CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. India has been engaged in talks with which country on revision of bilateral tax treaty?
a) Pakistan
b) Bhutan
c) Singapore
d) Mauritius
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Answer d) Mauritius. The government is in the process of revising the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius.
2. _____________ has launched it’s maiden non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco.
a) Air Asia
b) Vistara
c) Air India
d) Spice Jet
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Answer c) Air India. It became the first Indian carrier to directly connect the US’ West Coast, reducing the arduous travel time by nearly six hours.
3. IISC Bangalore is in _______ spot in a list of the top 200 universities from 35 emerging nations.
a) 14th
b) 15th
c) 16th
d) 17th
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Answer c) 16th. IISc and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay are the two scientific research and higher education institutions from India that are among the top 30 in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies Ranking 2016.
4. The Union Cabinet has approved rehabilitation package for enclaves in _________.
a) Nepal
b) Myanmar
c) Bhutan
d) Bangladesh
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Answer d) Bangladesh. The Union Cabinet has approved the rehabilitation package and upgradation of infrastructure of the Bangladeshi enclaves and Cooch Behar district after transfer of enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The total financial implication for implementation of various components is around Rs. 1005.99 crores.
5. Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Which of the following is not among those states?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer d) Madhya Pradesh. The six states are Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Karnataka.
6. Cabinet has approved an MoU with which country to expand bilateral development cooperation in the field of Solar Energy?
a) Denmark
b) Belgium
c) Sweden
d) Germany
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Answer d) Germany. Under the agreement, Germany would provide concessional loans in the range of one billion Euros over the next five years through Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW).
7. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for introduction of a Bill for establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in ____________.
a) Secundrabad
b) Hyderabad
c) Faridabad
d) Bangalore
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Answer c) Faridabad, Haryana.
8. Cabinet has given its approval for signing MoU between India and ________ in the field of water resources management and development cooperation.
a) USA
b) UK
c) Italy
d) Israel
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Answer d) Israel
9. What is C in DTAC?
a) Conservation
b) Consortium
c) Cooperation
d) Convention
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Answer d) Convention. Double Taxation Avoidance Convention
10. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on
a) December 2
b) December 3
c) December 4
d) December 5
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Answer b) December 3. is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. Theme for 2015: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities
11. Ashton Carter is the defence secretary of
a) UK
b) USA
c) Germany
d) Italy
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Answer b) USA. US defense secretary Ashton Carter has said that the US will send special forces to Iraq and Syria to intensify fight against dreaded militant group Islamic State.
12. _______ has received final approval from FDA to manufacture and market its Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection.
a) Pfizer
b) Biocon
c) Aurobindo Pharma
d) Sun Pharma
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Answer c) Aurobindo Pharma.
13. Veteran industrialist MAM Ramaswamy passed away recently. He belongs to which Indian state?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer b) Tamil Nadu. He was a Veteran industrialist, former parliamentarian and the last King of Chettinad Family.
14. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur has sworn in as _____ Chief Justice of India.
a) 41st
b) 42nd
c) 43rd
d) 44th
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Answer c) 43rd CJI. The 63-year old Justice Thakur took over from incumbent Justice H L Dattu who retired on December 02′ 2015.
15. ________ is going to launch flavoured TB drugs made for kids to combat “superbugs”.
a) UNO
b) WHO
c) FDA
d) UNCTAD
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Answer b) WHO. Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world’s most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early in 2016.
16. _________ has announced acquisition of leading German IT consulting and software services firm Cellent AG for EUR 73.5 million.
a) InfoSys
b) TCS
c) HCL
d) Wipro
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Answer d) Wipro. Cellent has been offering IT solutions and services to its customers in the Dach region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2001.
17. As per the National Crime Records Bureau which state reported the highest number fo dowry deaths in India?
a) Bihar
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana
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Answer c) Uttar Pradesh. Bihar is placed second.
