Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been named La Liga’s Player of the Month for January?
a) Christiano Ronaldo
b) Neymar
c) Ruz Wayne
d) Lionel Messi
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Answer d) Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi has been named La Liga’s Player of the Month for January. This is the first time that the Barcelona star has received the award. Messi, 28, was recognised after an opening month to 2016 in which he scored six times in five league games.
2. Who has been voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Year by fans in an online poll?
a) Jordan Speith
b) Anirban Lahiri
c) Thongchai Jaidee
d) Danny Chia
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Answer b) Anirban Lahiri. India’s Anirban Lahiri has been voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Year by fans in an online poll. Lahiri reinforced his stature as one of the global game’s rising young stars with a spectacular season to remember in 2015. He also became the first Indian to feature at The Presidents Cup and ended the year by winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit title.
3. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of TERI?
a) R Pankaj Mishra
b) Ghulam Azad
c) RK Pachauri
d) Ashok Chawla
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Answer d) Ashok Chawla. The Governing Council of TERI appointed Ashok Chawla, former Union Finance Secretary and former Chairman of the Competition Commission, as its new chairman. The Council received widespread criticism from the media and women’s rights lawyers after the elevation of climate scientist RK Pachauri to the post of Executive Vice Chairman.
4. Which country has announced the appointment of India-origin Harinder Sidhu as the new High Commisisoner-designate?
a) UK
b) Australia
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal
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Answer b) Australia. She will be the second envoy from Australia with Indian roots. Currently, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma’s parents hail from Punjab, while Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel was born in Gujarat.
5. Who has been named as vice-chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce Commission?
a) Davinder Singh
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Sanjay Singh
d) Prashanth Vengadesh Singh
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Answer a) Davinder Singh. A top Indian-origin lawyer in Singapore has been named as vice-chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce Commission, a private sector world business organisation with a central role in global trade and commerce.
6. Tithal beach is in which Indian State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Gujarat
d) West Bengal
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Answer c) Gujarat. The Tithal beach in Valsad district of Gujarat is all set to become the first disabled-friendly beach in India.
7. Peacock, the national bird of India, may soon be termed a vermin in _______.
a) Maharashtra
b) Goa
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer b) Goa. Peacock is India’s national bird and is a protected species under the Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
8. What is Nidar?
a) A Handgun
b) A Missile
c) A Tank
d) A ship
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Answer a) A Handgun. Two years after India launched Nirbheek, a handgun pitched as the country’s “first gun for women”, a state-run arms factory has launched a similar gun which it says is India’s lightest gun. The new .22-calibre revolver is named Nidar.
9. _____________ has released an app called Fetch! which utilises facial recognition and artificial intelligence to recognise the dog’s breed.
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) IBM
d) Apple
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Answer b) Microsoft. It is available for Web users as well on what-dog.net
10. Kavita Raut is associated with
a) Squash
b) Badminton
c) Running
d) Archery
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Answer c) Athletics. Indian long-distance runner Kavita Raut has qualified for the Rio Olympics in women’s marathon after winning the event in the 12th South Asian Games.
11. Leslie Bassett, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Photographer
b) Film Maker
c) Musician
d) Philanthropist
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Answer c) Musician.
