Current Affairs Quiz
1. India has been ranked _____ on the World Risk Index
a) 55
b) 63
c) 77
d) 81
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Answer c) 77. India has been ranked 77th on the World Risk Index, topped by Island state of Vanuatu. The World Risk Report 2016, published by the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft ,analyses the role that infrastructure plays in shaping a country’s disaster risk.
2. ______________________________have been named recipients of the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016
a) Saina Nehwal, Lalita Babar and Ajinkya Rahane
b) Sakshi Malik, Lalita Babar and Rohit Sharma
c) Dipa Karmakar, PV Sindhu and Ajinkya Rahane
d) Shardul Gagare, Lalita Babar and Ajinkya Rahane
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Answer d) Shardul Gagare, Lalita Babar and Ajinkya Rahane. Grandmaster Shardul Gagare, athlete Lalita Babar and India batsman Ajinkya Rahane have been named recipients of the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016. Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan will present the trophies and certificates to all the 17 award recipients during a function.
3. The World Bank has sanctioned ____________ to dredge the Brahmaputra as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh and to other South East Asian countries
a) 650 crore
b) 980 crore
c) 1050 crore
d) 1530 crore
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Answer b) 980 crore. The World Bank has sanctioned Rs.980 crore to dredge the Brahmaputra as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh and to other South East Asian countries in a bid to boost trade and industry in the Northeast.
4. Which city will host the 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas?
a) Hyderabad
b) Mumbai
c) Bangalore
d) Delhi
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Answer c) Bangalore . The IT-BT capital of the country, Bengaluru, will host the 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas. Scheduled to take place on February 7, 8 and 9 of 2017, the Ministry of External Affairs held a meeting with Tourism Minister R V Deshpande for a preliminiary round of talks.
5. India’s first textile university to come up at _____________
a) Coimbatore
b) Nellore
c) Tiruppur
d) Surat
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Answer d) Surat . Gujarat government is planning to set up India’s first textile university at Surat with an investment of about Rs 800 crore – Rs 900 crore. The textile industry will support the government in the endeavour. The state government will fund about Rs 800-900 crore for the university, which is expected to get operational in the next one and a half years.
6. Which state launched a mobile app for availing immediate and easy access to ambulances in the state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
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Answer c) Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur launched a mobile app for availing immediate and easy access to ambulances in the state. The app named‘108 HP’ can be downloaded on any smartphone. The app will make the access to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) much faster and does not require sharing of information such as name and location. Himachal has become the first state in India to launch any such app.
7. Nagaland becomes ____State/Union Territory to ratified the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill
a) 8th
b) 9th
c) 10th
d) 11th
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Answer a) 8th . Nagaland becomes eighth State to pass GST bill. The Nagaland Legislative Assembly has ratified the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill. The bill was endorsed by the House by a voice vote following a brief discussion. Introducing the bill, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiyanilie Peseyie said the revenue of the state would go up as tax evasion would be checked due to transparency and broadening of tax base.
8. ISRO successfully test-fires scramjet engine at _____________
a) Bangalore
b) Sriharikota
c) Ahmedabad
d) Thiruvananthapuram
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Answer b) Sriharikota. The Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV), a sounding rocket (research rocket) with a solid booster carrying advanced scramjet engines, was successfully flight-tested from the launch pad of the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, also known as Sriharikota Range (SHAR), at Sriharikota.
9. Which Bank has launched “KBL-SMARTz,” a mobile application built on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform?
a) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) Karnataka Bank
d) South Indian Bank
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Answer c) Karnataka Bank. Karnataka Bank has launched “KBL-SMARTz,” a mobile application built on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India.
10. First female-run mosque opens in _____________
a) Dubai
b) Denmark
c) India
d) Iran
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Answer b) Denmark . Denmark’s Mariam mosque has started Friday prayers this week led by two female imams, marking the official opening of the first female-led mosque in the country. The mosque aims to confront “patriarchal interpretations” of the Qur’an, challenge Islamophobia and encourage progressive Islamic values. Interestingly, China has had female-run mosques since the 19th century.
11. Which University conducted its first convocation in nearly 800 years?
a) Allahabad University
b) University of Mumbai
c) University of Madras
d) Nalanda University
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Answer d) Nalanda University. Nalanda University, one of the India’s oldest institutes, conducted its first convocation in nearly 800 years. President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of the university in Bihar’s Rajgir and awarded two gold medals and 12 Post Graduate degrees to the students. Currently, 155 students are studying in the university.
