Current Affairs Quiz
1. Ram Sutar, who won the Padma Bhushan Award, is a/an
a) Economist
b) Journalist
c) Sculptor
d) Scientist
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Answer c) Sculptor. He won Padma Shri in 1999.
2. Robert D Blackwill, who won the Padma Bhusan Award, was a Former ______ Ambassador to India.
a) Germany
b) USA
c) China
d) Russia
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Answer b) USA. He is a retired American diplomat, author, Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and lobbyist.
3. Dr Viswanathan Shanta, who won Padma Vibhusan Award, is related to
a) Cardiology
b) Neurology
c) Oncology
d) Dermatology
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Answer c) Oncology. She is a prominent Cancer specialist and the Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. Her work won several awards including the Magsaysay Award, Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan.
4. Malini Awasthi, who won the Padma Shri Award, is related to
a) Journalism
b) Music
c) Social Activism
d) Law
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Answer b) Music. She is a Bhojpuri Singer.
5. The RBI has sought an additional Rs 26,000 crore from the government to be injected into state-run banks by
a) 2018
b) 2017
c) 2019
d) 2020
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Answer a) 2018. RBI has informed the government about the additional capital that will be needed by state-owned banks until 2018 as part of implementing Basel-III standards.
6. India is all set to build a satellite tracking and imaging centre in _______.
a) Vietnam
b) Laos
c) Cambodia
d) Malaysia
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Answer a) Vietnam. It is decided to provide Hanoi a full time access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China and the South China Sea.
7. National Voters Day is observed on
a) January 24
b) January 25
c) January 26
d) January 27
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Answer b) January 25. Since 2011, NVD is annually celebrated on January 25. The theme for the 6th National Voters’ Day is ‘Inclusive and Qualitative Participation’.
8. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won the Presidential election of ___________.
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) Italy
d) Denmark
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Answer a) Portugal. Sousa, a centre-right Social Democrats candidate and a former journalist, won the election by securing 52 percent of votes.
9. Which state government has launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme to support the tribal women in their quest for livelihood?
a) Gujarat
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer d) Andhra Pradesh. The scheme seeks to reduce rampant infant mortality and child marriages among tribal people.
10. Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)?
a) Pavithra Sundaram
b) Amrutha Ramanujam
c) Sowmya Anand
d) Alice Vaidya
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Answer d) Alice Vaidyan. Vaidyan began her career with public sector general insurer The New India Assurance Company Ltd in 1983. She moved to GIC Re in 2008 as DGM (Reinsurance).
11. The Abhay Prashal Stadium is in
a) New Delhi
b) Bengaluru
c) Hyderabad
d) Indore
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Answer d) Indore. Japan’s Izumo Takuto and Hong Kong’s Zhu Chengzhu became champions in the boys’ and girls’ categories, respectively, in the Even Sports 2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals at the Abhay Prashal Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
