CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. India and ______ ink deal to lay 1st SAARC oil Pipeline
a) Bhutan
b) Bangladesh
c) Myanmar
d) Nepal
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Answer d) Nepal. India and Nepal on 24th August 2015 decided to invest Rs 200 crore on a pipeline for supplying petroproducts to the Himalayan country.The agreement was signed by oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Nepal’s commerce and supplies minister Sunil Bahadur Thapa in Kathmandu.
2. The committee that recommends MAT relief to FIIs is
a) R Gandhi Committee
b) AP Shah Committee
c) Prakash Committee
d) Suraj Singh Committee
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Answer b) AP Shah Committee. Justice AP Shah Committee has expressed his views to the finance ministry that the MAT shouldn’t be imposed on Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) for the period preceding April 1, 2015.
3. Romeo James, who won the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award 2015 is associated with
a) Tennis
b) Volley Ball
c) Hockey
d) Cricket
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Answer c) Hockey. It is given for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games. It is given to honour those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to the promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career.
4. Who among the following is not the recipient of Dronacharya Awards 2015?
a) Naval Singh
b) Anoop Singh
c) Harbans Singh
d) Nihar Singh
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Answer d) Nihar Singh. The Award is given to honour eminent Coaches who have successfully trained sports persons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions.
5. Under Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility category, __________ won the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015.
a) Indian Army
b) Railways
c) State Bank of India
d) Coal India Limited
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Answer d) Coal India Limited. The Award is given to entities, both in public sector and private sector and non-governmental organizations, with a view to recognizing the contribution made to sports development.
6. Indian Army has inaugurated War Museum and Memorial recently in
a) Rajasthan
b) Punjab
c) Gujarat
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer a) Rajasthan.
7. _______ has launched the military exercises in the Arctic.
a) Sweden
b) Russia
c) Germany
d) USA
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Answer b) Russia. Russia has launched the military exercises in the Arctic. More than 1,000 soldiers, 14 aircraft and 34 special military units are taking part in drills in northern Siberia.
8. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has recently released a postal stamp on
a) Raja Raja Cholan
b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar
d) Emperor Ashoka
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Answer d) Emperor Ashoka. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has released a postal stamp on Emperor Ashoka. He also announced that stamps would also be released soon to honour former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Bihar’s mountain man Dashrath Manjhi.
9. Recently Sports Authority of India has launched the SSPF. What does ‘P’ stands for?
a) Planning
b) Promotion
c) Project
d) Performance
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Answer b) Promotion. SSPF – School Sports Promotion Foundation.
10. GOI’s new initiative SEHAT is associated with
a) Women Empowerment
b) Sports
c) Healthcare
d) Education
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Answer c) Healthcare. The Union Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, Ravi Shankar Prasad, has launched SEHAT – an unique initiative for healthcare in India. The main objective of SEHAT is to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas.
11. Who takes over as Chief of Personnel in Navy?
a) Vice Admiral AR Karve
b) Vice Admiral AK Joe
c) Vice Admiral MN Singh
d) Vice Admiral RL Krishnan
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Answer a) Vice Admiral AR Karve
12. Who has sworn-in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra.
a) Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani
b) Justice Ratna Pratab Ulluwalia
c) Justice RK Krishna Chaudhary
d) Justice PL Dharmalingam
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Answer a) Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani
13._________ has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government to develop 264 villages.
a) Tata Trusts
b) Reliance Groups
c) Adani Groups
d) Bharti Airtel
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Answer a) Tata Trusts.
14. Who has been re-appointed as the MD and CEO of YES Bank?
a) Aditya Puri
b) Manish Agarwal
c) Mukesh Pandey
d) Rana Kapoor
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Answer d) Rana Kapoor
15. Shelly Ann Fraser is associated with
a) Tennis
b) Volley Ball
c) Sprinting
d) Swimming
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Answer c) Sprinting. Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser retained Women’s 100 meters gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics by finishing the race in 10.76 seconds.
