Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been conferred honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University in China?
a) M J Joseph
b) Shashi Kant Sharma
c) Sanjay Mishra
d) Prakash Varma
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Answer b) Shashi Kant Sharma. Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma has been conferred honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University in China. It is the only university which is recognised by the Institute of Internal Auditors. In his acceptance address, CAG put an emphasis on capacity building for auditors of international fraternity in view of ever-changing governance structures.
2. How many Indians got Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2016?
a) 3
b) 1
c) 2
d) 5
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Answer c) 2. The two Indians are Kartik Sawhney (21) and Neha Swain (28). Launched in 2014 by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, each year from 2014 to 2018, 60 exceptional young people are selected to receive a Queen’s Young Leaders Award and become ‘Queen’s Young Leaders’ – one for every year that she has served as head of the Commonwealth at the time of her Diamond Jubilee.
3. Who has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd?
a) Chandra Bose
b) Sujay Bose
c) Sanjay Bangar
d) Ram Kumar
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Answer b) Sujay Bose. The finance ministry said that Sujoy Bose has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd. Bose at present is director at Infrastructure and Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation (IFC). Bose has extensive international experience in the infrastructure sector including experience in raising funds from international investors.
4. A government-appointed panel has selected ____________________ as a Reserve Bank of India deputy governor, replacing incumbent HR Khan.
a) Urjit Patel
b) Arundati Bhattacharya
c) NS Vishwanathan
d) SS Mundra
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Answer c) NS Vishwanathan. A government-appointed panel has selected NS Vishwanathan as a Reserve Bank of India deputy governor, replacing incumbent HR Khan. Vishwanathan is currently an executive director at the RBI, overseeing the banking regulation and non-banking department. He will succeed Khan, who will retire on July 3.
5. To increase the level of clean energy, The Government of India has asked the states/UTs to set up _______________ biogas plants in 2017.
a) 10 lakhs
b) 5 lakhs
c) 2 lakhs
d) 1 lakh
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Answer d) 1 lakh. To increase the level of clean energy, the Centre has asked the states/UTs to set up one lakh biogas plants. The plants should be of one to six cubic meter capacity this fiscal, which will save 21.90 lakh LPG cylinders every year. With an objective to provide clean gaseous fuel for cooking and organic bio-manure as a by-product. Besides providing bio-manure to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. There would be a saving of about 10,000 tonnes of urea.
6. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released a book titled “The Birds of Banni Grassland” in New Delhi. The book was presented to the Prime Minister by the Scientists of _____________________
a) Assam Institute of Desert Ecology
b) Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
c) Rajasthan Institute of Desert Ecology
d) Bihar Institute of Desert Ecology
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Answer b) Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released a book titled “The Birds of Banni Grassland” in New Delhi. The book was presented to the Prime Minister by the Scientists of Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE). The Book is a compilation of the research work, relating to more than 250 species of birds found in the Banni area of Kutch, Gujarat.
7. Which State government signed deal for $10k crore fertiliser plant?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Telangana
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
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Answer c) Andra Pradesh . The Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with a three-nation consortium of China Huanqin Contracting and Engineering Corporation, LEPL Ventures Private Limited and Isomeric Holdings to set up a gas-based fertilizer project at Krishnapatanam with an investment of Rs 10,183 crore.
8. Assam’s __________________ becomes India’s 1st island district
a) Majuli
b) Divar
c) Baratang
d) Kamorta
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Answer a) Majuli . BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has declared Majuli, an island in the Brahmaputra a district. The BJP-led government also announced appointment of 10,000 TET-qualified school teachers by March 2017. The decision to upgrade Majuli – till now a sub-division within Jorhat district – was taken in the first cabinet meeting of the new BJP-led government that had assumed office on May 24 after the BJP and its allies clinched a historic victory over the Congress that was in power for three consecutive terms.
9. According to a UNICEF Report, around _____________ children died of preventable causes in India in 2015.
a) 1.2 Million
b) 2.5 Million
c) 5 Million
d) 3.5 Million
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Answer b) 2.5 Million. According to a UNICEF Report, around 1.2 million children died of preventable causes in India in 2015. Most of the deaths were caused by diseases which are easily preventable and treatable. The report counts India among the five countries accounting for half the 5.9 million under-five deaths reported across the world last year. The other four countries are Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Pakistan, whose economies are smaller when compared with India’s.
10. India secured _____ rank globally on a worldwide Human Capital Index
a) 35
b) 95
c) 54
d) 105
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Answer d) 105 . India has been ranked low at 105th position globally on a worldwide Human Capital Index, which measures countries’ ability to nurture, develop and deploy talent for economic growth and was topped by Finland. India ranks much below China’s 71st position while Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are also placed higher on the index released by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) at its Annual Meeting of New Champions — also known as ‘Summer Davos’ summit. Pakistan ranks further lower at 118th place.
