CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Katni in _______________ will have India’s longest railway bridge.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Bihar
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Answer c) Madhya Pradesh. Katni in Madhya Pradesh will have India’s longest railway bridge, 14 km on the up line, almost three and half times longer than Vembanad rail bridge in Kerala that connects Edappally and Vallarpadam in Kochi and is 4.62 km long. Called Katni grade separator, down line of the bridge would be of 7 km. Its total length would be 21 km up and down side.
2. __________ is all set to soon become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May.
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Manipur
d) Sikkhim
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Answer b) Haryana. An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock, from which groundwater can be extracted. The mapping will assist the state in estimating the quantity and quality of groundwater in an aquifer and would help it in assessment of sustainable level of water extraction.
3. Which country has retained it’s World’s Largest Arms Importer Tag?
a) China
b) Israel
c) India
d) Pakistan
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Answer c) India. India accounted for 14% of the global imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe. India’s arms imports remain three times greater than those of its rivals China and Pakistan. Its biggest suppliers are Russia, the US, Israel and France. After India, China ranks second in the global arms import list with 4.7%, followed by Australia (3.6%), Pakistan (3.3%), Vietnam (2.9%) and South Korea (2.6%).
4. ________ is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of the country.
a) UK
b) Cuba
c) Venezuela
d) Bhutan
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Answer b) Cuba. Cuba prides itself on its system of free, neighborhood-level health care, which has included intensive efforts to limit the Aedes aegypti mosquito that also carries the tropical diseases dengue and chikungunya.
5. Name the Cyclone which recently hit Fiji and caused serious damages to the island country?
a) Abraham
b) Lucin
c) Winston
d) Lincoln
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Answer c) Winston. Fiji has been struck by “Cyclone Winston” which brought with it wind gusts of 325 kilometres per hour and sea and ocean waves up to 12 metres high.
6. According to Greenpeace pollution in _________ is higher than China.
a) Bhutan
b) Singapore
c) India
d) Nepal
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Answer c) India. Greenpeace research noted that 23 out of 32 National Air Quality Index (NAQI) stations in India had recorded more than 70% exceedance of the national standards, which puts public health at risk.
7. The 42nd Khajuraho Dance Festival began in the temple town of Khajuraho, Chhattarpur district in
a) Bihar
b) Punjab
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer c) Madhya Pradesh. The festival will showcase classical dances, including Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Odissi and Kuchipudi, depicting the ancient tales like Mahishasur Mardini’ and ‘Krishna Rasa’.
8. The CII has signed an MoU with _________ to boost trade and explore business opportunities.
a) Beijing Exports
b) Moscow Exports
c) Dubai Exports
d) TOkyo Exports
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Answer c) Dubai Exports. CII, a non-government organisation, has signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Exports, which works with other Dubai Government Departments to simplify the export process.
9. Minuteman 3 is the Intercontinental Ballistic missile of
a) China
b) Russia
c) North Korea
d) USA
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Answer d) USA. The US Inter Continental Ballistic Missile Minuteman 3 was launched from Vandenberg Air force Base in California.
10. Which country will host Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12 April 2016 to save tigers?
a) India
b) Bhutan
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer a) India. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will the third such conference on tiger conservation to be hosted by India that will see the participation of all 13 tiger range countries.
11. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari sworn-in as Chief Justice of
a) Meghalaya HC
b) Tamil Nadu HC
c) Gujarat HC
d) Punjab HC
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Answer a) Meghalaya HC. Justice Maheshwari succeeds Justice Uma Nath Singh who retired as Chief Justice on 14 January 2016.
