Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which film won the Best cinematography Award in the BAFTA 2016?
a) Madmax : Fury Road
b) The Revenant
c) Fast and Furious
d) The Big Short
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Answer b) The Revenant. ‘The Revenant’ scooped the best film, best actor and best director awards at the 69th edition of the biggest film awards outside the U.S.
2. Who is the lead hero in The Revenant?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Denzel Washington
c) Ryan Gosling
d) Mark Wahlberg
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Answer a) Leonardo DiCaprio. BAFTA stands for British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
3. ___________ has been appointed Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), Rajendranagar.
a) Dr Vikas N Tiwari
b) Dr Vilas A Tonapi
c) Dr Shivam R Krishnan
d) Dr Kannan K Kumar
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Answer b) Dr Vilas A Tonapi. He is presently the Principal Scientist at Seed Science and Technology of the IIMR. Dr. Tonapi earlier served as Head, Division of Seed Science and Technology, IARI, New Delhi.
4. GOI is planning to lower stake in PSU banks to ________.
a) 51%
b) 49%
c) 45%
d) 40%
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Answer a) 51%. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said that the government will soon announce a series of major banking reforms, including lowering its stake in state-owned banks to 51 per cent.
5. ________ is the Overall best performing city in ‘Swachh Sarvekshan-2016’?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Mysuru
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai
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Answer b) Mysuru.
6. ______ is the Best performer in North-East and Best performer among capitals.
a) Imphal
b) Gangtok
c) Aizawl
d) Shillong
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Answer b) Gangtok
7. Apple is setting up its first technology development center outside the US, in
a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Bengaluru
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Answer a) Hyderabad. The $25 million center will be housed in Tishman Speyer’s WaveRock facility, which encompasses 0.7 million square feet. It is set to open by June, becoming fully operational by the end of the year.
8. According to Monster Salary Index (MSI), ____________ sector is the highest paying sector in India.
a) BFSI
b) IT
c) Defence
d) Manufacturing
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Answer b) IT. According to Monster Salary Index (MSI), Information Technology sector is the highest paying sector in India with a median gross hourly salary of Rs 346.42. Next comes Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) with a median gross salary of Rs.300.23 per hour. Those in the manufacturing sector get paid the least at Rs 254.04.
9. Who is the present Union Minister of Food Processing Industries?
a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
b) Arun Jaitely
c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
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Answer d) Harsimrat Kaur Badal. In order to give an impetus to the growth of the Food Processing Sector in Jharkhand, the first Mega Food Park in the State promoted by M/s. Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. has been inaugurated Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries at Village Getalsud, District Ranchi.
10. Oracle is planning to set up a campus in
a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Lucknow
d) Jaipur
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Answer a) Bengaluru Global computer giant Oracle is planning to set up a campus in Bengaluru and start an initiative to help more than half a million students in India develop computer science skills. This was conveyed by Oracle’s global CEO Safra Catz to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when she called on him Delhi.
11. LAMITYE is the joint military exercise between India and _______.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Bhutan
c) Seychelles
d) Mauritius
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Answer c) Seychelles. The Seventh Joint Military Training Exercise between the Indian Army and the Seychelles People’s Defence Forces (SPDF) – LAMITYE 2016, will be conducted at Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA), Victoria, Seychelles from 15 February to 28 February 2016.
12. Who won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy?
a) Williams Sisters
b) Sania Mirza – Martinga Hingis pair
c) Sharapova – Sonia pair
d) Iva – Tania pair
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Answer b) Sania Mirza – Martinga Hingis pair. The unstoppable pair continued their imperious form as they swept aside the Russian-Czech pair of Vera Dushevina and Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-1 in the finals of the women’s double event.
13. Which country wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016?
a) India
b) England
c) South Africa
d) West Indies
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Answer d) West Indies. The Indian under-19 cricket team’s quest for an unprecedented fourth World Cup title ended in disaster as the West Indies out—witted the Rahul Dravid-coached side.
