Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been appointed as a part-time member of the Prasar Bharati board?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Aamir Khan
c) Kajol
d) Rani Mukherjee
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Answer c) Kajol. Bollywood actress Kajol and Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who heads an online media company, were appointed as part-time members of the Prasar Bharati board which runs public broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR).
2. Aditya Birla and _________ have formed a venture for Payment Bank?
a) Airtel
b) Idea
c) Aircel
d) Reliance
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Answer b) Idea. The new entity, Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd, is a 51:49 joint venture (JV) between it and Idea Cellular — its telecom subsidiary in which it owns 23.26%.
3. What is EPC?
a) Environment – Production – Company
b) Emergency – Permanent – Constitution
c) Excellency – Periodical – Commission
d) Engineering – Procurement – Construction
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Answer d) Engineering – Procurement – Construction. Government of India has approved eight highway projects worth Rs 6,000 crore for six states – Punjab, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha. Of these, six will be implemented in EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) mode and two in hybrid annuity mode.
4. Minister Uma Bharti will inaugurate Jal Manthan – 2 in ___________.
a) Allahabad
b) New Delhi
c) Varanasi
d) Guwahati
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Answer b) New Delhi. Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Sushri Uma Bharti will inaugurate Jal Manthan -2″ on February 22, 2016 New Delhi. The main theme of two day event is Integrated Approach for Sustainable Water Management.
5. Dissident Congress leader Kalikho Pul, 46, has sworn in as the ________ Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
a) Sixth
b) Seventh
c) Eighth
d) Ninth
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Answer d) Ninth. He has the support of 18 rebel Congress MLAs, and two Independents and 11 BJP MLAs who gave outside support. The Centre had revoked President’s Rule in the state before Governor J P Rajkhowa administered the oath of office to Pul.
6. Christine Lagarde is associated with
a) WHO
b) UNSC
c) World Bank
d) IMF
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Answer d) IMF. The International Monetary Fund its board re-elected Managing Director Christine Lagarde to a second five-year term, starting on July 5.
7. Yerevan is the Capital of
a) Albania
b) Armenia
c) Laos
d) Czech Republic
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Answer b) Armenia. India and Armenia have signed an agreement for cooperation in the agriculture sector. An memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singhand Armenian Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan.
8. KP Sharma Oli is the Prime Minister of ____________.
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Myanmar
d) Malaysia
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Answer b) Nepal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli have jointly inaugurated a power transmission line from Muzaffarpur (India) to Dhalkebar (Nepal). Both countries also signed seven agreements to strengthen economic ties.
9. Ksheer-Scanner System is associated with
a) Water
b) Wine
c) Milk
d) Fruit Juice
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Answer c) Milk. The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated Ksheer-Scanner System for Detection of Adulteration and analysis of Milk.
10. Who blasted the fastest century in Test history recently?
a) Virat Kohli
b) K Anderson
c) Adam Smith
d) Brendon McCullum
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Answer d) Brendon McCullum. Brendon McCullum has blasted the fastest century in Test history, a 54-ball effort that broke the record jointly held by Viv Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq. In his 101st and final Test match, McCullum attacked Australia’s bowlers relentlessly.
11. Umberto Eco & Harper Lee were died recently. They were
a) Economists
b) Novelists
c) Journalists
d) Musicians
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Answer b) Novelists. The novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco has died aged 84. Eco was best known for his 1980 work The Name of the Rose, was one of the world’s most revered literary names. Harper Lee, the author of the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, has died in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer was 89.
12. Bhuvaneshwari Mishra, who passed away recently was a
a) Singer
b) Dancer
c) Film Maker
d) Actress
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Answer a) Singer. Renowned singer Bhubaneswari Mishra passed away in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest at the age of 67. She was popular both as a classical and a playback singer.
