Current Affairs Quiz
1.UNICEF presented ________with Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award.
a) David Beckham
b) Harper Lee
c) Joanna Louise
d) None
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Answer a) David Beckham.Football Player David Beckham has been conferred with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award at the sixth biennial UNICEF Ball in Los Angeles. Sir Elton John and David Furnish presented the award to Beckham at the black-tie gala event, honouring him for his tireless work to save and improve the lives of children around the world.
2.______honoured with Neerja Bhanot Award.
a) Sonam Kapoor
b) Subhashini Vasanth
c) Vasant Venugopal
d) Avinnash Ravindran
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Answer b) Subhashini Vasanth. The Neerja Bhanot Pan Am Trust will be conferring the Neerja Bhanot award on Subhashini Vasanth of Bengaluru in Chandigarh. The award will be presented by Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, who is playing the lead role in biopic “Neerja”. The trust said that “This is the 24th year of the annual award which comprises Rs 1,50,000, a citation and a trophy.”
3. Which state has become India’s First Fully Organic State?
a) Maharashtra
b) Sikkim
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer b) Sikkim. Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic state by converting around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation. In Sikkim around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land was gradually converted to certified organic land by implementing organic practices and principles as per guidelines laid down in National Programme for Organic Production. It was 12 years ago in 2003 when the Pawan Chamling-led government decided to make Sikkim an organic farming state through a declaration in the legislative assembly.
4.Aadhaar card not mandatory for _______ scheme, clarifies RBI.
a) Direct Binneal Transfer
b) Direct Benefit Transport
c) Directly Benefit Transfer
d) Direct Benefit Transfer
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Answer d) Direct Benefit Transfer. RBI in its statement said the use of Aadhaar cards and seeding of bank accounts with those numbers are purely voluntary and not mandatory on the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme. In view of the Supreme Court’s interim orders dated August 11, 2015 and October 15, 2015. In July 2013, RBI had asked banks to take steps to complete account opening and seeding Aadhaar numbers in all DBT districts.
5. According to UN , which country’s population will be largest in the world at 16 million?
a) Japan
b) China
c) India
d) USA
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Answer c) India.India has the largest diaspora population in the world, at 16 million, the United Nations has said in its newly released survey on migration trends. The survey, which looked at people residing in a country other than their that of their birth, also revealed that 244 million people were living as international migrants in 2015, a 41% increase from 2000. Of the 244 million, 20 million are refugees.
6. _______is set to conduct one of the largest multi-national military exercises for the first time.
a) Japanese Army
b) Indian Army
c) French Army
d) People Liberation Army
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Answer b) Indian Army. Indian Army is set to conduct one of the largest multi-national military exercises for the first time which will see participation of 18 ASEAN Plus countries. The week-long exercise code named as Ex-Force Eighteen will be held in Pune beginning from March 2. The Field Training Exercise or FTX will see participation of over 360 personnel.
7.Government targets road safety audit of ______ km of highways in 2016.
a) 3000
b) 2000
c) 1500
d) 4000
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Answer a) 3000.The government on January 14 said it will conduct road safety audit of 3,000 km of central and state highways this year, to avoid increasing accidents. India accounts for 5 lakh road accidents annually in which 1.5 lakh people die and another 3 lakh are crippled for life. The loss due to this is equivalent to 3 per cent of the GDP of the country.
8. Which bank has became the first public sector lender to launch wealth management service?
a) Axis Bank
b) Punjab National Bank
c) Union Bank of India
d) State Bank of India
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Answer d) State Bank of India. State Bank of India has became the first public sector lender to launch wealth management service, a space dominated by private and foreign players, to cater to fast-growing affluent segment of the country.
The bank also inaugurated a dedicated branch for start-ups which will provide advisory services to the budding entrepreneurs. The wealth management offering – ‘SBI Exclusif’ and the start-up branch – ‘SBI InCube’ were rolled out in Bengaluru.
9. The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with______ for the Neeranchal National Watershed Project.
a) World Bank
b) UNICEF
c) IMF
d) None
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Answer a) World Bank. The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with World Bank for the Neeranchal National Watershed Project. The project to be implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development over a six-year period (2016-21) will support the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana in hydrology and water management, agricultural production systems, capacity building and monitoring and evaluation. The Neeranchal project was approved by the cabinet in October 2015 with a total budget outlay of Rs.2142 crore with the Government share of Rs.1071 crore and the rest 50% by the World Bank
10.________became 1st state in country to achieve 100% primary education
a) Sikkim
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Kerala . Kerala has become the first state in the country to achieve total primary education. Through its literacy programme Athulyam, which was carried out in two phases after being launched in March 2013, the state aimed at educating those who had been unable to complete their primary education up to fourth standard. The programme was meant to provide primary school education to people aged between 15 and 50. In June 2015, 2.6 lakh people took the fourth standard equivalency exam and 2.2 lakh qualified.
11. _______opens first branch in South Korea.
a) Yes
b) HSBC
c) Citi Bank
d) State Bank of India
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Answer d) State Bank of India. India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has opened its first branch in South Korea. The Seoul branch is expected to play an important role in strengthening economic partnership between the two nations, the bank’s Managing Director B Sriram said in a statement. With over 135 branches across many geographies, SBI has the largest presence in foreign markets among domestic banks. The branch will offer a range of services to corporates in trade finance, bilateral and syndicated loans and corporate deposits etc, apart from retail banking.
12. The World Bank has said that India’s Aadhaar ID will save the government ________annually.
a) $1 million
b) $1 billion
c) Neither a or b
d) $1 trillion
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Answer b) $1 billion. The World Bank has said that India’s Aadhaar ID will save the government $1 billion annually by curbing corruption. India’s Aadhaar digital identification system has already reached close to one billion people enabling many of the poor to access services more easily and making it possible for government to deliver welfare services more easily. India is close to registering its entire 1.25 billion population usingAadhaar ID, the World Bank said.
13.WHO declares which disease as the most feared diseases in the world?
a) AIDS
b) Ebola
c) Cancer
d) Swine flu
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Answer b) Ebola.The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the Ebola epidemic that has ravaged west Africa for two years was over after Liberia, the last affected country, received the all-clear. One of the most feared diseases in the world, Ebola killed more than 11,000 people across west Africa after it surfaced in southern Guinea in December 2013. At its peak, the tropical haemorrhagic virus devastated Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, scything lives and dealing a hammer blow to weak economies and fragile health systems.
14. India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner ________ broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match.
a) Maria SharaPova
b) Martina Hingis
c) Raluca Olaru
d) Yaroslava Shvedova
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Answer b) Martina Hingis. India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis today broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women’s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International. The World No 1 pair came from behind to beat the pair of Romanian Raluca Olaru and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 4-6 6-3 10-8 in a closely-fought semi-final
15. _____proposes 4-member EPG to review agreements with India.
a) Nepal
b) USA
c) China
d) Pakistan
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Answer a) Nepal. Ahead of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Oli’s maiden visit to India next month, the government has proposed formation of a four-member Eminent Persons’ Group or EPG to review the existing bilateral agreements with India including the strategic Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950.
16. Alan Rickman, who passed away, was a/an______.
a) Singer
b) Actor
c) Golf player
d) Director
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Answer b) Actor. Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London aged 69. According to Rickman’s family, the actor had died after a battle with cancer on January 13. Trained at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Rickman was often cast as the bad guy; with his rich, languid voice he could invest evil with wicked, irresistible relish. It is not yet known what type of cancer the star suffered from, or how long he was secretly battling the illness.
