CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Who scored the fastest 8000 runs in ODIs and broke the record of Sourav Ganguly?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Berndon McCullum
c) AB De Villiers
d) Steven Smith
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Answer c) AB De Villiers. South African Batsman AB de Villiers has created a record by scoring the fastest 8000 ODI runs during the third ODI against New Zealand in Durban.
2. Guru Tegh Bahadur Trophy is associated with
a) Badminton
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey
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Answer d) Hockey. Air India has won the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey title by defeating defending champions Army XI 3-1 in the finals played at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium, Mumbai.
3. The CAMPA Funds is associated with
a) Sports Development
b) Road Development
c) Poverty Eradication
d) Reforestation
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Answer d) Reforestation. GOI launches E-Payment Module to deposit compensatory levies into CAMPA Funds. CAMPA – Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority.
4. Exercise Ekuverin is the military training between India and
a) Singapore
b) Mauritius
c) Seychelles
d) Maldives
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Answer d) Maldives. The Sixth Joint Military Training Exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Forces (EXERCISE EKUVERIN – VI), will be conducted at Pangode Military Station, Trivandrum, Kerala.
5. Who was conferred with UEFA Best Player in Europe award?
a) Usain Bolt
b) Lionel Messi
c) John Travis
d) Christiano Ronaldo
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Answer b) Lionel Messi. Argentina’s Lionel Messi has been named the UEFA Best Player in Europe for the 2014-15 season for helping Barcelona to a Treble of trophies.
6. Recently WHO has declared that mothers and newborns are free from tetanus in
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Bangladesh
d) India
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Answer d) India. The WHO has declared that mothers and newborns are free from tetanus at the time of birth in India. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after inaugurating the Call to Action Summit 2015 on reducing child and maternal deaths across the world in New Delhi.
7. Darryl Dawkins, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Basketball
d) Tennis
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Answer c) Basketball. The NBA has lost one of the most dynamic players and personalities in its history, as Darryl Dawkins passed away at the age of 58 due to heart attack. He was also referred as “Chocolate Thunder”.
8. Vassiliki Thanou has sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of
a) Mexico
b) Greece
c) Spain
d) Norway
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Answer b) Greece. Vassiliki Thanou, president of Greece’s supreme court, has sworn in as head of a caretaker government that will lead the heavily indebted nation until election, which is expected to take place on 20 September.
9. The Headquarters of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd is in
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai
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Answer b) New Delhi. NTPC, India’s largest power generator sets a record highest single-day electricity generation of 733.12 million units.
10. The Harvest Festival Thiru Onam is famous in
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka
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Answer c) Kerala. Kerala is celebrating its biggest harvest festival Thiru Onam. Celebrations started in Kerala with Onam Pookkalam, which is the floral carpet laid on the floors in the early morning.
11. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Highways Authority of India?
a) Girish Shankar
b) Pravir Kumar
c) Amarendra Sinha
d) Raghav Chandra
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Answer d) Raghav Chandra
12. Ajit M Sharan has been appointed as the Secretary in Ministry of
a) Tourism
b) Corporate Affairs
c) AYUSH
d) Sports
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Answer c) AYUSH
13. Indian Women’s team has qualified for Olympics after a gap of
a) 20 years
b) 26 years
c) 30 years
d) 36 years
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Answer d) 36 years. Indian women’s hockey team has qualified for the next year’s Rio Olympics after a long gap of 36 years. Indian women’s hockey team last featured in an Olympics in the 1980 Moscow Games.
14. The IndPay mobile app service has been launched by
a) Indian Bank
b) Bank of India
c) Indian Overseas Bank
c) Canara Bank
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Answer a) Indian Bank. Indian Bank has launched IndPay, a mobile application service that enables its customers to operate bank accounts from anywhere, anytime. IndPay can be operated through smartphones compatible with Android, Windows and iOS mobile operating systems.
15. National Sports Day is observed on August 29 in the memory of
a) Milkha Singh
b) Dhyanchand
c) Ashok Sinha
d) Arvind Manimaran
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Answer b) Dhyanchand.
16. _________ has received final approval from USFDA to manufacture and market Raloxifene Hydrochloride tablets.
a) Reddy’s Labarotories
b) Sun Pharma
c) Biocon
d) Aurobindo Pharma
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Answer d) Aurobindo Pharma. Raloxifene Hydrochloride tablets are indicated for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
