Current affairs quiz
1. As per TRAI’s notification, what is the toll free number to activate or deactivate mobile internet service?
a) 1920
b) 1925
c) 1930
d) 1935
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Answer b) 1925. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI has asked all telecom companies to keep subscribers informed of all important stages of data usage. TRAI has mandated the telecom operators to provide toll free number ‘1925’ from September 1 to activate or deactivate mobile internet service either by making a call on the number and following instruction or by sending a SMS.
2. Lukoskin, a new medicine developed by DRDO, is for
a) Eczema
b) Proriasis
c) Atopic Dermatitis
d) Vitiligo
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Answer d) Vitiligo. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a poly-herbal medicine for the treatment of leucoderma (white patches on skin). Leucoderma is also known as Vitiligo.
3. ________ becomes the first company to receive license from DRDO to make Lakshya.
a) Tata
b) Larsen and Toubro
c) Hindustan Aeronautics
d) Reliance
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Answer b) Larsen and Toubro. Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is the first company to receive license to make Lakshya, a pilotless target aircraft. The company will be the prime supplier of the upgraded digital version to the armed forces and can also export it to friendly countries with prior government approval.
4. Name the country which is not associated with the TAPI Project?
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Tajikistan
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Answer d) Tajikistan. TurkmenGaz, will lead Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. TurkmenGaz owns largeest stake in TAPI.
5. Who has been conferred with the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize 2015?
a) Nimoco Zentova
b) Chachino Benina
c) Zhanna Nemtsova
d) Lusuanne Angelica
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Answer c) Zhanna Nemtsova. Russian journalist and social activist Zhanna Nemtsova has been conferred with the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize 2015. Zhanna Nemtsova received the million-euro ($1.1 million) Polish prize for championing democracy and human rights.
6. Which state Assembly passes resolution on abolishing death penalty?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Tripura
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Answer d) Tripura. The Tripura Assembly has unanimously resolved to send a proposal to the Centre for abolishing death penalty and to provide imprisonment up to death in case of heinous crimes.
7. According to the Symantec Reports, India has been ranked in _______ position among ransomware attacks.
a) Eighth
b) Ninth
c) Tenth
d) Fourth
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Answer b) Ninth. India ranks ninth globally, after countries like the US, Japan, Canada and Russia, in terms of ransomware attacks. Ransomware, a kind of malicious software, encrypts files in a user’s computer and blocks access until the user pays a certain sum of money.
8. India has decided to boycott next CPU meeting, which is to be held in
a) Sri Lanka
b) China
c) Myanmar
d) Pakistan
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Answer d) Pakistan. India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
9. Government of India has decided to to impose _____ per cent import duty on wheat.
a) 10%
b) 12%
c) 14%
d) 12.5%
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Answer a) 10%. The government will impose an import duty of 10 per cent on wheat effective until March 31 2016 to curb shipments and liquidate poor quality grains lying in FCI godowns.
10. Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station is in
a) Punjab
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana
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Answer b) Madhya Pradesh. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 500 MW thermal unit of NTPC’s Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (STPS) in Vindhyanagar, Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.
11. Tendong Lho Rum Faat Festival is recently celebrated in
a) Meghalaya
b) Sikkim
c) Manipur
d) Mizoram
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Answer b) Sikkim. An annual three days festival – Tendong Lho Rum Faat of the ethnic Lepcha tribe of Sikkim was celebrated with traditional devotion and fanfare across Sikkim.
12. Which company has acquired Kuoni Group’s travel businesses in India and Hong Kong?
a) TavelIndia
b) TravelEasy
c) ClearTrip
d) Thomas Cook
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Answer d) Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has acquired Zurich based Kuoni Group’s travel businesses in India and Hong Kong for 535 crore rupees.
