CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1.The Look of Silence is the Documentary Film directed by
a) Quentin Tarantina
b) Robert Williams
c) Knight Shyamalan
d) Joshua Oppenheimer
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Answer d) Joshua Oppenheimer. Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Look of Silence” has won the Top Documentary Award at the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honours. The film is based on the examination of the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s.
2. Who is the author of the book “Sleeping on Jupiter”?
a) Arundhadthi Roy
b) Sam Pitroda
c) Anuradha Roy
d) James Walker
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Answer c) Anuradha Roy. Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’ at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
3. Gautam Ghosh and _________ has been included in the Shyam Benegal committee.
a) Nana Padekar
b) Rajni Kanth
c) Kamal Hassan
d) Amitabh Bachchan
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Answer c) Kamal Hassan. The Shyam Benegal committee has been recently set by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcast to look into the functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
4. SBI launches SBI E-Smart SME to offer loans to
a) Students
b) E-Commerce Sellers
c) E-Commerce Buyers
d) Women Entrepreneurs
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Answer b) E-Commerce Sellers. State Bank of India has announced launch of SBI E-Smart SME to offer easy working capital to online e-commerce players. The bank has initially tied up with e-commerce major Snapdeal to offer instant loans to its sellers.
5. In the 61st Filmfare Awards 2015, who won the Best Actress and Best Actor Awards?
a) Parineeti Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan
b) Vidya Balan and Sooraj Pancholi
c) Priyanka Chopra and Salman Khan
d) Deepika Padugone and Ranveer Singh
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Answer d) Deepika Padugone and Ranveer Singh. Deepika won the Award for her movie Piku. Ranveer won the Award for her movie Bajirao Mastani.
6. The Lifetime Achievement was presented to
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Anupam Roy
c) Sanjay Leela
d) Moushumi Chatterjee
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Answer d) Moushumi Chatterjee
7. Tsai Ing-wen becomes the President of
a) Indonesia
b) Philippines
c) Taiwan
d) Laos
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Answer c) Taiwan. Taiwan’s independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen has won the island’s presidential election after the ruling party admitted defeat.
8. Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the AIIB in
a) Shanghai
b) Hong Kong
c) Beijing
d) None of these
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Answer c) Beijing. China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in which India and 56 countries have joined as founding members was formally opened by President Xi Jinping. An Indian delegation headed by Dinesh Sharma, additional Secretary in the Ministry of Finance attended the opening ceremony.
9. Which country has begun preparations for a new lunar mission (Dark Side of the moon) in 2018?
a) Russia
b) USA
c) UK
d) China
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Answer d) China. China has begun preparations for a new lunar mission in 2018. It has planned to send a probe to the dark side of the moon not explored by humans so far. The far side of the moon is never visible to Earth because of gravitational forces and has never been explored. The Chang’e-4 probe will be the first mission in human history to embark on this expedition.
10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s spacecraft _________ has broken the Solar Power Distance Record.
a) Arizon
b) Juno
c) Mercurus
d) Mirendell
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Answer b) Juno. The solar powered spacecraft of NASA named Juno broke the previous record of travelling farthest distance set by Rosetta spacecraft of the European Space Agency. NASA’s Juno traveled 793 million kilometer to break this record on January 13, 2016. Before this, Rosetta spacecraft of the European Space Agency traveled till 792 million kilometers.
11. Marat Safin is associated with
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Cycling
d) Football
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Answer a) Tennis. Former World Number one tennis player Marat Safin of Russia has joined the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The official ceremony to induct the Russian tennis player has been scheduled for July 16, 2016.
