Current Affairs Quiz – January 30 2016

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January 31, 2016

Current Affairs Quiz

1. Who is the Author of “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition”?
a) Nisid Hajari
b) Mohammad Halid
c) Yasir Hameed
d) Mohammad Yousuf

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Answer a) Nisid Hajari. Nisid Hajari has won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book, “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition.”

2. Who has been chosen for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015?
a) Prem Anand
b) Nitish Kumar
c) Jawahar Singh
d) Pranav Chatterjee

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Answer b) Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar has been chosen for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015 for his contribution towards social justice as Chief Minister. The award is given away by Periyar International, a Chicago-based voluntary organisation.

3. Who took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command?
a) Vice Admiral Girish Luthra
b) Vice Admiral Kumar Chauhan
c) Vice Admiral Ajith Singh
d) Vice Admiral Bimraj Gupta

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Answer a) Vice Admiral Girish Luthra.

4. Government of India has marginally revised downward the economic growth for 2014-15 to _______ from the earlier estimate of 7.3 per cent.
a) 7.2 %
b) 7.1 %
c) 7.0 %
d) 6.9 %

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Answer a) 7.2 %.

5. The Government of India has decided to nominate _______________for the UNESCO world heritage city tag this year.
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Varanasi
d) Ahmedabad

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Answer d) Ahmedabad

6. Alibaba.com, the wholesale trading platform of China’s Alibaba group has unveiled its first physical trade facility centre in India at
a) Jaipur
b) Pune
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru

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Answer a) Jaipur. The company has also launched a Hindi portal, aimed at connecting small and medium businesses with global buyers.

7. World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on
a) January 30
b) January 31
c) January 29
d) January 28

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Answer a) January 30. World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on January 30 or its nearest Sunday to increase the public awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease.

8. Name the Airlines which launched a new feature called “Fare Lock”?
a) Spice Jet
b) Vistara
c) Air India
d) Jet Airways

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Answer d) Jet Airways. Jet Airways, India’s premier airline, has introduced a new booking feature called ‘Fare lock’, which allows the passengers the flexibility to retain a selected fare for a limited period of time before confirming the purchase at a later date.

9. Angelique Kerber of ______________ stunned world number one Serena Williams in three sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
a) Russia
b) Denmark
c) Germany
d) France

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Answer c) Germany. Kerber, seeded seventh, won a thrilling final 6-4 3-6 6-4 at Melbourne Park. The 28-year-old is the first German to win a major singles title since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.

10. KV Krishna Rao, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Former Army Chief General
b) Former Navy Chief General
c) Former Air Chief Marshal
d) Former National Security Advisor

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Answer a) Former Army Chief General. Former Army Chief General KV Krishna Rao, who played a key role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, has died due to cardiac arrest at the age of 92.