Current Affairs Quiz
1. ___________ has won the National Award on e-Governance 2015-16 for launching the Universal Account Number (UAN).
a) SIDBI
b) CIBIL
c) DRDO
d) EPFO
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) EPFO. EPFO – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation. The UAN facility enables workers to transfer their provident fund deposits while switching jobs anywhere in India easily.
2. French IT services firm Capgemini has appointed ____________ as the chief executive officer of its India operations.
a) Kumar Abhishek Gautham
b) Srinivas Kandula
c) Alok Mishra
d) Avinnash Ravindran
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Srinivas Kandula. Kandula played a key role in the acquisition of Patni by iGate in 2011, and of iGate by Capgemini in 2015.
3. DHL Express has named a new Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific region that includes India.
a) Lee Kuan
b) Kim Lee
c) Kuan Hyo Chan
d) Ken Lee
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Ken Lee. Ken Lee, who has an experience of over 20 years in the logistics industry, including 18 years at DHL will succeed Jerry Hsu, who is retiring after an illustrious career with DHL Express since 2001.
4. Prez Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015, raising the ceiling of the impost from Rs 25 to ______ per quintal.
a) Rs 100
b) Rs 150
c) Rs 200
d) Rs 250
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Rs 200. This measure will help sugarcane growers and cash-starved mills.
5. The IEA-OES is associated with
a) Nuclear Energy
b) Solar Power
c) Ocean Energy
d) Wind Power
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Ocean Energy. IEA-OES stands for International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems. Cabinet has given its approval for India becoming a member country of the IEA-OES.
6. Who heads the committee to fast-track bullet train project?
a) Arvind Mayaram
b) Raghram Rajan
c) Dilip Kumar
d) Arvind Panagariya
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Arvind Panagariya. Fast-tracking implementation of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, the Centre has set up a high-level panel headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya to sort out bilateral issues with a similar committee set up by Japan.
7. State-owned BSNL has started 4G services on non-commercial basis in __________.
a) Chandigarh
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Chandigarh. BSNL is promising broadband speed of up to 100 megabit per second (Mbps).BSNL has 4G spectrum across India except in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kolkata.
8. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is associated with
a) Vehicle Insurance
b) Education Loans
c) Agriculture
d) Home Loans
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Agriculture. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has approved the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – a path breaking scheme for farmers’ welfare. There will be a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops.
9. Who launched two initiatives by Mumbai Railway Police — SAMEEP (Safety Alert Messages Exclusively For Passengers) and B-Safe?
a) Saurav Ganguly
b) Virat Kohli
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Amitabh Bachchan
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Sachin Tendulkar
10. Based on the recent ‘International World Leader Index’ survey, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been voted as the ___________ most popular leader in the world.
a) Fourth
b) Fifth
c) Sixth
d) Seventh
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Seventh. US President Barack Obama has topped the list followed by Angela Merkel and David Cameroon.
11. Yoo Il-ho has been appointed as the Finance Minister of
a) Japan
b) China
c) North Korea
d) South Korea
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) South Korea. Yoo, a scholar-turned-politician and former land minister, replaces Choi Kyung-hwan, who will be running in parliamentary elections in April.
12. INS Rahav is a submarine of
a) India
b) Russia
c) Israel
d) USA
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Israel. Israel has took delivery of its fifth German-built submarine, an advanced Dolphin-class vessel said to be capable of remaining submerged for up to a week.
13. PM Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the MoU between India and ______ on cooperation in the field of Health.
a) Mauritius
b) Sri Lanka
c) Nepal
d) Maldives
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Maldives. The MoU covers cooperation in the area of exchange and training of medical doctors, officials, other health professionals and experts, assistance in development of human resources and setting up of healthcare facilities and medical and health research development.
14. The GOI has signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for pollution abatement of River Mula-Mutha in ____________.
a) Pune
b) Chandigarh
c) Kolkata
d) Bengaluru
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Pune. The Government of Japan has committed to provide a soft loan of 19.064 billion Yen (about Rs. 1000 crore) to Government of India for the project at an interest rate of 0.30% per annum.
15. Name the Lt Gen, who played a key role in the 1971 war which broke up Pakistan and created Bangladesh, died in New Delhi.
a) Lt Gen JFR Jacob
b) Lt Gen NS Krishna
c) Lt Gen KM Kripal
d) Lt Gen NS Chandran
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Lt Gen JFR Jacob. Born in the Bengal Presidency under British India, Jacob joined the army at the age of 19 and also fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 before he retired in 1978. Jacob was the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command during the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to Pakistan’s eastern wing seceding and becoming an independent Bangladesh.
