CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Joshna Chinappa is associated with
a) Badminton
b) Tennis
c) Squash
d) Swimming
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Answer c) Squash. India’s star player Joshna Chinappa won the squash title in the 15,000 US Dollar Victorian Open WSA Event in Melbourne. Joshna defeated second seeded Line Hansen of Denmark. It is Joshna’s tenth WSA title, the last being the Richmond Open title win in April 2014.
2. Which country has set up the World’s Largest Mosquito factory to fight Dengue?
a) Japan
b) USA
c) China
d) South Korea
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Answer c) China. China has set up the world’s largest mosquito factory in northwestern Guangzhou province to tackle dengue fever by releasing one million sterilised mosquitoes every week in a bid to dilute their population with insects that don’t carry the disease.
3. Which game was officially recognised as an Olympic Sport by International Olympic Committee?
a) Chess
b) Kabaddi
c) Wrestling
d) Flying Disc
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Answer d) Flying Disc. The sport of flying disc, was officially recognized as an Olympic sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2nd August 2015.
4. CERN has formally conferred it’s Associate Membership to
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Iran
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer b) Pakistan. Pakistan was formally conferred Associate Membership status by European Organisation for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN). The only other country which has the Associate Membership status is Turkey.
5. Which Indian city will host second edition meeting of Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) on 21 August 2015?
a) Gandhi Nagar
b) Varanasi
c) New Delhi
d) Jaipur
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Answer d) Jaipur, Rajasthan. The meeting will be attended by the heads of 14 island nations from Indo-Pacific oceanic region.
6. Lynn Anderson, who passed away recently, was a famous
a) Tennis Player
b) Musician
c) Novelist
d) Journalist
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Answer b) Musician. United States country singer Lynn Anderson passed away due to heart attack at the age of 67. She was best known for her 1971 worldwide hit I Never Promised You a from Rose Garden.
7. Name the sports person who has been recommended for Rajiv Ghel Ratna 2015?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) Sania Mirza
c) Deepika Pallikal
d) Joshna Chinappa
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Answer b) Sania Mirza. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has recommended name of Indian Tennis legend Sania Mirza for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2015.
8. The Aadi Perukku Festival is associated with which Indian State?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Telangana
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Answer b) Tamil Nadu.
9. A business forum of BRICS nations will be held here for the first time in
a) Shanghai
b) Moscow
c) Beijing
d) Dubai
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Answer d) Dubai.
10. _________ has been named title sponsor of Ind-Lanka Test series.
a) Cricinfo
b) Cricbuzz
c) Cricmania
d) Cricnews
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Answer b) Cricbuzz. Cricbuzz, one of the leading cricket news and information destinations on web and mobile, has been named as the title sponsor for the upcoming India-Sri Lanka Test series.
11. The International Military Games are being held in
a) China
b) Russia
c) Germany
d) France
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Answer b) Russia.
12. HDFC bank has tied up with ___________ for cobranded credit card.
a) Flipkart
b) Sanpdeal
c) Amazon
d) eBay
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Answer b) Snapdeal. India’s second largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank and online marketplace Snapdeal jointly launched co branded e-commerce credit card.
