Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has emerged as the ‘most generous Indian’ in the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Azim Premji
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Mukesh Ambani
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Answer b) Azim Premji. Azim Premji has emerged as the ‘most generous Indian’ in the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015, a ranking of the most generous individuals from India released on January 8. Premji donated Rs 27,514 crore for education through The Azim Premji foundation. The foundation works in 8 states and has more than 350,000 schools. This is the third successive year that Premji has topped the philanthropy list, says Hurun Research Institute that released the ranking. Donations were measured by the value of their cash or cash equivalent from 1 November 2014 to 31 October 2015.
2. Who has been felicitated with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016?
a) Nachiket M. Mor
b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Salil Mehta
d) None
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Answer b) Raghuram Rajan. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been felicitated with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by the Financial Times Group’s monthly publication ‘The Banker’. The Central Banker of the Year 2016 awards celebrate the officials that have best managed to stimulate growth and stabilise their country’s economy. In recognition of the RBI contribution to these achievements.
3. Who presented the first India Pharma awards in Bengaluru?
a) Ananth Kumar
b) Anup Verma
c) Suresh Prabhu
d) Manohar Lal khattar
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Answer a) Ananth Kumar.The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar presented the first India Pharma awards in Bengaluru. The awards constituted by Department of Pharmaceuticals were given to outstanding Pharma Industries to motivate Indian Pharma and medical devices industries.
4. Who has been appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner?
a) Samir
b) Sunil Sharma
c) C. Chandramouli
d) Sailesh
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Answer d) Sailesh. Mr. Sailesh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
a) Puneet Marwah
b) Ashok Chawla
c) Devender Kumar Sikiri
d) Gurbir Sabrwal
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Answer c) Devender Kumar Sikiri. Former Gujarat cadre IAS officer Devender Kumar Sikri has been appointed as the Chairman of fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI). Sikri will succeed Ashok Chawla as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI). Chawla was appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) on October 20, 2011. His tenure as Chairman of CCI has ended in January 2016.
6. Who has been appointed as CEO of Niti Aayog?
a) V.K. Saraswat
b) Arvind Panagariya
c) Amitabh Kant
d) Bibek Debroy
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Answer c) Amitabh Kant. Amitabh Kant, secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion, has been appointed the chief executive officer (CEO) of the NITI Aayog. He will take over the job after his retirement from service in February end. The competent authority has approved the appointment after Kant’s superannuation. The terms and conditions of his appointment will be conveyed in due course,” an order issued by the department of personnel and training said on January 8.
7. HDFC targets fund size of Rs. _______ crore for HCARE-1.
a) 5000
b) 2000
c) 1000
d) 6000
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Answer a) 5000. To make medium to long term investment in development of mass housing Housing Development Finance Corporation announced that HDFC Capital Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation has been appointed as an investment manager for the HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund-1 (HCARE-1). HCARE-1 is a SEBI registered Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) and has been sponsored by the Corporation.
8. GOI removed the ban from traditional bull taming game Jallikkattu. Jallikkattu is celebrated in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Goa
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Answer c) Tamil Nadu.GOI has removed the ban from traditional bull taming game Jallikkattu.Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given allowance to Jallikkattu to take place but at the same time it has set conditions for the Game in order to avoid cruelty to animals. The MoEF has also allowed bullock cart race called Rekhla race to take place in the states where it is traditionally performed.
9. Govt to build 3 spl training centres for disabled sportsmen. Name the states.
a) Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
b) Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala
c) Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Mahrashtra
d) Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
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Answer d) Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.The government will set up three state-of-the-art centres in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh to provide special training and support to sportsmen who are differently-abled. They want to adopt the best practices and parameters adopted abroad. Detailed project report will be prepared and by April or May they will initiate the construction of the buildings. The centres will be set up in Zirakpur in Punjab, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
10. Which state Introduced e-Tappal system?
a) Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
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Answer c) Andhra Pradesh. A software tool – known as the Online Tappal Management System- for the convenience of people launched by the Andhra Pradesh state Regional Transport Authority, Vijayawada. The state Government of Andhra Pradesh have introduced the system at RTA, Vijayawada, Gudivada and Nandigama as a pilot project and can be adopted at other offices of the state Government after being tested for sometime. In most cases, locating applications is a time consuming process and at times, they even gets misplaced in different sections. Easy processing is the objective.
11. Name the India-France military exercise which recently began.
a) Indra
b) Shakti
c) Sahas
d) Nihal
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Answer b) Shakti. Indian and French troops began their eight-day counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency joint exercise Shakti in Rajasthan on January 8, 2016. The French contingent comprising 56 personnel of 35th Infantry Regiment of 7th Armoured Brigade, which had taken part in the Afghan war, had arrived in Jodhpur on January 6 to take part in Shakti-2016. A French Army contingent, led by Maj Thibaut De Lacoste Lareymondie on January 7 arrived at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges.
12._______set to partner Russia for Rs 5,000-crore defence deal.
a) DLF
b) Tata
c) Larsen and Turbo
d) Reliance defence
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Answer c) Larsen and Turbo.Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro is set to get a major share in a Rs 5,000-crore deal to upgrade and refit Russian-origin Kilo class submarines. The company, which is already a leading partner for the nuclear submarine project of the Indian Navy, has been chosen as the Indian partner for the Kilo class refit — a program to increase the life of the submarine by 10 years involving complex engineering.
13. ______successfully tested driverless car using at NASA Centre.
a) Volkswagen
b) Nissan
c) Honda
d) Hyundai
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Answer b) Nissan. Automaker Nissan has successfully test-driven its all-electric, driverless car at NASA’s Ames Research Centre in California. Nissan’s all-electric LEAF performed safe autonomous drives across the Ames centre. The Nissan LEAF vehicle is equipped with cameras, sensors and cellular data networking. It uses robotics software originally developed for Ames’ K-10 and K-REX planetary rovers to operate autonomously.
14. Who has been ranked number 1 in Junior Badminton players ranking?
a) Siril Verma
b) Carolina Marin
c) Sahas Suri
d) Sri Verma
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Answer a) Siril Verma. India’s Siril Verma climbed up 11 places to occupy the number one spot in junior men’s singles category in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings issued on January 7. Verma, the current world junior championships runners-up and regarded as the next big thing in Indian badminton, is ahead of second placed Toma Junior Popov of France while another Indian Chirag Sen occupies the third spot. Meanwhile, star Indian women’s shuttler and London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal continues to occupy the second spot in the rankings behind Carolina Marin of Spain, while Li Xuerei of China is at the third position.
15. Who will be the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
a) Mehbooba Mufti
b) Sanaya Sheikh
c) Sanjeeda Mufti
d) None
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Answer a) Mehbooba Mufti. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, died on January 7 and just hours later his party PDP chose his daughter Mehbooba Mufti as his successor. He crafted an impossible coalition with BJP in the Muslim-majority state. Sayeed, 79, breathed his last at AIIMS this morning after remaining on ventilator for the past few days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid glowing tributes to Sayeed and offered homage to him at the technical area of the Palam airport before the body was flown to Srinagar in an air force plane.
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