Current Affairs Quiz – March 09 2016

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March 10, 2016

Current Affairs Quiz

1. Uber has inked a pack with ________ Government to invest Rs 120 Crore in Technology based ride-sharing services.
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Rajasthan

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Answer a) Haryana.

2. ________ are the most obese people in India?
a) Naidus & Reddys
b) Gujaratis
c) Malayalis
d) Punjabis

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Answer d) Punjabis. Men from Tripura and Women from Meghalaya are the leanest.

3. The world’s first amputee football training camp for kids aged 5 to 16 was held in
a) New Delhi
b) Durban
c) Dublin
d) Moscow

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Answer c) Dublin. More than 40 children from different European countries came together to train for three days.

4. Vitara Brezza is a compact SUV launched by
a) Mahindra
b) Maruti Suzuki
c) Tata
d) Toyota

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Answer b) Maruti Suzuki. Starting Price – Rs 6.99 Lakh.

5. ________ is planning to invest Rs 45,000 crore by 2020 in expansion.
a) Shell
b) BP
c) HPCL
d) Reliance Petroleum

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Answer c) HPCL. The expansion is mainly focused on Mumbai & Vishakapatnam refineries.

6. _________ has acqui-hired two food start-ups, Flavour Labs in Gurgaon and EatOnGo in Bengaluru.
a) Yomato
b) Food Panda
c) InnerChef
d) Kitchen King

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Answer c) InnerChef. The acquisition of Flavour Labs, a food truck company, will help InnerChef enter the mobile kitchen segment, while EatOnGo, which specialises in breakfasts, will help the company expand its presence in Bengaluru.

7. The government will sell up to _____ per cent stake in state-run Container Corp as part of its asset sales programme.
a) Five
b) Six
c) Seven
d) Eight

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Answer a) Five. The government, which owns 61.8 per cent of Container Corp, is selling up to 9.75 million shares at a floor price of Rs 1,195 ($17.76) per share.

8. Which country has recently announced that it has miniaturized nuclear warheads to mount on ballistic missiles?
a) Iran
b) Israel
c) North Korea
d) Indonesia

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Answer c) North Korea. Kim has called for his military to be prepared to mount pre-emptive attacks against the United States and South Korea and stand ready to use nuclear weapons.

9. Company X has 15 Employees. Is it required by law to register with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)?
a) Yes
b) No
c) It depends on the Owner of the company
d) It depends on the revenue of the company

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Answer b) No. Any company with over 20 employees is required by law to register with the EPFO.The government has rolled back the Budget proposal to tax Employees’ Provident Fund or EPF withdrawal after facing intense criticism from all quarters.

10. The programme – BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave – is being organised jointly by _________ Government and the External Affairs Ministry between April 14 and 16.
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Maharashtra
d) Arunachal Pradesh

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Answer c) Maharashtra. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the conference, which will be attended by representatives of at least two cities from each of the BRICS nations.

11. Which state Government launched Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana to provide free treatment to road accident victims for the first 48 hours in the nearest government or private hospital.
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh

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Answer b) Karnataka. The scheme is named after Harish Nanjappa, who donated his eyes moments before his death in a road accident in February 2016.

12. Melanophidium Khairei is a new species of ___________ discovered in western ghats.
a) Bat
b) Frog
c) Snake
d) Lizard

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Answer c) Snake. It’s a type of burrowing snake.

13. Adam Scott is a ________ player.
a) Snooker
b) Billiards
c) Golf
d) Chess

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Answer c) Golf. He won the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship.

14. Who was conferred with the Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman Award?
a) Sunita Kapoor
b) Amrita Patel
c) Sunaina Gupta
d) Manoj Pandiya

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Answer b) Amrita Patel. She was the former chairman of the National Dairy Development Board.

15. On the International Women’s Day, which Indian state that felicitated the acid attack survivors with the Rani Laxmi Bai award?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Bihar

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Answer b) Uttar Pradesh.

16. Industries were re-classified under four colour categories by GOI based on their pollution levels. The colours are Red, Orange, Green and
a) Yellow
b) Black
c) White
d) Brown

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Answer c) White.

17. The Reserve Bank has signed a pact with Bank of ________ for exchange of information pertaining to banking supervision.
a) Loas
b) Israel
c) Iran
d) Turkmenistan

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Answer b) Israel. The Reserve Bank has entered into an MoU, Letter for Supervisory Co-operation and Statement of Co-operation with supervisors of a few countries to promote greater co-operation and share supervisory information.

18. The licensing committee of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has approved 12 industrial licences to the
a) Reliance Defence
b) Tata Groups
c) Adani Defence Ltd
d) Mahindra Heavy Works Ltd

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Answer a) Reliance Defence. The Reliance defence is a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Limited for manufacture of wide range of Defence equipment required by the Armed Forces.

19. The National School of Drama’s resource centre at ________ will be upgraded to a regional centre.
a) Hyderabad
b) New Delhi
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai

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Answer c) Bengaluru. On the basis of the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee NSD Society proposed to establish 5 regional centres one each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, J&K, and North-East.

20. George Henry Martin, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Eminem
b) Black Eyes Peas
c) The Beatles
d) Vevo

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Answer c) The Beatles. Record producer Sir George Martin, known as the “fifth Beatle”, has died, aged 90. Martin died “peacefully at home” in England. Sir George signed The Beatles and produced more than 700 records.