12. Which company is the most valuable automobile brand in the world, according to Forbes?
a) Ford
b) Toyota
c) Tata
d) BMW
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Answer b) Toyota. Japanese automaker Toyota is the most valuable automobile brand in the world, according to Forbes. Toyota, which was founded 79 years ago on August 28, 1937, has a brand value of $42.1 billion. German luxury automobile manufacturer BMW comes second on the list, with a brand value of $28.8 billion.
13. Which country will host the 19th SAARC Summit on November 9 and 10 this year?
a) India
b) Maldives
c) Pakistan
d) Nepal
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Answer c) Pakistan . Pakistan will host the 19th SAARC Summit on November 9 and 10 this year. A Pak Foreign Office spokesperson said in Islamabad that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited the leaders of SAARC Member States and nine observerscountries to attend the Summit.
14. Government of India has set up a high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card payments, the 11-member committee, headed by _________________
a) UK Sinha
b) Ratan P Watal
c) Ashok Lavasa
d) RM Lodha
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Answer b) Ratan P Watal. With an aim to discourage cash transactions, the Finance Ministry has set up a high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card payments through incentives like tax rebates and cash back schemes. The 11-member committee, headed by former Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal, will recommend various measures to “incentivise transactions through cards and digital means, e.g., through tax rebates/incentives, introduction of cash back/lottery,” the ministry said.
15. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation Bank for a period of three years?
a) Dinesh Kumar Khara
b) Sanjay Pawar Singh
c) Gopal Murli Bhagat
d) Tarlochan Singh
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Answer c) Gopal Murli Bhagat. The Central government has appointed Gopal Murli Bhagat as Executive Director of Corporation Bank for a period of three years. Prior to his elevation, Bhagat was General Manager with Bank of India. Corporation Bank is a public sector banking company headquartered in Mangalore, India. The bank has pan-India presence with 8,000 functional units comprising 2200 branches, 1800+ ATMs and 3,000 branchless banking units as of 30 January 2015.
16. Indian tennis player __________________ became the first Indian player to secure a main draw berth at the US Open
a) Saketh Myneni
b) Rohan Bopanna
c) Yuki Bhambri
d) Somdev Devvarman
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Answer a) Saketh Myneni. Indian tennis player Saketh Myneni became the first Indian player to secure a main draw berth at the US Open, since Somdev Devvarman’s run in the tournament in 2013. Myneni, the 28-year-old world number 143, defeated Serbia’s 200th ranked Pedja Krstin, 6-3, 6-0, in his final qualification round match on Friday, to secure progression to the main event.
17. Who won the Connecticut Open title 2016 in women’s double category?
a) Kateryna Bondarenko and Monica Niculescu
b) Sania Mirza and Chuang Chia-jung
c) Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu
d) Kateryna Bondarenko and Chuang Chia-jung
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Answer c) Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu. Indian tennis player Sania Mirza won her seventh title of the year and 39th title overall after clinching her career’s third Connecticut Open. Mirza, along with her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu, took 1 hour 30 minutes to register a 7-5, 6-4 win over the unseeded Ukrainian-Chinese Taipei duo of Kateryna Bondarenko and Chuang Chia-jung in the tournament final.
18. Indian spinner ________________, in partnership with Wisden India, has launched the world’s first auction fantasy league named ‘Cric-Trade’ for cricket fans
a) Harbhajan Singh
b) Ravichandran Ashwin
c) Pragyan Ojha
d) Amit Mishra
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Answer b) Ravichandran Ashwin. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, in partnership with Wisden India, has launched the world’s first auction fantasy league named ‘Cric-Trade’ for cricket fans. It is played on a match-day basis and pitches two players against each other, who bid for a particular cricketer. The auctions begin two hours before a match and run for one and a half hours.
19. Who won the Belgian Grand Prix title 2016?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Lewis Hamilton
d) Fernando Alanso
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Answer a) Nico Rosberg. Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg won his maiden Belgian GP title on Sunday, after leading the race from the start to the finish. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo finished second, ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who began the race in the 21st position. With the win, Rosberg cut down Hamilton’s lead in the drivers’ championship by ninepoints.
20. Who became the first Indian to complete 200 wickets in T20 cricket?
a) Amit Mishra
b) Jasprit Bumrah
c) Mohit Sharma
d) Ravichandran Ashwin
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Answer d) Ravichandran Ashwin. Ravichandran Ashwin became the first Indian to complete 200 wickets in T20 cricket, after dismissing Kieron Pollard in the second T20I against West Indies in Florida on Sunday. Ashwin took 195 matches to reach the milestone, with spinner Amit Mishra following at 199 wickets in 168 matches. Ashwin is also the first Indian to take 50 wickets in T20 internationals.
