origin MP __________________ became Canada’s first female Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
a) Maryam Monsef
b) Melanie Joly
c) Kirsty Duncan
d) Bardish Chagger
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Answer d) Bardish Chagger. Indian-origin MP Bardish Chagger became Canada’s first female Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. The 39-year-old MP from Waterloo is also among the youngest to hold the post and will retain her previous role as Minister for Small Business and Tourism. Chagger’s parents had immigrated to Canada in the 1970s.
8. World’s New Largest Glass Bridge Opens in _____________
a) China
b) USA
c) India
d) Japan
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Answer a) China. Said to be the world’s longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge, a 430-metre-long and 300-metre-high skywalk opened in China. The skywalk, made of 99 glass panels connecting two mountain cliffs, is located in Zhangjiajie Park. The mountain cliffs in the area are said to have inspired the ‘floating peaks’ in the movie ‘Avatar’.
9. ______________is home to the India’s largest number of technology driven startups, according to a study by Assocham
a) Hyderabad
b) Bangalore
c) Mumbai
d) Chennai
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Answer b) Bangalore. Bengaluru is home to the country’s largest number of technology driven startups, according to a study by Assocham. Delhi NCR and Mumbai account for the country’s second and third largest share of technology driven startups, the study added. It further noted that the cities Hyderabad and Chennai are also popular among the startups and budding entrepreneurs.
10. Subrata Banerjee who passed away recently, he was a former international umpire of ______________
a) Hockey
b) Football
c) Cricket
d) Baseball
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Answer c) Cricket . Subrata Banerjee, a former international umpire passed away at the age of 71 in Kolkata. Banerjee rendered his services as an umpire in men’s as well as women’s international games. He also officiated in age group tournaments as well. Banerjee stood in 13 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in his international career, which spanned for 15 years.
