Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who won the award for best sound for documentary “India’s Daughter” at the coveted Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards?
a) AR Rahman
b) Ritesh Desmukh
c) Resul Pookutty
d) MJ Reetu
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Answer c) Resul Pookutty. The Oscar-winning sound engineer said he is the first Asian to win the coveted award at the 63rd Golden Reel Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) of US for best sound.
2. Who has joined ICC and UNICEF’s effort to build a social movement for sanitation and toilet use, thereby leading to an open defecation-free India?
a) MS Dhoni
b) Kajol
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Aamir Khan
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Answer c) Sachin Tendulkar. ICC and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s ‘Team Swachh’, a nationwide initiative in support of the Government of India’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ Mission, will be launched with the upcoming World Twenty20 and will tap into the power of cricket to spread the movement for sanitation in the country irrespective of class, gender, age, region and religion.
3. Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of the Banks Board Bureau?
a) R Gandhi
b) Aravind Mayaram
c) Aravind Subramaniyan
d) Vinod Rai
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Answer d) Vinod Rai. The Bureau will advise the government on top-level appointments at public sector lenders and ways to address the bad loans problem among other issues. The bureau has been set up at a time when public sector banks are grappling with a huge problem of bad loans with their collective gross NPAs (Non Performing Assets) approaching Rs. 4 lakh crore level.
4. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurate India’s first “Gender Park” in which Indian state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer c) Kerala. The 24-acre park will promote research and other initiatives to facilitate complete gender equality. A gender institute in the park would focus on learning, research and capacity development, as part of supporting the efforts of the state and central governments in ensuring an inclusive, discrimination free society.
5. Who has invested an undisclosed amount in home rental company NestAway Technologies?
a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Sachin Bansal
c) Ratan Tata
d) Anil Ambani
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Answer c) Ratan Tata. This is Tata’s eighth personal investment in a startup in 2016 so far. He has invested in over 20 startups.
6. Enda Kenny is associated with which country?
a) Denmark
b) Norway
c) Sweden
d) Ireland
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Answer d) Ireland. Ireland’s ruling coalition was ousted by voters angry at the country’s uneven recovery, leaving Prime Minister Enda Kenny facing the unpalatable prospect of trying to secure a deal with his biggest rival.
7. Muziris Heritage Project is associated with
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Telangana
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer a) Kerala. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Muziris Heritage Project at Kodungalloor. The project is implemented by the State Government with the support of the Central Government. The Muziris Heritage Project utilizes at a global level the possibilities of a region, which lost its glory centuries ago.
8. Agonda beach and Palolem beach is in
a) Kerala
b) Goa
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra
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Answer b) Goa. According to the latest survey by Travel website Tripadvisor, India has three of the top ten beaches in Asia favored by travellers. The beaches are Agonda, Palolem (both in Goa) and Radhanagar on the Havelock Island in the Andamans.
9. ____________ has received tentative approval from the US health regulator for its Ritonavir tablets used for treatment of HIV infection.
a) Reddy Labs
b) Sun Pharma
c) Aurobindo Pharma
d) Biocon
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Answer c) Aurobindo Pharma. Established in 1986, Aurobindo Pharma is present in semi-synthetic penicillins and therapeutic segments such as neurosciences, cardiovascular, anti-retrovirals, anti-diabetics, gastroenterology and cephalosporins, among others.
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit US, Saudi Arabia and ____________ next month.
a) Germany
b) Italy
c) Belgium
d) Sweden
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Answer c) Belgium. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Saudi Arabia as part of his three-nation trip from March 30 during which he will also visit Washington to attend Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). Starting his visit with Belgium on March 30 for India-EU Summit, Modi will travel to Washington for NSS from March 31 before his two-day bilateral visit from April 2 to Saudi Arabia.
