CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. KJ Joseph from Kerala has set a new world record for the maximum number of ________ in one minute.
a) Sit-Ups
b) Push-Ups
c) Pull-Ups
d) Jumps
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Answer b) Push-Ups. The Karate and Kalari master did 82 push-ups in 60 seconds, that is 1.3 push-ups per second. The previous record was held by an American, Ron Cooper who did 79 push-ups in 2015.
2. _________ has been bestowed gold in national award for e-governance 2015-16 in the category of “Innovative Use of ICT by Central Government PSUs”.
a) SBI
b) Canara Bank
c) IRCTC
d) Indian Airways
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Answer c) IRCTC. The new version of Next Generation e-Ticketing System (NGET) by IRCTC bagged the Award. The new NGET can handle a peak load of 120,000 concurrent users to book seven lakh tickets a day.
3. A fine of __________ would be levied per day, subject to a maximum of Rs. 50 lakh, for any violation of TRAI’s regulations by the service providers.
a) Ten Thousand Rs
b) Fifty Thousand Rs
c) One Lakh Rs
d) Five Lakhs Rs
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Answer b) Fifty Thousand Rs. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has barred telecom service providers from charging differential rates for data services, effectively prohibiting Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero platform by Airtel in their current form.
4. National Deworming Day is observed on
a) February 9
b) February 10
c) February 11
d) February 16
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Answer b) February 10. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Government of India is implementing the National Deworming Day in schools and preschools (anganwadis) across India on 10 February 2016. Albendazole, the tablet used for deworming, has been used widely for decades all around the world.
5. _____________ has introduced a new flood alerts feature in India as a part of its efforts to make critical information around natural disasters more accessible to everyone.
a) Microsoft
b) Apple
c) Google
d) Reliance
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Answer c) Google. Available via Google Public Alerts platform, the alerts will be displayed on Google apps such as Google web search, Google Maps and Google Now cards.
6. Which state is planning to set up India’s first civil aviation park?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Gujarat
d) Karnataka
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Answer c) Gujarat. The aviation park will have facilities such as air strips, training school, helipad and a flight simulator. The park will provide a platform for human resources and manufacturing activities related to the industry.
7. _________________ has emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall Internet readiness index.
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
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Answer b) Maharashtra. The report has been published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Indicus Analytics. The report titled ‘Index of Internet Readiness of Indian States’ pits Karnataka and Gujarat as close second and third while Telengana and Tamil Nadu rank fourth and fifth respectively.
8. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has partnered with _____________ to create technology solutions that will enhance broadband connectivity in rural India.
a) Tata Networks
b) Nokia Networks
c) Reliance Networks
d) Google
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Answer b) Nokia Networks. Under the three-year partnership, Nokia will fund and provide technological expertise for research at IIT-M’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Technology (CEWiT).
9. The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) asks for ______% OBC Reservation in Private Sector.
a) 23%
b) 27%
c) 33%
d) 42%
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Answer b) 27%. The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) advised enacting a legislation that would make it mandatory for private entities, including cooperative and philanthropic organisations, to reserve 27% of all hiring for people from the so-called other backward classes (OBCs).
10. _______________ has inked an agreement with Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited to establish medical institutions in the state with proposed investment of Rs 1,000 crore.
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Haryana.
11. The Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 has been approved by the Panel in
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Myanmar
d) United Kingdom
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Answer b) Pakistan. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice passed the final draft of Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, where five Hindu lawmakers were specially invited. The committee adopted the bill unanimously after making two amendments to fix the minimum age of marriage at 18 and making the law applicable to the whole country.
12. Union Ministry of state for Petroleum and Natural gas (MoPNG) has released the Hydrocarbon Vision _______ for north-east India.
a) 2020
b) 2025
c) 2030
d) 2050
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Answer c) 2030. The states covered under it are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram and Tripura.
13. Who is Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan?
a) President of Iran
b) Abudhabi Defence Secretary
c) Iraq’s Prince
d) United Arab Emirates leader and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
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Answer d) United Arab Emirates leader and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. He is on 3 day India visit along with seven ministers.
14. Quinton de Kock of _________ has become the fastest cricketer to make 10 One Day International (ODI) centuries.
a) South Africa
b) England
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
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Answer a) South Africa. He took mere 55 innings to reach as many centuries. With this, he broke the record of Virat Kohli of India who took 80 innings to reach as many centuries.
15. Who has been appointed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?
a) Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
b) Justice Mohit S Shah
c) Justice Ramesh N Tiwari
d) Justice Raja Ganapathy
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Answer a) Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela.
16. The 4-day National Arogya Fair has concluded in
a) Bihar
b) Uttarakhand
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
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Answer b) Uttarakhand. The 4-day National Arogya Fair concluded successfully at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. The themes were based on Immune system, Homeopathy in Women’s disorders, Treatment in Ayurveda, Yog se Arogya and Non-Communicable Diseases management in Siddha System etc.
17. World’s largest concentrated solar plant opened in _______.
a) Ghana
b) Eritrea
c) Iran
d) Morocco
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Answer d) Morocco. The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex, world’s largest solar power plant opened in the Souss-Massa-Drâa area in Morocco, 10 km from Ouarzazate town. The plant holds the capacity to produce enough energy to power over one million homes by 2018 and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 760000 tons per year.
18. What is India’s rank in US Chamber IP Index?
a) 33
b) 35
c) 37
d) 38
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Answer c) 37. India is placed at a poor second last position in the US Chamber of Commerce’s latest IP index for not following international best practices in patent protection. Venezuela finished last out of the 38 economies studied, while the United States ranked first in the annual index.
