Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which Film has bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC)?
a) Masaan
b) Titli
c) Citylight
d) None
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Answer b) Titli. Indian filmmaker Kanu Behl directorial “Titli” has bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC). This is the first time an Indian film has won this award.
2. Who has been presented with the lifetime achievement award at NDTV Indian of the Year Awards?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Shatrughan Sinha
c) Rishi Kapoor
d) Dharmendra
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Answer a) Amitabh Bachchan. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been presented with the lifetime achievement award at NDTV Indian of the Year Awards. Jaya, who has worked with Amitabh in films like “Chupke Chupke”, “Abhimaan”, “Mili” and “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”, said she always knew her husband would make it big one day.
3.Urban Ladder appoints _______as CMO.
a) Tanmay Gupta
b) Rishabh Bajaj
c) Salil Mehta
d) Sanjay Gupta
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Answer d) Sanjay Gupta. Online furniture store Urban Ladder has named former Marico Ltd executive Sanjay Gupta as its chief marketing officer. Gupta will lead marketing, branding and content among others at Urban Ladder, the company said in a statement.
4. Which company is to build the World’s tallest Clock Tower?
a) HCL
b) IBM
c) Infosys
d) Accenture
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Answer c) Infosys.Infosys, India’s leading software company, is all set to beat the 96-metre tall Big Ben, the iconic free-standing clock tower in London, with a 135m structure.
5. _______gets world’s longest cable car system.
a) Vietnam
b) Indonesia
c) UAE
d) UK
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Answer a) Vietnam. The world’s longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province. With a total length of 6,292.5 metres, the system was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest three-rope cable car route, and also the world’s biggest height gap between its departure and arrival stations of 1,410 metres.
6.National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has signed an MoU with ________.
a) RUSSIA OJSC
b) RUSNA OJSC
c) RUS NANO OJSC
d) RUSNANO OJSC
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Answer d) RUSNANO OJSC.National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has signed an MoU with RUSNANO OJSC of Russia to cooperate in diverse sectors and facilitate high-technology investments in India. As per the MoU, both the Parties will establish a joint working group with a view to further develop cooperation between the Parties and work on the development of the definitive agreements.
7.India and _____ Ink 3 Agreements.
a) Sri lanka
b) Vietnam
c) Brunei
d) Armenia
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Answer c) Brunei.India and Brunei have decided to boost defence ties by conducting joint military exercises as the two countries signed three agreements after Vice President Hamid Ansari held talks with the top leadership.
8.SS Tarapore who passed was a____.
a) Former Chief Minister
b) Former District Judge
c) Former RBI Governor
d) None
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Answer c) Former RBI Governor. SS Tarapore, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a noted economist, has passed away in Mumbai, at the age of 80. Tarapore joined the RBI in 1961 and retired in 1996 as deputy governor, having been involved in almost all aspects of monetary policy.
9. Intizar Husain who died at 93 was a Pakistani_____.
a) Singer
b) Actor
c) Writer
d) Orator
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Answer c) Writer. Intizar Husain, veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist has passed away at the age of 93. Husain’s books include ‘Gali Koochay’, ‘Kankari’, ‘Din Aur Dastan’, ‘Shehr-i-afsos’, ‘Kachhuay’, ‘Khaimay Say Door’, ‘Khali Pinjra’, ‘Morenama’ and ‘Sheharzad Kay Naam’.
10.Balram Jakhar who passed away was a _________.
a) BJP Leader
b) Congress Leader
c) AAP Leader
d) None
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Answer b) Congress Leader. Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away at the age of 92. The former Lok Sabha Speaker and Governor of Madhya Pradesh was ailing for over a year following a brain stroke. He suffered respiratory arrest last month. Jakhar served as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989 during which he contributed to the establishment of Parliament museum.
