CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. India has signed an agreement on legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters with two countries. What are they?
a) Iran and Afghanistan
b) Bhutan and Nepal
c) Oman and Afghanistan
d) UAE and Iran
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Answer c) Oman and Afghanistan.
2. Which company has acquired Augere Wireless Broadband India (Augere) to take its 4G operations to nine circles.
a) BSNL
b) Airtel
c) Reliance
d) Vodafone
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Answer b) Airtel. Augere holds 20 MHz of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in the telecom circles of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
3. The World’s First International Controlled Bank of low-enriched Uranium will be hosted by
a) Kyrgyzstan
b) Kazakhstan
c) Uzbekistan
d) Turkmenistan
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Answer b) Kazakhstan. The agreement on establishing the bank was signed by Yukiya Amano, director general of the UN nuclear watchdog, and Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov on August 27 in the Kazakh capital, Astana.
4. Who has been elected as the president of the Association of Indian Statisticians and scorers of India?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Srinath
c) Ajit Agarkar
d) Dilip Vengsarkar
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Answer d) Dilip Vengsarkar.
5. Vikas Gowda is associated with
a) Archery
b) Sprinting
c) Discus Throwing
d) Roller Skating
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Answer c) Discus Throwing.
6. The 8th International Conference on “Indian Civil Aviation & Tourism” was held in
a) New Delhi
b) Jaipur
c) Mumbai
d) Chandigarh
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Answer a) New Delhi. The event was organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation and ASSOCHAM. The conference aimed at holding deliberations on various issues affecting the aviation sector and invite suggestions from the stakeholders to meet these challenges.
7. The Union Government has agreed to accord the Centre of Excellence status to the pioneering Adyar Cancer Institute. It is in
a) Chennai
b) Hyderabad
c) Trivandrum
d) Bengaluru
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Answer a) Chennai.
8. The inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League will be hosted by
a) Islamabad
b) Doha
c) Dubai
d) Iran
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Answer b) Doha. It is a major professional Twenty20 cricket league of Pakistan.
9. Who has been appointed as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Roger Federer
c) Andy Murray
d) Novak Djokovic
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Answer d) Novak Djokovic. World Tennis Champion Novak Djokovic has been appinted as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. The 28-year-old Serbian, has already worked to help vulnerable children through his role as UNICEF Serbia ambassador and his Novak Djokovic Foundation.
10. India and _____________ to hold first-ever naval drills to counter China in Indian Ocean.
a) New Zealand
b) Vietnam
c) Japan
d) Australia
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Answer d) Australia. The two countries seek to deepen defence ties and counter China’s growing sway in the Indian Ocean. The maritime exercises, to be held in the Bay of Bengal off India’s eastern coast on September, will include anti-submarine warfare and coordinated anti-submarine drills.
11. ISRO has successfully launched _______ carrying GSAT-6 satellite.
a) GSLV-D4
b) GSLV-D5
c) GSLV-D6
d) GSLV-D7
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Answer c) GSLV-D6. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched India’s communication satellite GSAT-6 using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D6) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
12. Who is the World’s Richest Indian?
a) Dilip Shangivi
b) Mukesh Ambani
c) Pallonji Mistry
d) Shiv Nadar
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Answer b) Mukesh Ambani. According to the data from Bloomberg, Reliance India Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani has regained his position as the World’s Richest Indian, as pharma tycoon Dilip Shanghvi slipped to the second place after remaining on top for the last few months.
