CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. The new insurance product named Samrt Humsafaar has been launched by
a) HDFC Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Axix Bank
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Answer c) State Bank of India. SBI Life Insurance has launched a new product named ‘Smart Humsafar’, which offers multiple benefits of savings and insurance cover for husband and wife under a single policy.
2. The World’s First Ants map has been launched by
a) National University of Singapore
b) Harvard University
c) Surrey University
d) University of Hong Kong
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Answer d) University of Hong Kong. The world’s first ever ant map, showing the distribution of the tiny industrious creatures around the globe, has been launched by the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Australian state Queensland is home to the highest number of native species, at more than 1,400.
3. GOI has decided to raise one battalion for
a) Corruption in Delhi
b) Managing Traffic in Urban Areas
c) Ganga Task Force
d) To save Tigers
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Answer c) Ganga Task Force. The Defence Ministry has decided to raise one battalion of Ganga Task Force initially, comprising ex-servicemen who will be residing along the river for monitoring pollution.
4. India has extended anti-dumping duty on Vitamin-C from
a) Pakistan
b) Italy
c) China
d) United States
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Answer c) China. India has extended its anti-dumping duty on import of all forms and grades of Vitamin C at USD 3.74 per kg from China for five years to safeguard the interest of domestic industry.
5. IIT ____________ has signed an MoU with George Washington University for students and faculty exchange.
a) Madras
b) Kanpur
c) Guwahati
d) Kharagpur
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Answer d) Kharagpur. The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) at IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with the Law School of George Washington University (GWU) of United States for students and faculty exchange.
6. Shoppers Stop has recently signed a deal with __________ to launch its own store on online marketplace.
a) Flipkart
b) Amazon
c) eBay
d) Snapdeal
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Answer d) Sanpdeal. Department store chain Shoppers Stop has inked a deal to launch its own store on online marketplace Snapdeal, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar retailers who have tied up with online players to widen their reach. Under the deal, Shoppers Stop will dictate discounting strategy and price tags.
7. Name the Indian American, who has been appointed as US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives?
a) Vijendra Prasad
b) Atul Keshap
c) George Thomas
d) Srinivas Menon
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Answer b) Atul Keshap. Indian-American Atul Keshap has been confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, becoming the second Indian-origin diplomat to be posted to the region after Richard Rahul Verma.
8. Who is the President of Egypt?
a) Mohammad Safar Khan
b) Abul-Nahim Arafat
c) Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
d) Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
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Answer c) Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. Egypt has unveiled a major extension of the Suez Canal billed by its President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi as a historic achievement needed to boost the country’s ailing economy after years of unrest. The extension deepens the main waterway and provides ships with a 35km (22 mile) channel parallel to it.
9. Name the organization that has recently entered to Stock Markets?
a) SEBI
b) PFRDA
c) TRAI
d) EPFO
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Answer d) EPFO. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), India’s state-run pension fund with a retirement corpus of Rs 8.5 lakh crore, has hit the stock market. EPFO has decided to tread cautiously and to invest only in Exchange Traded Funds to begin with.
10. Between 2015 and 2016 time frame, ISRO will be launching how many US satellites?
a) Seven
b) Eight
c) Nine
d) Ten
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Answer c) Nine. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching nine nano/micro satellites for United States during 2015-16 time-frame. This will be the first time that ISRO will launch US satellites. Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO, has signed the agreement.
11. National Handloom Day is on
a) August 6
b) August 7
c) August 8
d) August 9
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Answer b) August 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first National Handloom Day on August 7 at the Centenary Hall of Madras University in Chennai. The function was organised by the Tamil Nadu government’s textile ministry.
12. Who is the new Chairperson of Accenture India?
a) Swathi Gupta
b) Sonal Jain
c) Sunaina Mishra
d) Rekha Menon
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Answer d) Rekha Menon. Rekha M. Menon will be the new chairperson of Accenture’s India subsidiary from August 21′ 2015. The $30 billion outsourcing firm also appointed Anindya Basu, as the country’s managing director.
13. Udaipur Solar Observatory is in
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Punjab
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Answer b) Rajasthan. Asia’s biggest telescope is in India and was inaugurated recently. The Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST) will be used for detailed observation of the solar activity.
14. Who has been conferred with the Cross of Order of the Merit Award?
a) Radhakrishnan Naidu
b) Sravan Mishra
c) Raghavendra Gadagkar
d) Rajesh Verma
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Answer c) Raghavendra Gadagkar. Indian sociobiologist Raghavendra Gadagkar was awarded Germany’s highest civilian honour – the Cross of Order of the Merit. He was bestowed with the honour for contribution in the field of behavioural ecology and sociobiology.
15. UN’s global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction is to be named after
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Mother Terasa
c) Nelson Mandela
d) APJ Abdul Kalam
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Answer d) APJ Abdul Kalam. A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction — GlobalSat for DRR — proposed under the UN framework is to be dedicated to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as a tribute to the vision of the celebrated rocket scientist and former Indian president who died July 27.
