Current Affairs Quiz – February 21 2016

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February 22, 2016

Current Affairs Quiz

1. National Award-winning _____________ film “Ottaal” has been named as the Best Film by children’s jury at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
a) Kannada
b) Tamil
c) Malayalam
d) Telugu

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Answer c) Malayalam. Ottaal narrates the story of an old fisherman and his grandson. The Movie has been honoured with the Crystal Bear award in the Generation Kplus section.

2. Faustin Archange Touadera, a former prime minister and maths teacher standing as an independent, has been elected president of the
a) Central African Republic
b) Armenia
c) Albania
d) Peru

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Answer a) Central African Republic. Touadera won 62.71 percent of the vote compared with 37.29 for his rival Anicet-Georges Dologuele, a former banker nicknamed “Mr Clean” who had won the first round on December 30.

3. Indian Railways may introduce train hostesses on soon to be launched Gatiman Express, the first train in India to run at a speed of 160 kmph. This train runs between
a) Varanasi – Hyderabad
b) Agra – Guwahati
c) Delhi – Agra
d) Rameshwaram – Tiruvananthapuram

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Answer c) Delhi – Agra. The train will have a high-power emergency braking system, automatic fire alarm, GPS-based passenger information system and sliding doors in the coaches. There will also be live TV service as part of infotainment.

4. Public sector oil major ONGC has approved Rs.3,104 crore additional investment for drilling of wells and creating surface facilities in which Indian state?
a) Tamil nadu
b) Tripura
c) Kerala
d) Mizoram

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Answer b) Tripura. As a result of geological mapping and exploratory efforts, so far 11 gas fields have been discovered by ONGC in Tripura.

5. Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said “VLEs have a major role in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of startup revolution in India”. What is V in VLE?
a) Vibrant
b) Visual
c) Village
d) Violent

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Answer c) Village. VLE – Village Level Entrepreneurs. The government is looking at providing banking services in every village of the country by leveraging technology and the network of Common Services Centres (CSCs).

6. The Public Investment Board has approved the Rs 800-crore proposal from _________ for setting up a payments bank.
a) Indian Airways
b) Indian Army
c) India Post
d) DLF India

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Answer c) India Post. PIB, under the Finance Ministry, whets the investment proposals put forth by the state-run entities. The department is in the process of finalising the selection of a consultant for setting up India Post’s payments bank.

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious ‘Rurban Mission’ in _____________.
a) Assam
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Chhattisgarh

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Answer d) Chhattisgarh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious ‘Rurban Mission’ for developing 300 villages across the country as urban growth centres amid his assertion that his government is for the poor, dalits and other oppressed.

8. International Mother Language Day is observed on
a) February 20
b) February 21
c) February 22
d) February 23

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Answer b) February 21. The IMLD has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. 2016 Theme: Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes.

9. In the recently announced Zee Awards, the Best Actor Male (Jury) Award was won by
a) Salman Khan and Amir Khan
b) Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan
c) Ranveer Singh and Shah Rukh Khan
d) Amitabh Bachchan and Ranveer Singh

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Answer d) Amitabh Bachchan and Ranveer Singh. Amitabh Bachchan for Piku & Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani.

10. Best Actor Female (Jury) as well as Best Actress (Viewers’ Choice) was won by
a) Rani Mukherjee
b) Parineeti Chopra
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Deepika Padugone

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Answer d) Deepika Padugone. She won the award for Piku and Bajirao Mastani respectively.

11. ____________ and _____________ Government have set up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the implementation of Smart City Plans.
a) Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka
b) Gujarat and Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
d) Gujarat and Maharashtra

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Answer c) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

12. The Cricket Association of _________ became the first one in India to work towards Swatch Bharat Abhiyan.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) West Bengal

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Answer c) Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) has launched ‘Swachh Himachal – Padhai bhi, Safai bhi’ campaign in Dharamsala.