Current Affairs Quiz
1. 1989, the Album of ___________ has won the Album of The Year Award.
a) John Michele
b) Taylor Swift
c) Etlee
d) Asif Kapadia
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Answer b) Taylor Swift. Album of The Year is the most prestigious award in the music industry, and it’s Taylor’s second Album of the Year win (she first won in 2010 for Fearless).
2. Who is Kendrick Lamar?
a) Secretary of Sweden
b) Norway’s Ambassador to India
c) Italy’s Foreign Minister
d) Rap Artist
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Answer d) Rap Artist. The 28-year-old rap artist scooped five prizes: best rap song, best rap performance, best rap/sung collaboration, best music video and best rap album in the Grammy Awards.
3. The prestigious Infosys Prize is given in how many categories?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
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Answer d) Six. The six categories are – Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
4. Who won the Infosys Prize 2015 under Life Sciences category?
a) Prof. Umesh Waghmare
b) Prof. Jonardon Ganeri
c) Dr. Amit Sharma
d) Prof Mahan Mj
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Answer c) Dr. Amit Sharma. He is a Group Leader, Structural and Computational Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi.
5. Which bank has recently declared the United Breweries company as a “willful defaulter”?
a) Canara Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) Punjab National Bank
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Answer d) Punjab National Bank. On 13 November 2015, State Bank of India (SBI) had declared United Breweries and Mallya as wilful defaulters.
6. Name the Telecom company which is associated with Rs.14,200 crore tax dispute?
a) Airtel
b) Reliance
c) Vodofone
d) Aircel
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Answer c) Vodofone. Vodafone has disputed the tax bill levied by Indian authorities over its 2007 purchase of the India business of Hutchison.
7. The government of India has increased the PF interest rate to _______% for the ongoing financial year ended March 2016.
a) 8.5
b) 8.6
c) 8.7
d) 8.8
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Answer 8.8. EPFO has been paying 8.75 per cent interest rate for the last two fiscals to its 5 crore organised sector subscribers.
8. Indian Railways has joined hands with ____________ for technical cooperation in rail sector to run goods trains in cold conditions.
a) Russia
b) Norway
c) Sweden
d) Denmark
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Answer c) Sweden. Railways also aims to acquire Swedish expertise to run semi-high speed train on existing tracks
9. Prithvi -II is a
a) Surface to Surface Missile
b) Air to Surface Missile
c) Air to Air Missile
d) Surface to Air Missile
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Answer a) Surface to Surface Missile. India has successfully test fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile from Chandipur off the Odisha coast. The medium range missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
10. Rajamani, who passed away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Wildlife Photographer
c) Music Director
d) Politician
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Answer c) Music Director. Popular southern composer Rajamani has passed away at the age of 60 due to sudden cardiac arrest. He composed music for nearly 70 films and rendered background score for over 700 films. His last film as a composer was 2012 Malayalam romantic-drama “Hide n’ Seek”.
