Current Affairs Quiz – July 04 and 05 2016

Current Affairs Quiz

1. Noted scientist _______________ has assumed the office of Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Department of Space.
a) Anil Bhardwaj
b) Radhakrishnan
c) Abhas Mitra
d) MV Dhekane

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Answer d) MV Dhekane. Noted scientist MV Dhekane has assumed the office of Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Department of Space. Dhekane, who is the seventh director of IISU, took charge on July 1. A B-Tech graduate in electrical engineering and M-tech (Systems and Control) from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, he had joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in 1983.

2. RBI has appointed _________________ as an Executive Director in place of NS Vishwanathan, who has been elevated as Deputy Governor at the central bank.
a) HR Khan
b) Sudharshan sen
c) Urjit Patel
d) R Gandhi

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Answer b) Sudharshan sen. RBI has appointed Sudarshan Sen as an Executive Director in place of NS Vishwanathan, who has been elevated as Deputy Governor at the central bank. Sen will look after Department of Banking Regulation, Department of Co-operative Bank Regulation and Department of Non-Banking Regulation. Sen is a career central banker and has a long association with bank supervision and regulation. Earlier, he was in charge of the Department of Banking Regulation.

3. Which Government has launched Rapid Rural Police Response System (RRPRS) to ensure prompt and effective police response in 12,000 villages?
a) Rajasthan
b) Karnataka
c) Punjab
d) Assam

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Answer c) Punjab . A Rapid Rural Police Response System has been launched across Punjab to ensure prompt and effective police response in the state’s over 12,000 villages. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who launched the scheme, also flagged off 400 new motorcycles and 220 new Bolero jeeps under the new system. Under the system, police will respond to any crime or law and order situation within 20 minutes of it being reported.

4. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh has inaugurated country’s first commercial dispute resolution centre and commercial court in ______________.
a) Raipur
b) Raigarh
c) Jashpur
d) Bilaspur

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Answer a) Raipur . Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh has inaugurated country’s first commercial dispute resolution centre and commercial court in the state capital. The commercial court is located in Naya Raipur area of the city. The court also consists of arbitration centre and a mediation centre.

5. The US space agency has successfully put a new probe in orbit around _____________
a) Saturn
b) Earth
c) Moon
d) Jupiter

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Answer d) Jupiter. The US space agency has successfully put a new probe in orbit around Jupiter. The Juno satellite, which left Earth five years ago, had to fire a rocket engine to slow its approach to the planet and get caught by its gravity. A sequence of tones transmitted from the spacecraft confirmed the braking manoeuvre had gone as planned. Receipt of the radio messages prompted wild cheering at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

6. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched an app called _____________ that measures mobile’s data speed of the users and sends results to the regulatory body.
a) MyData
b) MySpeed
c) MyNet
d) None of these

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Answer b) MySpeed. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched an app called ‘MySpeed’ that measures mobile’s data speed of the users and sends results to the regulatory body. Available on Android and iOS platforms, it also sends device’s location and other network information to TRAI. It does not share any personal information of its users and sends reports anonymously.

7. The Supreme Court has ruled that ______ reservation for promotions shall be provided to the differently-abled in all posts under the Government of India.
a) 7%
b) 10%
c) 3%
d) 5%

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Answer c) 3%. The Supreme Court has ruled that 3% reservation for promotions shall be provided to the differently-abled in all posts under the Government of India. This comes after the Centre ordered the confining of such reservation to only Group C and Group D posts. Ruling to provide reservation without any classification, the court declared the Centre’s order as “illegal and inconsistent”.

8. According to data by the Tourism Ministry, ________________ was the top tourist destination in India for the second consecutive year in 2015.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Kerala
d) Rajasthan

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Answer a) Tamil Nadu. According to data by the Tourism Ministry, Tamil Nadu was the top tourist destination in India for the second consecutive year in 2015, with 333.5 million domestic and 4.68 million foreign tourist arrivals. Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh were other top destinations for domestic tourists, while foreign visitors preferred Maharashtra, UP, and Delhi after Tamil Nadu.

9. Which State Police has launched a 24-hour helpline for people to report incidents of cow smuggling in the state?
a) Assam
b) Sikkim
c) Punjab
d) Haryana

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Answer d) Haryana. The Haryana Police has launched a 24-hour helpline for people to report incidents of cow smuggling in the state, where cattle slaughter and beef sale are already banned. The police also said that barricades would be put up to check cow smuggling. This comes after a recent incident wherein two alleged beef smugglers were forced to eat cow dung.

