CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. _________ has replaced Mauritius as the top source of FDI into India during the first half of the current fiscal.
a) USA
b) UK
c) Singapore
d) Switzerland
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Answer c) Singapore. During April-September 2015, India has attracted $6.69 billion (₹43,096 crore) FDI from Singapore while from Mauritius, it received $3.66 billion
2. Who is the present minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change?
a) JP Nadda
b) Prakash Javadekar
c) Kalyan Singh
d) Uma Bharti
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Answer b) Prakash Javadekar. The GOI has announced that India’s forest and tree cover has increased by 5, 081 sq km.
3. The World’s largest practical science lesson with 2000 students has been attempted at
a) IIT – Guwahati
b) IIT – Madras
c) IIT- Kanpur
d) IIT – Delhi
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Answer d) IIT – Delhi
4. The Armed Forces Flag Day is observed on ______.
a) December 04
b) December 05
c) December 06
d) December 07
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Answer d) December 07. The Day is celebrated all over India in order to collect the funds from people all around the country for the wellbeing of the staff of the Indian Armed Forces.
5. What is the Capital of Venezuela?
a) Santiago
b) Anglika
c) Caracas
d) Bolivar
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Answer c) Caracas. Venezuela’s opposition party has claimed the majority of seats in the National Assembly in elections, the first major shift in power in the legislative branch since the late President Hugo Chavez took office in 1999.
6. PAHAL Scheme is associated with
a) Agriculture
b) Disabled Persons
c) Education Loan
d) LPG (Cash Transfer)
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Answer d) LPG (Cash Transfer). PaHaL or Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh, formerly the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG subsidy, is a Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy in India. The scheme has received a certificate from Guinness in recognition of PAHAL as the largest cash transfer programme in the world.
7. Who has been appointed as the President and Managing Director of General Motors’ India operations?
a) Kathiravan Subramaniyan
b) Kaher Kazem
c) Vikas Gupta
d) Chandrasekhar Rao
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Answer b) Kaher Kazem. Kazem, who is currently chief operating officer (COO) of GM India, will be replacing Arvind Saxena who has decided to retire after leading the company since early 2014.
8. Shane Watson is associated with Cricket. What about Bubba Watson?
a) Football
b) Swimming
c) Billiards
d) Golf
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Answer d) Golf. Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson carded a six-under 66 in the final round to clinch the Hero World Challenge.
9. FedMobile, an app from Federal bank, has been developed by ________.
a) TCS
b) Infosys
c) IBM
d) CTS
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Answer c) IBM. IBM has signed a deal for an undisclosed amount with Federal Bank to provide a security layer on the Federal Bank’s mobile application.
10. The eighth edition of INDRA NAVY, a bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian and Russian Navies, has began in __________.
a) Indian Ocean
b) Arabian Sea
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Bay of Bengal
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Answer d) Bay of Bengal.
11. Australia defeated _________ to lift the title of the second edition of Hockey World League (HWL).
a) India
b) New Zealand
c) Germany
d) Belgium
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Answer d) Belgium.
12. ____________ has been awarded under the category of ‘Excellence in Technology for Education Delivery’ during the FICCI Education Awards 2015.
a) SRM University
b) PSG College of Technology
c) SASTRA University
d) Nirma University
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Answer d) Nirma University.
13. __________ has launched ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), in the Indian market.
a) Biocon
b) Sun Pharma
c) Sanofi Pasteur
d) Reddy Labs
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Answer c) Sanofi Pasteur. ShanIPV provides protection against three strains of the virus and will be manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur’s affiliate Shantha Biotechnics Pvt. Ltd in Hyderabad through a transfer of technology.
