Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been honoured with Russia’s Order of Friendship Award?
a) Barack Obama
b) Narendra Modi
c) Ban Ki Moon
d) Pranab Mukherjee
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Answer c) Ban Ki Moon.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been honoured with Russia’s Order of Friendship. The respective decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin was published on the Russian official legal information website. The officially published decree said that the decoration was awarded to Ban for special merits in strengthening peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding between peoples.
2. ________________ objects to India’s anti dumping probe into Chinese steel products
a) Australia
b) China
c) Bangladesh
d) USA
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Answer b) China .China has expressed serious concern over India initiating an anti-dumping probe against Chinese steel products as it sought a ‘fair’ and ‘transparent’ investigation in line with WTO rules. China is highly concerned by Indian trade remedy measures against Chinese steel products.
3. Indian entrepreneur ___________________ has been named by Time to its 2016 list of “10 millennials.
a) Umesh Sachdev
b) Azim Premji
c) Anil Ambani
d) Lakshmi Mittal
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Answer a) Umesh Sachdev.A 30-year old Indian entrepreneur has been named by Time magazine to its 2016 list of “10 millennials who are changing the world” for building a phone which can help people to interact and access critical services by communicating in their native languages. Umesh Sachdev has been named by Time to its 2016 list of “10 millennials who are changing the world” for his work on “building a phone that can understand almost any language”.
4. Which State government has decided to celebrate the 21st day of every month as Yoga Day across all schools, colleges and universities in the State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Assam
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Answer b) Maharashtra.The Maharashtra government has decided to celebrate the 21st day of every month as Yoga Day across all schools, colleges and universities in the State. State School and Higher Education minister Vinod Tawde had recently held a meeting with yoga institutions like Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living, Ramdev Baba’s Patanjali Yog Samiti,Samarth Vyayam Mandir Bharat Swabhiman Nyas and others to moot various ways to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21 on a grand scale at district levels.
5. Director __________________ will be honoured with the 30th American Cinematheque award
a) James Cameron
b) Steven Spielberg
c) Ridley Scott
d) Alfred Hichcock
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Answer c) Ridley Scott.Director Ridley Scott will be honored with the 30th American Cinematheque award during the organization’s annual benefit gala October 14 at the Beverly Hilton. The event for the iconic director of films including Alien, Blade Runnerand most recently last year’s commercial and awards-garnering sci-fi pic The Martian will include in-person tributes from some of Scott’s colleagues and friends.
6. UN estimates 300,000-400,000 people enslaved in _________________
a) Eritrea
b) Kenya
c) Canada
d) South Africa
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Answer a) Eritrea .The head of a U.N. human rights inquiry into Eritrea said an estimated 300,000-400,000 people had been enslaved over the past 25 years in Eritrea’s system of indefinite “national service”. He also said he believed Eritrea was still operating a shoot-to-kill policy on its borders to stop people fleeing from the country, many of them heading to Europe as refugees.
7. India ranked _____on the list of countries figuring in the Malware Infection Index 2016.
a) 1st
b) 3rd
c) 7th
d) 8th
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Answer d) 8th.At least four out of ten computers in Asia-Pacific countries are likely to be infected with malware, a study by Microsoft has found. While Pakistan tops the list of countries figuring in the Malware Infection Index 2016, India ranks 8th on the list. The index identifies the key malware threats in the region and ranks markets in Asia-Pacific according to how much they are affected.
8. A large-scale military training exercise involving more than 20 NATO and partner countries has kicked off in ______________
a) USA
b) Poland
c) India
d) Russia
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Answer b) Poland .A large-scale military training exercise involving more than 20 NATO and partner countries has kicked off in Poland, part of efforts to reassure east European nations rattled by Russia’s actions in nearby Ukraine.
9. The WHO has declared that ________________ has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission.
a) Liberia
b) India
c) South Africa
d) Australia
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Answer a) Liberia.The WHO has declared that Liberia has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission. This is fourth such declaration from one of the west African countries at the epicenter of the world’s worst outbreak of the disease. The declaration means it has been 42 days since the last confirmed patient tested negative for a second time for the disease.
10. India and the ______________ have signed/finalized eight agreements/ Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in various fields including exchange of Terrorist Screening Information and climate change.
a) Russia
b) China
c) Saudi Arabia
d) USA
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Answer d) USA.India and the United States (US) have signed/finalized eight agreements/ Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in various fields including exchange of Terrorist Screening Information, cooperation on Energy Security, Clean Energy and Climate Change among others. The agreements were inked after meet of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama in the White House.
11. The U.S firm to build _______ nuclear reactors in India
a) Seven
b) Six
c) Five
d) Three
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Answer b) Six.The U.S. and India agreed to move ahead with the construction of six nuclear reactors in India by an American company, the first such move since the countries signed a landmark civil nuclear deal in 2008. The breakthrough capped a wide-ranging White House meeting between President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who are seeking closer cooperation as Washington wants to boost New Delhi’s role in counterbalancing China.
12. ________________________ Ground to host first day-night Test in India
a) Mumbai Wankhede stadium
b) Delhi Feroz Shah Kotla ground
c) Kolkata Eden Gardens ground
d) Chennai Nehru stadium
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Answer c) Kolkata Eden Gardens ground.The venerable Eden Gardens ground will host the first ever day-night Test in the country when India take on New Zealand later this year. The Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the fixture stating that New Zealand will play three Test matches and five One-Day Internationals.
13. Indian Railways on launched ‘Janani Sewa’, a service under which ________________________ will be provided at stations.
a) Baby Food
b) Hot Milk
c) Hot Water
d) All of the above
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Answer d) All of the above.Indian Railways on launched ‘Janani Sewa’, a service under which baby food, hot milk and hot water will be provided at stations. The facility has initially been introduced at 25 railway stations including New Delhi, Mumbai Central, Howrah, Chennai, Nagpur, Pune, and Surat. Besides this, Railways has also launched a food menu for children in the 5-12 age group.
14. India joined with ___ nations to clamp down on tax evasion and corruption.
a) 5
b) 3
c) 4
d) 2
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Answer a) 5.India has signed up to a scheme launched by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain to clamp down on tax evasion and corruption, Britain’s government said on Wednesday. The nations are planning to allow free access of information amongst each other. This comes after Switzerland last week promised to work with India to tackle the issue of black money.
15. US president Barack Obama has approved a broader role for American forces in _____________________
a) Iran
b) Afghanistan
c) Pakistan
d) Iraq
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Answer b) Afghanistan.A United States official said that President Barack Obama has approved a broader role for American forces in Afghanistan, allowing them to accompany and enable Afghan forces onto the field. Currently, the American military is allowed to take action against insurgents when their assistance is required to prevent setbacks to the Afghan military, which puts them in a defensive position.
