Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which State to have India’s first AYUSH UNIVERSITY?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Bihar
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Answer b) Haryana .Haryana to have India’s first of its kind AYUSH university as the state cabinet approved a proposal to upgrade Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra as a university. The Shri Krishna AYUSH University would have courses of all the systems of AYUSH. Health Minister Anil Vij, said an ordinance would soon be introduced for the university following which it would become functional.
2. Which Kannada film won two awards at Shanghai Film Fest?
a) Thithi
b) Harivu
c) Thaayi
d) Bharat Stores
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Answer a) Thithi.Filmmaker Raam Reddy’s acclaimed Kannada film Thithi has bagged the top awards at the ongoing 19th Shanghai International Film Festival and the filmmaker says the response from the Chinese audience for the film has been overwhelming.
3. Which newspaper has won the Data Journalism Awards 2016 for Investigation of the Year?
a) The Hindu
b) Economic Times
c) The Indian Express
d) Times of India
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Answer c) The Indian Express.The Panama Papers probe, a collaborative work of more than 100 media organisations including The Indian Express, has won the Data Journalism Awards 2016 for Investigation of the Year. The award was presented at the Global Editors Network (GEN) summit in Vienna.
4. Which State has launched a special fund called ‘Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund’ to provide free treatment for patients affected by Hepatitis C?
a) Assam
b) Punjab
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Telangana
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Answer b) Punjab .Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has launched a special fund called ‘Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund’ to provide free treatment for patients affected by Hepatitis C. With this initiative, Punjab has become the first state in the country to provide free treatment to confirmed cases of Hepatitis C. Punjab government has created a special fund with an initial contribution of Rs 20 crore called the ‘Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund’ for this purpose.
5. The world’s most expensive luxury train ___________________ will be introduced in southern India.
a) Cargo Express
b) King Express
c) Maharaja Express
d) Bharat Express
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Answer c) Maharaja Express.The world’s most expensive luxury train ‘Maharaja Express’ will be introduced in southern India en-route Goa, Maharashtra and Kerala from the monsoon season next year. Railway Minister said the plans are to make sure that by next year, ‘Maharaja Express’ which has won several awards for four consecutive years as the world’s best luxury train should make trips in Goa during the monsoon season. The travel by this train is very expensive and hence will attract high-end tourist and generate revenue for railway as well as (the) state.
6. Which US State has overtaken France as the world’s sixth-largest economy?
a) Florida
b) New Mexico
c) Washington
d) California
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Answer d) California .California has overtaken France as the world’s sixth-largest economy, fueled by strong growth and the U.S. dollar’s gains against foreign currencies. The most-populous U.S. state, with a gross domestic product of $2.5 trillion, has also eclipsed recession-plagued Brazil.
7. The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency less than 50 days before the Olympics. The capital of Brazil is ______________
a) Portugal
b) Brasilia
c) Tokyo
d) Madrid
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Answer b) Brasilia.The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency less than 50 days before the Olympics. Interim Governor Francisco Dornelles says the “serious economic crisis” threatens to stop the state from honouring commitments for the Games. Most public funding for the Olympics has come from Rio’s city government, but the state is responsible for areas such as transport and policing. Interim President Michel Temer has promised significant financial help.
8. Which two countries will set up a joint parliamentary panel to enhance relations and facilitate their visits to promote cooperation to tackle security issues?
a) India and USA
b) India and Japan
c) India and UAE
d) India and China
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Answer c) India and UAE.Seeking to boost the growing bilateral strategic ties, India and the UAE will set up a joint parliamentary panel to enhance relations and facilitate their visits to promote cooperation to tackle security issues and challenges facing the region. A decision was taken in this regard during a meeting between first woman speaker of UAEs Federal National Council (FNC) Amal Abdullah Al-Qubaisi and the Indian ambassador TP Seetharam.
9. India and ________________ have launched a platform to promote and facilitate investments from the East Asian country.
a) USA
b) South Korea
c) Ghana
d) North Korea
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Answer b) South Korea .India and South Korea have launched a platform to promote and facilitate investments from the east Asian country. The platform ‘Korea Plus‘was launched by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her South Korean counterpart Joo Hyunghwan.
10. International Space Station (ISS) astronauts return to Earth after _____ months
a) Six
b) Three
c) Nine
d) Twelve
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Answer a) Six.A soyuz capsule bringing back three astronauts from the International Space Station, including the first to represent the British government, made a safe parachute landing on the steppe near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan. The crew, which included a Russian and an American as well as Britain’s Tim Peake, left the space station about three hours earlier after spending half a year in Earth’s orbit.
