Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which actor to get the ‘Godavari Gaurav’ award?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Nana Patekar
c) Amir Khan
d) Salman Khan
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Answer b) Nana Patekar.
2. Which state government will introduce a bill banning spitting in public places?
a) Maharashtra
b) Goa
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer a) Maharashtra. Concerned over the sharp rise in infectious disease like tuberculosis, Maharashtra government will introduce a bill banning spitting in public places in the upcoming state Legislature Budget session scheduled next month. According to the proposed legislation, offenders spitting for the first time will have to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 and also do a day of community service at public places or at government offices.
3. ________agreed to vacate the airbase at Leh district which will be used for expansion of the civilian airport by the Jammu and Kashmir government.
a) Indian All Force
b) Indian Aviation Force
c) Indian Air Force
d) None
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Answer c) Indian Air Force.The Indian Air Force (IAF) has agreed to vacate the airbase at Leh district which will be used for expansion of the civilian airport by the Jammu and Kashmir government. IAF will develop its base at an alternate site in the strategically-located district of Jammu and Kashmir bordering Pakistan and China under an agreement intended to be finalised by this month end
4. Sri Aurobindo International Centre for Education in _______ has become India’s first fully solar powered institute (Educational).
a) Assam
b) Hyderabad
c) Kerala
d) Puducherry
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Answer d) Puducherry. Sri Aurobindo International Centre for Education, Puducherry has become India’s first fully solar powered institute (Educational). The institute generates thrice the electricity it consumes through solar power plants installed on the roofs of the dining room, primary school, library and high school in the campus. The institute has been self-reliant in energy since September 2014.
5. Tax reforms proposed in _______sector recently.
a) Defense
b) Aviation
c) Gems and Jewellery
d) Alcohol
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Answer c) Gems and Jewellery. Government of India is considering a package of tax incentives for the labour-intensive leather and gems and jewellery sectors in the forthcoming Budget to provide a boost to manufacturing as well as exports. Leather and leather goods sector is a focus area under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the central government and the aim is to increase its exports to USD 15 billion by 2020 from the current USD 6 billion.
6.Which country wants India to pay oil dues in euros?
a) Iran
b) Afghanistan
c) Syria
d) Iraq
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Answer a) Iran. Iran has asked Indian refiners such as Essar Oil and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to clear its past oil dues amounting to over $6 billion in euros within six months. With US lifting sanctions, Iran has told Indian authorities that the three-year old mechanism, paying 45 per cent of oil import bill in rupees and keeping the remaining 55 per cent pending for payment channels to clear, has come to an end.
7. The United Nations Postal Administration has released six new postage stamps promoting equality for______people.
a) Disable
b) Inferior
c) Schedules tribes
d) LGBT
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Answer d) LGBT.The United Nations Postal Administration has released six new postage stamps promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT people. The colorfully designed stamps by artist and UNPA art director Sergio Baradat are also meant to celebrate the diversity of the gay community and marks the first time the global body’s post office has issued stamps with an LGBT theme. The stamps were unveiled in a ceremony at the U.N.
8. ________ launches long range rocket.
a) South Korea
b) North Korea
c) Russia
d) China
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Answer b) North Korea. North Korea has launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N. sanctions and just weeks after a nuclear bomb test.
9. Which Country has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) France
d) Switzerland
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Answer c) France.France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks. Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date.
10. Sudhir Tailang who passed away was a/an______.
a) Singer
b) Guitarist
c) Hair stylist
d) Cartoonist
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Answer d) Cartoonist. Eminent cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, who chronicled contemporary Indian politics with wit and humour, has died due to brain cancer. Tailang was under treatment for brain cancer since 2014 and breathed his last at his East Delhi residence in Mayur Vihar. He would have turned 56 on February 26 and is survived by his daughter and wife.
11. Dan Hicks, who passed away recently, was a/an______.
a) Singer
b) Singer-songwriter
c) Hair stylist
d) Cartoonist
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Answer b) Singer-songwriter. Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks, known for his rootsy blend of folk, jazz and country music, has died due to throat and liver cancer at the age of 74. The Bay Area musician and Montgomery High School graduate was best known for his band Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, formed in 1967. The group incorporated elements of jazz, swing, folk, bluegrass, jug band, bebop and acid mariachi among other styles.
