Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been appointed as deputy lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Mahesh Yadav
b) Ram Naresh Yadav
c) Shambhu Singh Yadav
d) Lallu Prasad Yadav
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Answer c) Shambhu Singh Yadav. Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has given his approval for appointment of retired Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Shambhu Singh Yadav, a close bureaucrat to the Mulayam Singh Yadav family, as the Up- Lokayukta ( deputy Lokayukta) of the state.
2. Who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of ITC LTD?
a) Deveshwar
b) Sanjiv Puri
c) Anand Puri
d) Yogshwar Puri
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Answer b) Sanjiv Puri. Kolkata-based diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd has re-designated Executive Director Sanjiv Puri as the Chief Operating Officer of the company with immediate effect. The 53-year old Mr. Puri was brought on ITC’s Board in December 2015 in a move that was seen as part of Chairman Y. C. Deveshwar’s succession– planning. Mr. Deveshwar is stepping down as Executive Chairman of ITC in February next year, after an over two-decade stint as Chairman. He will continue as Non-Executive Chairman for at least three years thereafter.
3. The Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) to hold udyog mela in _________________
a) Bangalore
b) Mangalore
c) Hubli
d) Bellary
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Answer a) Bangalore. The Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) in partnership with Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) is organising a udyog mela in Bengaluru on July 31.
4. Tomorrowland is the largest annual electronic music festival held in the world, took place in _______________
a) USA
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
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Answer b) China. Tomorrowland is the largest annual electronic music festival held in the world, taking place in Belgium. It used to be organized as a joint venture by the original founders together with ID&T. The festival takes place in the town of Boom, 16 kilometers south of Antwerp, 32 kilometers north of Brussels, and has been organized since 2005. In March 20, 2013, ID&T Belgium and SFX Entertainment announced that it would begin organizing an American spin-off of Tomorrowland, known as TomorrowWorld.
5. A three-day meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India started in __________________
a) Assam
b) Punjab
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Tripura
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Answer d) Tripura. A three-day meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India started in Agartala of Tripura to sort out problems at border. meeting, being held at the BSF Frontier Headquarters, will discuss terror, cross-border crimes, smuggling and fencing. BSF’s Tripura Frontier Inspector General JB Sangwan is leading the 21-member delegation of the force at the meeting.
6. The first mangrove museum in the world opened in _______________
a) India
b) China
c) Sri Lanka
d) Bangladesh
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Answer c) Sri Lanka. The first mangrove museum in the world opened in Sri Lanka on World Mangrove Day. The launch took place on the first anniversary of a national project aimed at protecting the nation’s mangrove forests. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said mangrove forests are important in the fight against climate change due to mangroves’ ability to absorb carbon.
7. Andhra Pradesh CM ___________________ launched ‘Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh’ to increase the state’s green cover to 50% by 2029
a) Chandrashekar Rao
b) Chandrababu Naidu
c) E.L. Narsimhan
d) Pinari Vijayan
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Answer b) Chandrababu Naidu. Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh’ to increase the state’s green cover to 50% by 2029. Andhra currently has 23% green cover (forest area) and another 3% non-forest, besides 13 lakh hectares of degraded forest. While the mission belonged to late CM Rajasekhara Reddy, Naidu gave it a new slogan ‘Vanam-Manam’ (forest and we).
8. _________________is set to become the second Indian to perform at the United Nations General Assembly, as part of India’s 69th Independence Day celebrations.
a) Shankar Mahadevan
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) AR Rahman
d) Narendra Modi
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Answer c) AR Rahman. Two-time Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman is set to become the second Indian to perform at the United Nations General Assembly, as part of India’s 69th Independence Day celebrations. Rahman will reportedly perform a musical rendition of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Where the mind is without fear’. Carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi was the first Indian to perform at UN in October 1966.
9. Who has been appointed as new Health Secretary?
a) B.P. Sharma
b) C.K. Mishra
c) S.K. Singh
d) V.S. Choudhary
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Answer b) C.K. Mishra. C.K. Mishra, a 1983 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed the new Health Secretary, an official statement said. Mishra will replace B.P. Sharma, a 1981 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, who has been appointed secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). N.S. Kang, a 1983 batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, associated with the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) as additional secretary, has been made Secretary and Director General of the organisation after up gradation of his post.
10. The first World Stationery Expo began at ______________
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Bangalore
d) Delhi
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Answer d) Delhi. The first World Stationery Expo in New Delhi begins at Pragati Maidan. Between 7,000 to 8,000 stationery products, ranging from school supplies to office equipment, are on sale during the three-day event. Further, the Gift Expo and Office Expo are also being held alongside the World Stationery Expo.
11. International Tiger Day is observed on?
a) July 27
b) July 28
c) July 29
d) July 30
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Answer c) July 29. International Tiger Day, also known as Global Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. We have lost 97% of all wild tigers in a bit over 100 years. Instead of 100,000, as few as 3000 live in the wild today, last year it was 3200.A number of Tiger species have already been extinct. Tigers are most vulnerable to extinction.
12. Who has been named as new Union Labour Secretary?
a) Archana
b) Sathiyavathy
c) Mahalakshmi
d) Meera Kumar
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Answer b) Sathiyavathy. The first woman chief of aviation regulator DGCA M Sathiyavathy was today named as new Union Labour Secretary. Sathiyavathi, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the union territories cadre, was in September last year appointed as the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved her appointment as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Labour and Employment with immediate effect, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
13. ____________________ joins hands with Oracle India for Digital Skills
a) State bank of India
b) Flipkart
c) Indian Railways
d) None of these
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Answer a) State bank of India. State Bank of India and tech giant Oracle have come together for corporate India’s largest volunteering programme to bring ‘digital fluency’ among underprivileged school students. Under the programme – D-Change – both the organisations will deploy resources, including staff and equipment, to train students in the basics of using information, communication and technology (ICT) tools.
14. _________________has signed an agreement with private sector lender Axis Bank as its bancassurance partner wherein the bank will distribute its products to its customers
a) SBI Life insurance
b) Life Insurance Corporation of India
c) National Insurance Corporation
d) General Insurance Corporation
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Answer b) Life Insurance Corporation of India. India’s largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has signed an agreement with private sector lender Axis Bank as its bancassurance partner wherein the bank will distribute LIC’s products to its customers. In the preliminary phase, the bank will distribute LIC’s life insurance products across its branches in West Bengal, Bangalore and Haryana – Panchkula. Additionally, the bank will also provide post sales services such as premium collection and renewal of policies.
15. The Indo-Thailand Military Exercise ______________ concluded at Krabi, Thailand.
a) Exercise Maitree
b) Exercise Malabar
c) Exercise Shakti
d) Exercise Yuddh Abhyas
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Answer a) Exercise Maitree. The Indo-Thailand Military Exercise Maitree concluded at Krabi, Thailand. The exercise had commenced on 15 July 2016 under the aegis of the Royal Thailand Army. The aim of the joint exercise was to train contingents of both the armies on conduct of counter terrorist operations in an urban environment.
16. PanditLacchuMaharaj who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor
b) Politician
c) Tabla maestro
d) Journalist
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Answer c) Tabla maestro. Tabla maestro PanditLacchuMaharaj passed away in Varanasi. He was 72. His family members said that he was being treated at a private nursing home where he passed away at 1 AM. One of the frontline tabla players in the world, PtLacchuMaharaj’s funeral will take place on Friday. Other than his professional performances all over the world, he played the tabla in many Bollywood films.
