Current Affairs Quiz
1. How many Indian-origin persons have been awarded Australia’s highest civilian honour for their contribution in the fields of physics, engineering and medicine?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
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Answer b) Three. Chennupati Jagadish, an eminent professor at Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Jay Chandra, an eye doctor in New South Wales, and Sajeev Koshy, a dentist in Melbourne, received Order of Australia medal for the year 2016 announced on the Australia Day.
2. Who has won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016?
a) Jawahar Mishra
b) Kalyan Singh
c) Henri Tiphagne
d) Nesan Chandran
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Answer c) Henri Tiphagne. Indian activist and lawyer Henri Tiphagne has won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016. Amnesty International Germany will confer the 8th award on him in April.
3. Who has been named as the brand ambassador of a newly-launched pleasure cruise?
a) Aamir Khan
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Parineeti Chopra
d) Alia Bhat
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Answer b) Sachin Tendulkar. The pleasure trip provides the guests an opportunity to mix with top ex-cricketers and show business personalities.
4. Reserve Bank is going to issue ______ coins to commemorate the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar.
a) Rs 100
b) Rs 10
c) Rs 150
d) Rs 125
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Answer b) Rs 10.
5. Government of India has signed $80 million loan agreement with ___________ to continue improving infrastructure in two North Eastern State Capital cities.
a) World Bank
b) United Nations
c) BRICS Bank
d) Asian Development Bank
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Answer d) Asian Development Bank. The Capital cities are Agartala and Aizwal.
6. ____________ has announced implementation of its long due quota reforms, which paved the way for four emerging market countries (Brazil, China, India, and Russia) to be among the members.
a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) UNSC
d) ADB
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Answer b) IMF. The reforms by IMF represent a major step towards better reflecting in the institution’s governance structure, the increasing role of dynamic emerging market and developing countries.
7. The 150th Birth Anniversary of _____________ was observed on January 28, 2016.
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Dadabhai Naroji
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bala Gangadhar Tilak
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Answer c) Lala Lajpat Rai. Born in 1865 in a village in Punjab province, Rai, was one of the tallest figures in the Indian Independence movement. Popularly known as the ‘Punjab Kesari’, he was part of the ‘Lal Bal Pal’ trio.
8. A permanent memorial of India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant has been unveiled in
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Kochi
d) Chennai
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Answer a) Mumbai. Unveiled by Vice Admiral S.P.S. Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, and Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta.
9. How many capital cities are there among the selected 20 smart cities?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
d) Seven
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Answer b) Five. The investment of Rs 50,802 crores has been proposed in selected smart cities and towns during the five-year period. There are five capital cities among the 20 smart cities chosen.
10. ____________ may soon become world’s first city to get the ultra high speed 5G mobile network by 2018.
a) Moscow
b) London
c) New York
d) Stockholm
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Answer d) Stockholm . Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, and Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson will jointly roll out 5G network at Stockholm.
11. Arindam Sen Gupta, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Historian
c) Wildlife Photographer
d) Journalist
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Answer d) Journalist. Arindam Sen Gupta, the managing editor of The Times of India, lost his battle against cancer and passed away.
12. The Parliament of _____________ has approved a bill that will let doctors keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes but stops short of legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide.
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Denmark
d) France
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Answer d) France. The new law will allow patients to request deep, continuous sedation altering consciousness until death” but only when their condition is likely to lead to a quick death.
