CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Who has been conferred with the honourable Cecil B DeMille award?
a) John David Washington
b) Denzel Washington
c) Morgan Freeman
d) Pauletta Washington
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Answer b) Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington has been conferred with the honourable Cecil B DeMille award, which honors extraordinary contributions to the entertainment world, at the 2016 Golden Globes. The 61-year-old actor, director, producer, and philanthropist brought his family up on stage with him to accept the award, but forgot his glasses.
2. Who has been honoured with the second Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015?
a) Arjun
b) Anil Verma
c) Balkrishna Garg
d) Vijay Kumar Roy
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Answer c) Balkrishna Garg. Veteran poet Balkrishna Garg has been honoured with the second Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015 for his collection of poems for children, titled ‘BaalGeet’. Sahitya Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari and National Book Trust Chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma conferred the award comprising a cash prize of Rs 75,000, a shawl and a citation on Garg.
3. Who will be the new CEO of Flipkart?
a) Binny Bansal
b) Jeff Bezos
c) Sachin Bansal
d) Kunal Bahl
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Answer a) Binny Bansal. In a major top management rejig at Flipkart, Binny Bansal will be the new CEO in place of his co-founder Sachin Bansal, who would become Executive Chairman of India’s biggest e-commerce company. Binny till now was the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sachin along with Binny launched Flipkart in 2007. Sachin will provide strategic direction for Flipkart, mentor the senior leadership and look for new investment opportunities.
4. Who has been appointed as Vice President of Micromax?
a) Rahul Sharma
b) Sumeet Arora
c) Vineet Taneja
d) Vikas Thapar
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Answer d) Vikas Thapar. Smartphone brand, Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as its new Senior Vice President-Finance. In this role, Thapar will be responsible to build the company’s asset and revenue base while leading the external relationship developments with all key stakeholders including bankers, equity partners, investors and government authority among others, said the company.
5. Who has been named coach of Pune IPL team?
a) Stephen Fleming
b) Gary Kirsten
c) Greg Chappell
d) Duncan Fletcher
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Answer a) Stephen Fleming. Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has been named chief coach of the new Pune franchise of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament. With this the former Chennai Super Kings coach will renew his long and most successful partnership with his former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was picked in the December draft.
6.________commissions new Andhra thermal power unit.
a) GAIL
b) BHEL
c) NTPC
d) none
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Answer b) BHEL. State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned a 520-mw coal-based thermal power unit in Andhra Pradesh. The unit has been commissioned at the 2×520 mw Vizag Thermal Power Project of Hinduja National Power Company Limited (HNPCL), Visakhapatnam.
7. Border Security Force (BSF) has launched ________along the international border in Rajasthan.
a) Operation Wave
b) Operation Cold
c) Operation Tide
d) none
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Answer b) Operation Cold. Border Security Force (BSF) has launched ‘Operation Cold’ along the international border in Rajasthan covering Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Barmer and Jaisalmer that will continue till January 30. The Operation Cold was launched to contain any infiltration or intrusion from Pakistan in fog and cold wave weather conditions in the western desert.
8. ________Inks MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government.
a) IOC
b) NTPC
c) Adani
d) RINL
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Answer d) RINL. RINL, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant inked an MoU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The MoU has been signed during the 22nd CII Partnership Summit & First Sunrise AP Investment Meet, which is currently being held in Visakhapatnam.
9. Which city to shut 2,500 firms this year to fight pollution?
a) Singapore
b) Delhi
c) Shanghai
d) Beijing
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Answer d) Beijing. Beijing will close 2,500 small polluting firms this year in its latest effort to combat pollution. Pollution is a sensitive topic in China, with thousands of protests sparked every year by concerns about environmental degradation, particularly from factories.
10. _________social security pact comes into operation.
a) India-Australia
b) India-Sri Lanka
c) India-Nepal
d) India-China
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Answer a) India-Australia. A new social security agreement signed between India and Australia has come into operation enabling people of both nations to avail retirement benefits in each other’s country, a pact likely to boost bilateral business linkages.
11.ICC announces______ as event partner.
a) Muthoot
b) MoneygGram
c) Paytm
d) Mobiwiki
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Answer b) MoneygGram.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced MoneyGram International, a leading global provider of money transfer services, as their event partner in an eight-year deal from 2016-2023.
12.Ravindra Kalia who passes away was a/an____.
a) Actor
b) Golf player
c) writer
d) Singer
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Answer c) writer. Noted Hindi writer and journalist Ravindra Kalia passed away at a private hospital at the age of 78. Kalia had been suffering from liver cirrhosis. He is well known for his works like ‘Nau Saal Chotti Patni’ and ‘Ghalib Chutti Sharab’. He was the former Bharatiya Jnanpith director and also the editor of several literary magazines, including Naya Gyanodaya.
13.David Bowie was a/an_____
a) Musician
b) Golf player
c) writer
d) Singer
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Answer a) Musician. SDavid Bowie, one of the most influential recording artists of all time, passed away on January 10, 2016, after a battle with throat cancer. He was 69. The influential singer-songwriter and producer dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career.
