Current Affairs Quiz
1. Four Indian-Americans honoured with this year’s prestigious “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award, Find who among the following is not one of them?
a) Sunder Pichai
b) Vikram Malhotra
c) Hari Sreenivasan
d) Amartya Sen
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Answer d) Amartya Sen. Four Indian-Americans, including Google CEO Sunder Pichai, are among 42 US nationals to be honoured with this year’s prestigious “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award for their inspiring professional accomplishments. The other three Indian-Americans are Hari Sreenivasan, anchor and senior correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Vikram Malhotra Chairman of the Americas, McKinsey & Company and Bharati Mukherjee National, Book Critics Circle Award-winning author.
2. Which Bank made its debut on social media banking by launching its platform called “Mingle” through which its customers can transact using Facebook and Twitter?
a) State Bank of India
b) Indian Bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) Axis Bank
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Answer a) State Bank of India. The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), launched three digital initiatives and indicated that it may have to prune its branch network once its associates are merged.
SBI made its debut on social media banking by launching its platform called “Mingle” through which its customers can transact using Facebook and Twitter.
3. India’s first integrated defence communication network was launched in _____________
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Bangalore
d) Hyderabad
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Answer b) New Delhi. India’s first integrated defence communication network was launched in New Delhi enabling the army, air force, navy and the Special Forces Command to share situational awareness for a faster decision-making process. The Defence Communication Network (DCN), a strategic, highly secure and scalable system, has a pan-India reach — from Ladakh to the North East to island territories.
4. The World Bank Group has committed to provide ____________ support to Indian solar energy projects.
a) $1 Billion
b) $3 Billion
c) $5 Billion
d) $8 Billion
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Answer a) $1 Billion. The World Bank Group signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), consisting of 121 countries, led by India. It has committed to provide $1 billion support to Indian solar energy projects. The World Bank-supported projects includesolar rooftop technology, infrastructure for solar parks, bringing innovative solar and hybrid technologies to market and transmission lines for solar-rich states.
5. Which State Government has decided to ban ‘electronic cigarette’ recently?
a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer c) Kerala. Kerala government has decided to ban ‘electronic cigarette’ in view of studies claiming that its use can cause various health issues, including cancer and heart ailments. State Health Minister KK Shylaja has directed the additional chief secretary (health) to issue an order banning the production, sale and advertisement of ‘electronic cigarette’ alias ‘e-cigarette’. E-cigarettes are handy devices that emit doses of vaporised nicotine.
6. The Indian Air Force has inducted the first squadron of the indigenously made Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) _______ into its fleet.
a) Dornier
b) Tejas
c) Boeing
d) Cheetah
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Answer b) Tejas. The Indian Air Force has inducted the first squadron of the indigenously made Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas into its fleet. An induction ceremony to induct two Tejas aircrafts was held at the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bengaluru. The crew members of the first squadron of Tejas, a multi-role supersonic single-engine aircraft designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
7. National Doctors day is observed on?
a) June 30
b) July 1
c) July 2
d) July 3
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Answer b) July 1. 1 July is observed as Doctor’s Day in India to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. He was born on 1 July, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years. Dr Roy was honoured with the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on 4 February, 1961.
8. Which country has been named as the world’s safest vacation spot?
a) Spain
b) Norway
c) Iceland
d) Switzerland
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Answer c) Iceland . Iceland has been named as the world’s safest vacation spot. Based on the recently released Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking, the Institute for Economics and Peace charted the world’s safest destinations. Iceland also called the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic island country situated between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. The country has a population of 332,529 and covers an area of 103,000 km2, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Its capital and the largest city is Reykjavik.
9. A Youth Summit for the BRICS countries has began in Guwahati, The theme of the summit is __________________________________
a) ‘Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges‘
b) “Partnership – a Powerful Factor of Global Development”
c) “Inclusive Growth; Sustainable Development”
d) None of these
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Answer a) ‘Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges‘. A Youth Summit for the BRICS countries has began in Guwahati with the theme ‘Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges‘. The subjects to be covered are skill development and entrepreneurship, social inclusion, youth volunteerism and youth participation in governance. The programme for the summit also includes thematic debates, cultural events, site-visits and interactive sessions with local youth. The Youth Summit would also be an occasion to introduce India’s North-East to BRICS youth.
10. HRD Minister Smriti Irani launched a teacher education portal, _______________, which aims at bringing quality teachers to Indian schools.
a) Vikashak
b) Bharatshak
c) Prashishak
d) Edushak
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Answer c) Prashishak. HRD Minister Smriti Irani launched a teacher education portal, ‘Prashikshak’, which aims at bringing quality teachers to Indian schools. The portal has now been launched for district-level teacher training institutes only and will be extended to the block-level in future. Further, the portal will help both the Centre and states to monitor these institutes on a real-time basis.
11. The indigenously developed supersonic aircraft ___________ is world’s smallest lightweight, multi-role single-engine tactical fighter aircraft.
a) Cheetah
b) Dornier
c) Boeing
d) Tejas
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Answer d) Tejas . The indigenously developed supersonic aircraft Tejas is world’s smallest lightweight, multi-role single-engine tactical fighter aircraft. The aircraft has a wing span of 8.20 metres and a take-off weight of 9,800 kg. The aircraft’s structure is composed of 42% carbon fibre composites, 43% aluminium alloy, and the remainder titanium alloy.
12. ________________has become the world’s first country to have a nationwide low-range or LoRa network for enabling Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
a) Japan
b) China
c) Singapore
d) Holland
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Answer d) Holland . Holland has become the world’s first country to have a nationwide low-range or LoRa network for enabling Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Launched by Dutch telecom company KPN, the network connects IoT devices to transfer data between them without a local Wi-Fi connection. The network took a total of eight months to be spread across the country.
13. Which team won 2016 women’s champions trophy title of hockey?
a) Japan
b) Australia
c) Argentina
d) USA
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Answer c) Argentina . The Argentina women’s team has claimed a record seventh Champions Trophy title with a 2-1 win over reigning World and Olympic champions, the Netherlands, in the final at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre. In the bronze medal game, USA battled to a shootout victory over Australia, giving the team a first Champions Trophy medal since wining bronze at the 1995 event in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
14. ___________________has become the first Indian to qualify for the women’s 400-metre race at the Rio Olympics.
a) Jisna Mathew
b) Nirmala Sheoran
c) Manjeet Kaur
d) Chitra K Soman
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Answer b) Nirmala Sheoran. Nirmala Sheoran has become the first Indian to qualify for the women’s 400-metre race at the Rio Olympics by clocking a time of 51:48 seconds at the 56th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships on Friday. She also broke her previous personal best of 52.35 seconds. With this qualification, the Indian contingent for Rio Olympics now features 104 participants.
15. RC Dhere who passed away recently was a _____________ writer
a) Tamil
b) Hindi
c) Marathi
d) Kannada
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Answer c) Marathi . Eminent Marathi writer RC Dhere, known for his exhaustive research in folk literature and bhakti tradition of Maharashtra, passed away following prolonged illness at the age of 86. Dhere, a recipient of the Sahitya Academy Award in 1987 for his book ‘Sri Vitthal- A Mahasamanvayak (Lord Vitthal- A great coordinator)’, carved a niche for himself by tracing the roots of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and literature with an extensive research that highlighted the influence of saints on Maharashtrian ethos.
