Current Affairs Quiz
1. Manish Arora has been conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). Who is he?
a) Indian Ambassador
b) Fashion Designer
c) Philanthropist
d) Journalist
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Answer b) Fashion Designer. The Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur is France’s premier award to recognise eminent accomplishments of service to France. It is bestowed on both citizens of France as well as foreigners.
2. Sameer Anjaan has entered the Guinness Book of World Records. Who is he?
a) Gymnastic Specialist
b) Lyricist
c) Environmentalist
d) Social Activist
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Answer b) Lyricist. Renowned Indian lyricist Sameer Anjaan has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for writing lyrics to the most number of Bollywood songs. The official record states that Sameer wrote 3,524 songs for 650 Bollywood movies, as verified on December 15, 2015.
3. Who has been appointed as Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)?
a) Jayant Misra
b) Krishna Kant Bhattacharya
c) Jayashankar Kumar
d) Pranav Gupta
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Answer a) Jayant Misra. Senior IRS officer Jayant Misra has been appointed as Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The post was vacant for the last eight months.
4. Who invested in Hyderabad based packaging material maker Bollant Industries?
a) Anil Ambani
b) Sanjay Bansal
c) Mukesh Ambani
d) Ratan Tata
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Answer d) Ratan Tata. Hyderabad based packaging material maker Bollant Industries has raised an undisclosed funding from Ratan Tata. This is the third non tech investment by Ratan Tata. Launched in 2012 by Srikanth Bolla, Bollant Industries manufactures eco-friendly paper and biodegradable products and provides mainstream employment to several hundred differently-abled people.
5. Cabinet approves collaboration between Ministry of AYUSH and _______.
a) WHO
b) AIIMS
c) UN
d) UNICEF
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Answer a) WHO. The long-term collaboration with WHO would help in improving International acceptability and branding of Ayush systems, facilitate awareness generation regarding AYUSH systems of Medicine by means of education, skill development, workshops, publications and exchange programs between AYUSH and WHO.
6. The Government of ________ would soon ink an MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the state.
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Punjab. A decision to this effect was taken by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal during a meeting with BPA Export Manager Chris Jackson.
7. Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari launched a dedicated website to the union government’s Maritime India Summit 2016. Name the website.
a) www.maritimeinvest.in
b) www.maritime.in
c) www.investmaritime.in
d) www.maritimeinvestindia.in
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Answer a) www.maritimeinvest.in. The website will facilitate investors and participants access detailed information about the summit, including registrations.
8. BAE Systems is associated with
a) Mobile Phone making
b) Android and Ios App Developing
c) Defence
d) Satellites
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Answer c) Defence. BAE Systems has announced selection of Mahindra as its India partner for the nearly $700 million deal for the supply of 145 M777 Howitzers. M777 Howitzers are ultralight weight artillery guns having a strike range of 25 kms.
9. World’s first wireless flexible smartphone has been developed. What is the name?
a) EasyPend
b) SuFlex
c) ReFlex
d) Phone360
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Answer c) ReFlex. ReFlex is based on a high definition 720p LG Display Flexible OLED touch screen powered by an Android 4.4 “KitKat” board mounted to the side of the display.
10. The ASTRO-H satellite has been launched by Japan to study
a) Moon
b) Sun
c) Black Holes
d) Meteorites
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Answer c) Black Holes. Japan has successfully launched a jointly developed space observation satellite tasked with studying mysterious black holes. The ASTRO-H satellite, developed in collaboration between the agency, NASA and other groups, is set to orbit at an altitude of about 580 kilometres (360 miles) and observe X-rays emanating mainly from black holes and galaxy clusters.
11. ____________ has won The National Chess team Championship for the first time.
a) Indian Airways
b) State Bank of India
c) Indian Railways
d) Postal Department
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Answer c) Indian Railways. The 36th Championship was held at Bhubaneswar from 8th to 14th February, 2016.
12. Akbar Kakkattil, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Journalist
b) Historian
c) Short Story Writer
d) Banker
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Answer c) Short Story Writer. Renowned short story writer and novelist Akbar Kakkattil (62) passed away in Kozhikode, Kerala. A two-time winner of the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi award, Kakkattil was undergoing treatment for a lung-related ailment for over a week in the hospital.
13. Boutros Ghali, who passed away recently, was a former Secretary General of
a) WHO
b) UN
c) G7
d) G4
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Answer b) UN. Former UN Secretary General Boutros Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country’s landmark peace deal with Israel, has died at the age of 93. He led the United Nations in a chaotic 1990s tenure that began with hopes for peace after the Cold War.
14. Cabinet grants ‘in-principle’ approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal. What is I in LIGO?
a) India
b) Information
c) Interferometer
d) Interference
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Answer c) Interferometer. LIGO-India project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in India) is piloted by Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology (DST). The project is associated with the Research on gravitational waves.
15. Who has been elected as President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)?
a) M Devaraja Reddy
b) K Kumar Reddy
c) N Kalyan Singh
d) G Devnath Patel
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Answer a) M Devaraja Reddy. ICAI is a statutory body for the regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. It has been established under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