11. Who won 2016 Presidential election of Iceland?
a) Olafur Ragnar Grimson
b) Halla Tómasdóttir
c) Guðni Jóhannesson
d) Kristjan Eldjarn
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Answer c) Guðni Jóhannesson. Guðni Jóhannesson, a history professor, has won Iceland’s presidential election in a vote held in the aftermath of the Panama Papers leak in April, which implicated several top Icelandic officials. Jóhannesson’s victory, won with 39.1% of the vote. Halla Tómasdóttir, a businesswoman without party affiliation, came second with 27.9%.
12. Which country has joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at a ceremony in South Block?
a) Bangladesh
b) China
c) India
d) Pakistan
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Answer c) India. India has joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at a ceremony in South Block, attended by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and diplomats from the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg missions. India had intensified efforts at gaining membership of the MTCR, the NSG, the Australia Group and Wassenaar Arrangement since getting a waiver at the NSG in 2008. Membership of these groups would help India trade more effectively in critical high tech areas.
13. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched __________ an anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes mellitus.
a) BGR – 34
b) KGR – 34
c) AGR – 34
d) SGR – 34
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Answer a) BGR – 34. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched BGR-34 – an anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes mellitus. BGR-34 is developed jointly by National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), the research units of CSIR at Lucknow. BGR-34 has been economically priced at Rs. 5 per tablet as compared to latest DPP4 inhibitors globally.
14. According to SocialCops’ analysis of Health Ministry data, Which State has the lowest percentage of institutional deliveries in India?
a) Uttarkhand
b) Nagaland
c) Meghalaya
d) Maharashtra
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Answer c) Meghalaya . According to SocialCops’ analysis of Health Ministry data, Meghalaya, with 52.8% births happening in a hospital or health facility, has the lowest percentage of institutional deliveries in India. Uttar Pradesh (77.6%), Bihar (77.9%), and Nagaland (78.8%) had the least number of institutional deliveries after Meghalaya. Notably, 88.6% (1.84 crore) of India’s births were institutional deliveries.
15. Which State government launched a scheme to provide education loan at 1% interest to students pursuing higher studies?
a) Odisha
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer a) Odisha. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana’, a scheme to provide education loan at 1% interest to students pursuing higher studies. Patnaik said, “The scheme will reduce the loan burden of lakhs of parents.” The state government will meet the fund requirement of about ₹500 crore for the scheme from its own resources, he added.
16. The cleanest village in Asia, Mawlynnong, is situated in India’s north-eastern state of ________________
a) Assam
b) Rajasthan
c) Meghalaya
d) Punjab
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Answer c) Meghalaya . The cleanest village in Asia, Mawlynnong, is situated in India’s north-eastern state of Meghalaya. The village having over 600 inhabitants was declared the cleanest in Asia in 2003 by ‘Discover India’ magazine. Mawlynnong, which has over 95 households with agriculture being its population’s chief occupation, also holds a 100% literacy rate.
17. Which Football player has retired from international duty after missing in a penalty shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years?
a) Neymar
b) Lionel Messi
c) Cristiano Ronaldo
d) Gerado Martino
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Answer b) Lionel Messi . Lionel Messi has retired from international duty after missing in a penalty shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years. Messi, 29, has won eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues with Spanish side Barcelona. But his only major international honour is Olympic gold at the 2008 Games.
18. India’s ________________ clinched silver in the 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event at the ISSF World Cup.
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Gagang Narang
c) Vijay Kumar
d) Sanjeev Rajput
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Answer d) Sanjeev Rajput. India’s Sanjeev Rajput clinched silver in the 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event at the ISSF World Cup. His score for the three events combined was 456.9, 0.6 behind gold medal winner, Croatia’s Petar Gorsa. This is his 3rd World Cup medal, having won gold in the same event in 2011 and silver in 10-metre Air Rifle in 2010.
19. Kavalam Narayana Panicker who passed away recently was a
a) Malayalam theatre artist
b) Kannada theatre artist
c) Telugu theatre artist
d) Tamil theatre artist
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Answer a) Malayalam theatre artist. Playwright Kavalam Narayana Panicker, who brought native idiom into Malayalam theatre, passed away at the age of 88. The Padma Bhushan-winning theatre doyen, a trailblazer at a time when proscenium theatre held the centre stage, has given to Malayalam literature and theatre such fine works as Avanavan Kadamba, Daivathar, Kaikkuttappad, Ottayaan, and many productions based on major Sanskrit works.
