Current Affairs Quiz – July 09′ 2015

1. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of CIBIL?
a) Rakesh Pillai
b) Mahesh Pillai
c) Suresh Pillai
d) Satish Pillai

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Answer d) Satish Pillai. Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL), India’s leader in credit information, has appointed Satish Pillai as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Pillai succeeds Arun Thukral who retires this year.

2. Who is the General Secretary of All India Football Federation?
a) Kushal Das
b) Kunal Verma
c) Kishore Gupta
d) Manohar Krishna

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Answer a) Kushal Das. All India Football Federation (AIFF) is launching a pilot project in seven states for restructuring and laying a path for the development of state associations.

3. Who became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju?
a) Dhananjay Singh
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Inderjeet Singh
d) Vijayendar Singh

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Answer c) Inderjeet Singh. Indian shot-putter Inderjit Singh came up with a best throw of 20.27 meter in the final attempt to win the Gold medal of men’s shot put event at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.

4. ______ district of of Gujarat and China’s Xinjinag province has inked an MoU for the development of twin cities.
a) Ahmadabad
b) Surat
c) Vadodara
d) Kheda

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Answer c) Vadodara. The MoU was signed between Vadodara Municipal Corporation and Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjinag Uygur Autonomous Region in Mumbai.

5. The 39th World Heritage Committee session was held in
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) France
d) Sweden

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Answer b) Germany. 39th session World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) has inscribed 24 new sites into the World Heritage List. Decision in this regard was taken at WHC’s annual meeting held in Bonn, Germany.

6. Who inaugurated ‘Maha Sampark Abhiyan’ meet for 5 states?
a) LK Advani
b) Murali Manohar Joshi
c) Amit Shah
d) Nitin Gadkari

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Answer c) Amit Shah. BJP president Amit Shah has inaugurated BJP’s ‘Maha Sampark Abhiyan’ review meet for five states

7. Bashar Nawaz, who passed away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Poet
c) Politician
d) Economist

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Answer b) Poet (Urdu)

8. Sriballav Panigrahi, who passed away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Movie Director
c) Politician
d) Novelist

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Answer c) Politician. Veteran Congress leader and ex-MP Sriballav Panigrahi passed away at a Bengaluru hospital today following a prolonged illness. He was 74 and survived by wife and two sons.

9. The 55th National Athletics Championship will begin on July 10th at
a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata

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Answer b) Chennai.

10. Who has been appointed as the Assistant Coach of NorthEast United FC?
a) Mahesh Kashyap
b) Anuragh Kashyap
c) Santhosh Kashyap
d) Pranav Kashyap

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Answer c) Santhosh Kashyap. NorthEast United FC announced the appointment of Santosh Kashyap as their assistant coach for the upcoming Indian Super League football tournament.

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