Current Affairs Quiz – December 02 2015

In Current Affairs Quiz
December 3, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. The International Day for Abolition of Slavery
a) December 1
b) December 2
c) December 3
d) December 4

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Answer b) December 2. The day is organized by the United Nations General Assembly for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India Pavilion in
a) Paris
b) Moscow
c) London
d) Texas

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Answer a) Paris.

3. India launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the ______ Climate Conference.
a) CoP 20
b) CoP 21
c) CoP 22
d) CoP 23

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Answer b) CoP 21. The new body, which has invited all countries located fully or partly between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn to join, is to function from the National Institute of Solar Energy in India, Gurgaon.

4. The First BRICS Media Summit has been hosted by which country?
a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) Brazil

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Answer c) China. A total of 25 media organisations are participating in the summit, which hopes to create a new institutional framework that would be tailored to benefit the media of five emerging economies, which have deep linkages with the Global South.

5. Embrace of Serpent (Al Abrazo de la Serpiente) won the Golden Peacock Award at the finale of the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). It is a
a) Russian Film
b) Mexican Film
c) Korean Film
d) Colombian Film

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Answer d) Colombian Film

6. Roch Marc Christian Kabore elected as president of which country?
a) Ivory Coast
b) Burkina Faso
c) Ghana
d) Cape Verde

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Answer b) Burkina Faso.

7. Margi Sathi, who passed away recently, was associated with which of the following dance?
a) Bharatanatyan
b) Kathakali
c) Yakshagana
d) Koodiyattam

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Answer d) Koodiyattam.

8. RBI has signed an agreement with the ________ Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority for supervisory cooperation and exchange of information.
a) Russia’s
b) UK’s
c) China’s
d) Australia’s

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Answer b) UK’s

9. Tata Sons Ltd and ICBC have formed a long-term partnership. This ICBC is based in which country?
a) Canada
b) India
c) US
d) China

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Answer d) China. ICBC – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

10. What is India’s rank in Information, Communication and Technology Access?
a) 129
b) 131
c) 133
d) 135

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Answer b) 131.

11. Thakur Anoop Singh is associated with __________.
a) Swimming
b) Chess
c) Body Building
d) Boxing

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Answer c) Body Building. Indian bodybuilder, Thakur Anoop Singh earned the title of ‘Mr World’ by winning a gold medal in a world bodybuilding meet in Bangkok, Thailand.

12. Who assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London?
a) Vikram Singh
b) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
c) Sathyanarayana Moorthy
d) Venkateshwar Reddy

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Answer b) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. He was elected to the office in March 2015 by the society’s council and will serve for up to five years. With this appointment, he became the 61st president of the society.

13. Sabri Khan, who passed away recently, was a Maestro in
a) Violin
b) Sarangi
c) Sitar
d) Flute

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Answer b) Sarangi.

14. Who will be honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015?
a) Lalitha Bhaskaran
b) Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
c) Nisha Karthikeyan
d) Manjula Viswanathan

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Answer b) Lakshminarayana Subramaniam.

15. HRD Minister Smriti Irani launched GIAN recently. What is N in GIAN?
a) National
b) Native
c) Networks
d) None of these

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Answer c) Networks. GIAN – Global Initiative of Academic Networks