CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed Sridharan Sriram and __________ as WT20 consultants?
a) Muthaiah Muralidahran
b) Shane Warne
c) Michael Clarke
d) Mike Hussey
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Answer d) Mike Hussey. Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed former India player Sridharan Sriram and ex-Australia batsman Mike Hussey as consultants to help the national team prepare for next year’s World T20.
2. The United States and _______ are close to a deal on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights.
a) Venezuela
b) Liberia
c) Cuba
d) Vietnam
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Answer c) Cuba. The diplomatic advance would help open the way for US airlines to begin flying to Cuba within months.
3. The cabinet has given its approval for the introduction of Constitution (SC) Order Amendment Bill, 2015 in the Parliament. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, ______.
a) 1985
b) 1950
c) 1975
d) 1960
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Answer b) 1950. The bill seeks to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in five states, i.e., Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal.
4. Cabinet has approved a policy framework for development of UCG in India. It is associated with
a) Granite
b) Career
c) Cast
d) Coal
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Answer d) Coal. UCG – Underground Coal Gasification. UCG is a method of extraction of energy from coal/lignite resources which are otherwise regarded as uneconomical to work through conventional mining methods.
5. Loon is the project of
a) Microsoft
b) IBM
c) Facebook
d) Google
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Answer d) Google. In his first visit to the country, Google’s newly-appointed chief Sundar Pichai managed to secure support for the company’s ambitious Loon project in the government.
6. Who received the Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Barack Obama
d) Raghuram Rajan
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Answer b) Pranab Mukherjee. The University of California, Berkeley, has established the Garwood Award to acknowledge individuals who have embraced, supported and encouraged open innovation in a significant and impactful way.
7. Cabinet has approved signing of an MoU between India and __________ on cooperation in port matters.
a) Mexico
b) Spain
c) Canada
d) Italy
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Answer b) Spain. The agreement will be signed with a view to strengthening cooperation and to render sustained mutual assistance and advice on port matters and other related maritime matters.
8. Who is the present Law and Justice Minister?
a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
b) Arun Jaitely
c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) DV Sadananda Gowda
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Answer d) DV Sadananda Gowda. The Lok Sabha has passed the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015, which seeks to create commercial divisions and commercial appellate divisions in high courts, and commercial courts at the district level.
9. Cabinet has approved the revised model text for the Indian BIT. It is associated with
a) Security
b) Education
c) Investment
d) None of These
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Answer c) Investment. BIT – Bilateral Investment Treaty. The cabinet has approved revised model BIT, which will be used for re-negotiation of existing BITs and negotiation of future BITs.
10. Cabinet has approved an MoU for strengthening and further developing of energy saving and energy efficiency cooperation with __________.
a) G20
b) SAARC
c) G7
d) BRICS
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Answer d) BRICS. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India,China and South Africa.
11. _______________ is observed on December 17.
a) International Day of Migrants
b) International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
c) International Day of Refugees
d) International Day of Handicapped People
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Answer b) International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