11. IRCTC launched mobile app to book air tickets, which named as _________________
a) IRCTC Ticket
b) IRCTC Booking
c) IRCTC Air
d) IRCTC Trip
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Answer c) IRCTC Air.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Railways, has developed a mobile app that will make booking of flight tickets simpler, speedier and with lowest fare too. To avail this service, flyers will have to download the IRCTC mobile app — IRCTC Air — from Google Playstore, and they have to just Swipe and Shuffle, Select and Book.
12. NASA scientists have discovered an asteroid, named _______________, orbiting the sun that also appears to circle around Earth.
a) 2016 HO3
b) 2017 BO3
c) 2016 RO3
d) 2017 GO3
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Answer a) 2016 HO3.Scientists have identified a second, mini-moon orbiting earth that has probably only been around for about 100 years. The small asteroid has a slightly tilted orbit, bouncing up and down through Earth’s orbital plane once a year. Over decades, as it scuttles along its path around the solar system, it twists back and forth. The asteroid has been declared a “quasi-satellite”, too distant to qualify as an actual satellite but cinched by gravity into a relatively close orbit around the sun.
13. International Picnic day is observed on?
a) June 17
b) June 18
c) June 19
d) June 15
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Answer b) June 18.International Picnic Day celebrates the gathering together outdoors to eat and enjoy one another’s company – The Picnic. The true origin of International Picnic Day is unknown, but can be traced back to the end of the French Revolution and the Victorian Era. Picnics were ways for people to escape the restrictions of etiquette and formality. As an informal food holiday, there are few rules and lots of options. International Picnic Day is observed on June 18th each year.
14. A total of 4,800 villages across the state of _______________ have been declared as open defecation free.
a) Haryana
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
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Answer c) Gujarat .A total of 4,800 villages across the state of Gujarat have been declared as open defecation free, a Press Information Bureau release on Friday revealed. The state has also achieved sanitation coverage of 73.75%, the release added. This has reportedly been achieved through behaviour change training, an involvement of Self Help Groups and various Development partners including UNICEF.
15. India ranks ___________ in the list of hacked servers available for sale on xDedic.
a) Sixth
b) First
c) Second
d) Fourth
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Answer d) Fourth .According to a report by software security group Kaspersky, India ranks fourth in the list of hacked servers available for sale on xDedic, an underground marketplace for compromised servers. The report said access to 3,488 hacked Indian servers was being sold on xDedic. The listed servers grant access to government networks, online banking and payment, and telecom networks, among others.
16. Who has been named as the chairman of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)?
a) Chetan Chauhan
b) Ajit Agarkar
c) Sourav Ganguly
d) Mohamed Azaruddin
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Answer a) Chetan Chauhan .Former cricketer and former BJP MP Chetan Chauhan has been named the chairman of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). Chauhan said that he was chosen because he was an international sportsman and had experience in banking. He is currently serving as the vice-president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, besides being a senior BCCI official.
17. Which State Tourism has bagged a clutch of awards at FilmAT, one of the biggest international film festivals dedicated to tourism, art and ecology, in Poland?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Jammu and Kashmir
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Answer c) Kerala .Kerala Tourism has bagged a clutch of awards at FilmAT, one of the biggest international film festivals dedicated to tourism, art and ecology, in Poland. Its much-feted Responsible Tourism initiative won three gongs at the 11th edition of the festival held recently in the Polish city of Lublin, taking top honours for the Best Promotional Social Campaign and in the Protection of Nature and Eco-Food, categories for, respectively, the ‘New Worlds’ films ‘Sowing the Seeds of the Future’ and ‘A Taste of Life’.
18. Who became the oldest Olympic torch bearer when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa, aged 106?
a) Alexander Kaptarenko
b) Aida Gemanque
c) Riba Santana
d) None of these
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Answer b) Aida Gemanque.Three years after becoming the world’s oldest skydiver, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa, aged 106. Gemanque broke the record formerly held by Alexander Kaptarenko, who was 101 when he took part in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics relay.
19. Who won European Grand Prix 2016?
a) Lewis Hamilton
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Fernando Alanso
d) Nico Roseberg
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Answer d) Nico Roseberg.Nico Rosberg increased his lead in the drivers’ championship when he returned to winning ways with a smoothly comfortable lights-to-flag victory for Mercedes in European Grand Prix. The 30-year-old German, who had seen his advantage cut to nine points after three poor races, came home comfortably clear of second-placed compatriot Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
20. Which team won Hockey Champions Trophy Title 2016?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Argentina
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Answer a) Australia.Indian men’s hockey team settled for the silver medal in the Champions Trophy after being defeated by world champions Australia 3-1 on penalties. This was Australia’s 14th Champions Trophy title and India’s maiden silver. India’s lone previous medal in the Champions Trophy came 34 years ago, when they got a bronze at Amsterdam in 1982.
