CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1.Who was appointed new CBDT chief?
a) Amir jung
b) Rahul Sharma
c) Atulesh Jindal
d) Sumit Arora
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Answer c) Atulesh Jindal. Senior revenue service officer Atulesh Jindal has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy-making body of the income tax department. He will succeed A K Jain, who completes his term at the end of this month. The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of Jindal as chairman CBDT, an order issued by department of personnel and training.
2.India has been ranked ____on an inaugural list of the world’s best countries.
a) 20th
b) 22nd
c) 100th
d) 2nd
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Answer b) 22nd. India has been ranked 22nd on an inaugural list of the world’s best countries, which was released on the sidelines of WEF Annual Meeting. China is ranked 17th on the list, which ranked 60 countries on the basis of sustainability, adventure, cultural influence, entrepreneurship and economic influence. The survey was conducted among 16,200 business leaders and other high-fliers.
3. New tree frog genus discovered in NE India, Name it.
a) Fronesti
b) Frankixalus
c) Froxious
d) None
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Answer b) Frankixalus.For more than a century, two mysterious tree frog specimens collected by a British naturalist in 1870 and housed at the Natural History Museum in London were assumed to be part of a vanished species, never again found in the wild. A group of scientists, led by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, has rediscovered the frogs and also identified them as part of a new genus – one step higher than a species on the taxonomic ranking. Not only have they found the frogs in abundance in northeast Indian jungles, they believe they could also be living across a wide swathe of Asia from China to Thailand.
4. Who won 300th Grand Slam Singles Match?
a) Novak Djokovic
b) Andy Murray
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Roger Federer
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Answerd) Roger Federer. Roger Federer climbed into rarefied territory on a rainy Friday at the Australian Open. With a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 third-round win over 27th seed Grigor Dimitrov in Rod Laver Arena, the No. 3 seed clinched the 300th Grand Slam match win of his storied career, becoming the first man to reach the milestone.
5. _______has been appointed as Private Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee.
a) Ajay Arora
b) Salil Mishra
c) Sahil Mehta
d) Ashok Kumar Mehta
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Answer d) Ashok Kumar Mehta.
. Senior revenue officer Ashok Kumar Mehta has been appointed as Private Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee. Mehta, a 1987 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is working as Commissioner in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, as per his service records. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Mehta as PS to the President, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.
6. Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs __________.
a) 25,000 crores
b) 10,000 crores
c) 20,000 crores
d) 30,000 crores
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Answer d) 30,000 crores. Deposits in accounts opened under the government’s flagship financial inclusion programme — Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) — have crossed the Rs 30,000 crore mark. As many as 20.38 crore bank accounts were opened under the PMJDY as on the January 20, as per the latest data available. These bank accounts had deposits of Rs 30,638.29 crore. The accounts that can be opened under PMJDY are Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts (BSBDA) which can be of zero balance, as per RBI guidelines.
7. Haryana signs 8 MoUs in ______on smart-cities etc.
a) Japan
b) China
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal
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Answer b) China. Haryana is expecting a spike in foreign investments from China after eight MoUs were signed with top companies to set up a USD 10 billion industrial park and smart cities in the state during Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s trip to woo investors. These MoUs were signed with top Chinese companies like Wanda Group, China Land Development Company Private Limited, and ZTE Corporation. The MoUs were signed during the Investment Roadshow organised here, attended by representatives of more than 100 top notch Chinese companies.
8. ________and DoT sign MoU for national action plan for skill development in telecom sector.
a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
b) Ministry of Skill Developing and Entrepreneurship
c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entertainment
d) Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship
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Answer a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Department of Telecommunication (DoT), a department under Ministry of Communications & IT, to develop and implement National Action Plan for skill development in telecom sector. The common objective is to utilise PSUs under DoT to fulfill skilled manpower requirement of the telecom sector and at the same time providing quality opportunities for employment / entrepreneurship. For the successful implementation of the MoU, MSDE has primarily discharged responsibilities through Directorate General of Training (DGT), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and related Sector Skill Councils (SSCs).
9. India and Oman will conduct 10th edition of bilateral maritime exercise. Name it.
a) Naseem-Al-Seeb
b) RNOV Al-Shamikh
c) Naseem Al Bahr
d) Naseem Al-obas
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Answer c) Naseem Al Bahr. India and Oman will conduct 10th edition of bilateral maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ in the Arabian Sea from January 22 to January 27, 2016. Two Oman Navy ships RNOV Al-Shamikh and RNOV Al-Seeb, which will also participate in IFR 2016, entered the port of Goa on January 22. These ships are on their way to participate in the International Fleet Review scheduled at Visakhapatnam scheduled from February 4 to February 9, 2016.
10. India’s first High Speed Public Wi – Fi Service in at __________.
a) Anand Vihar Station
b) Mumbai Central Railway station.
c) New Delhi Railway Station
d) None
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Answer b) Mumbai Central Railway station.Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Govt of India, inaugurated the Wi – Fi service in a function at Mumbai Central Railway station. This is a part of an ambitious project towards Digital India initiative by Indian Railways with the help of RailTel Corporation in collaboration with Google. After the inauguration of Wi – Fi service, Mumbai Central station has gained the distinguished status of being the first ever station in India to have high – speed internet facility for its thousands of passengers who travel everyday by trains.
11. Which country submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) on January 22, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
a) India
b) China
c) Russia
d) Singapore
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Answer a) India.India submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) on January 22, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to fulfill the reporting obligation under the Convention. As per the provisions of the Convention, countries need to periodically provide information in the form of their National Communication. BUR contains national GHG inventory of India for the year 2010, prepared in accordance with the guidelines of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The inventory covers six greenhouse gases and five categories.
12. Which Country topped the Human Development Index(HDI) 2015 in South Asian Region?
a) Afghanistan
b) Sri Lanka
c) Nepal
d) India
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Answer b) Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka topped the Human Development Index(HDI) 2015 in South Asian Region. But the country’s performance in terms of average annual human development index (HDI) growth rate during 1990-2014 was lower than many other South Asian countries. This is the highlights of the Global Human Development Report (HDR) 2015 released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) here on January 21. Sri Lanka has been placed at the 73rd rank with an HDI value of 0.757. In the previous year’s report, it occupied the 74th place. Since the end of the civil war in 2009, the country’s rank went up by five.
13. Shankar Ghosh who died recently was a/an___________.
a) Singer
b) Musician
c) Tabla Maestro
d) Guitarist
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Answer c) Tabla Maestro.Legendary tabla player Shankar Ghosh(80), died on January 22 due to pneumonia, cardiac problems and old age complications. He had undergone an angioplasty following heart complications in mid December at the Medica Superspecialty Hospital. He was on ventilator since Wednesday. He breathed his last 9 p.m. on January 22. Known for his innovative genius, he revolutionised both the art of tabla solo performances as well as tabla accompaniment. He is the creator of the much acclaimed all-drum orchestra Music of the Drums – later called the Calcutta Drum Orchestra.
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