10. Which State government announced a 100-day plan for the development of agriculture, urban infrastructure, and veterinary sectors in the state?
a) West Bengal
b) Assam
c) Madya Pradesh
d) Andra Pradesh

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Answer b) Assam. The Assam government announced a 100-day plan for the development of agriculture, urban infrastructure, and veterinary sectors in the state. The plan includes issuing soil health cards to farmers, building cold storages, setting up e-tendering of seed distribution, and urban infrastructure development. The government also plans to commercialise four of the 22 poultry farms across Assam.

11. The world’s largest ‘charkha’ or spinning wheel was unveiled at Terminal-3 of _______________________________.
a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
b) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
d) Chennai International Airport

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Answer a) Indira Gandhi International Airport. The world’s largest ‘charkha’ or spinning wheel was unveiled at Terminal-3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport by BJP President Amit Shah. The installation of the 27 feet long and 15 feet tall charkha commemorates the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa. Around 42 carpenters in Ahmedabad took 55 days to build the charkha.

12. Who was appointed as Human Resource Development Minister, replacing Smriti Irani from the post after the Union Cabinet reshuffle?
a) Arun Jaitley
b) Ananth Kumar
c) Prakash Javadekar
d) Venkaiah Naidu

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Answer c) Prakash Javadekar. Prakash Javadekar was appointed the Human Resource Development Minister, replacing Smriti Irani from the post after the Union Cabinet reshuffle. Irani, who took oath as the HRD Minister after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has now been shifted to the Ministry of Textiles. Javadekar had been serving as the Minister of State for Environment since May 2014.

13. _______________ has been made the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs following the Cabinet reshuffle.
a) Ananth Kumar
b) Sadananda Gowda
c) Smriti Irani
d) Prakash Javadekar

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Answer a) Ananth Kumar. Ananth Kumar has been made the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs following the Cabinet reshuffle. He will replace Venkaiah Naidu, who has been given the charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Ananth Kumar, who is a six-term BJP MP from Bengaluru South, will also continue as the Cabinet Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers.

14. Arun Jaitley has been replaced by ___________________ as the Information and Broadcasting Minister.
a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
b) Venkaiah Naidu
c) Vijay Goel
d) Jayant Sinha

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Answer b) Venkaiah Naidu. Following the Union Cabinet expansion and reshuffle, Arun Jaitley has been replaced by Venkaiah Naidu as the Information and Broadcasting Minister. Naidu, who is also the incumbent Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, will give up his Parliamentary Affairs portfolio. However, Arun Jaitley will remain the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.

15. ________________________ becomes the first port in the country to implement logistics data tagging of containers.
a) Kandla Port
b) Paradip Port
c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
d) Kamarajar Port

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Answer c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes the first port in the country to implement logistics data tagging of containers. Jawaharlal Nehru Port implemented the logistics data bank tagging of containers, first of its kind facility, which will help importers/exporters track their goods in transit through logistics data bank service. An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Tag) tag would be attached to each container which would be tracked through RIFD readers installed at different locations.

16. Who won Canada Open 2016 badminton title?
a) Aditya Joshi
b) Chetan Anand
c) Sanave Thomas
d) Sai Praneeth

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Answer d) Sai Praneeth. Sai Praneeth defeated Lee Hyun II of Korea to clinch the Canada Open 2016 title at Calgary. The Indian shuttler outclassed Hyun in straight games (21-12, 21-10). Praneeth, 23, was dominating his opponent right from the word go. In the first game, Praneeth took an early lead and was comfortably placed at 11-3 during the break. He continued keeping the pressure on his opponent and won the first game 21-12.

17. Indian shuttlers ________________ and _________________ won the men’s doubles title at the 2016 Canada Open badminton 2016.
a) Aditya Joshi and B Sumeeth Reddy
b) Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy
c) Manu Attri and Sai Praneeth
d) Chetan Anand and Sai Praneeth

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Answer b) Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy won the men’s doubles title at the 2016 Canada Open badminton 2016, defeating home favourites Adrian Liu and Toby Ng. The Indian pair won the game 21-8, 21-14, ensuring India’s second title at the tournament. Attri and Reddy were the first Indian men’s doubles pair to qualify for the Rio Olympics.

18. Noel Neill who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actress
b) Singer
c) Journalist
d) Economist

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Answer a) Actress . Noel Neill, the first actress to play Superman’s love interest, passed away at the age of 95. Neill was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1920, the daughter of Minneapolis Star Tribune news editor David Neill and the New York vaudeville performer LaVere Neill. As a teenager, she became a highly sought-after photographic model and her pin-up was reportedly second only to Betty Grable’s in terms of popularity among American serviceman during World War II.