Current Affairs Quiz – Match 19 2016
1. Name the Union Minister who has been conferred with the Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award at 43rd SKOCH summit held in New Delhi?
a) Arun Jaitely
b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) JP Nadda
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Answer c) Venkaiah Naidu. He was selected for the award for his contributions to inclusive growth and towards poverty alleviation in India.
2. Which Company has been recognized for the tablet brand with maximum consumer pull?
a) Freedom251
b) Cisco
c) Datawind
d) Moto
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Answer c) Datawind. DataWind was recognized for making UbiSlate, the low cost, affordable internet connectivity devices accessible to people at the grass root level and in turn making a transformational impact to the Indian Tech industry.
3. __________ has remained in the top deciles of safety performance amongst peer group companies for the FICCI Safety Systems Excellence Award in Manufacturing.
a) DLF India
b) Cairn India
c) RK Builders
d) NFK Groups
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Answer b) Cairn India.
4. _____________ has won the award for ‘Best Retail Project of the Year – 2015’ at CNBC Awaaz Real Estate Awards held in Mumbai.
a) Phoenix Mall in Chennai
b) DLF Mall of India (Noida)
c) Arjuna Mall in Mumbai
d) Garuda Mall in Kolkata
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Answer b) DLF Mall of India (Noida). DLF Limited also received the most prestigious awards for Developer of the Decade for DLF Ltd. and Project of the decade for DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon.
5. Who has been named Huawei global ambassador recently?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Leonardo Dicaprio
c) Lionel Messi
d) Christiano Ronaldo
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Answer c) Lionel Messi. Messi is also global brand ambassador for Indian auto major Tata Motors.
6. GOI has allowed _____% automatic route FDI in Insurance.
a) 26
b) 33
c) 49
d) 51
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Answer c) 49. Seeking to attract more foreign investment, the government has relaxed FDI norms for insurance sector by permitting overseas companies to buy 49 per cent stake in domestic insurers without prior approval.
7. The World Health Organization has suspended the approval of __________ drugs made by India’s Svizera Labs.
a) Diabetes
b) Dengue
c) Tuberculosis
d) Zika
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Answer c) Tuberculosis. The move is a fresh blow for India’s pharmaceuticals industry, which supplies cheap generic medicines to countries worldwide.
8. Airplane maker Airbus SAS will set up a pilot and maintenance training centre in __________.
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai
d) NCR Region
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Answer d) NCR Region. This new centre will be fully owned by Airbus Group India with training to be delivered by Airbus’s specialized training instructors.
9. What is Iron-Fist?
a) Upcoming Super Hero Movie
b) Air to Air Missile developed by USA
c) Exercise of Indian Air Force
d) Joint Military Exercise of India and Russia
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Answer c) Exercise of Indian Air Force. The event earlier called ‘Vayu Shakti’ got its current name ‘Iron-Fist’ when last held in 2013. All manned and unmanned aircraft, air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons, and Special Forces took part.
10. Who has been given the additional charge of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman?
a) Sudhir Raheja
b) Ramesh Muthu
c) Manohar Raja
d) RK Joseph
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Answer a) Sudhir Raheja. This is the second time Raheja has been entrusted with the task of heading the national airport company.
11. Ahmet Davutoglu is the Prime Minister of
a) Armenia
b) Iran
c) Israel
d) Turkey
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Answer d) Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and EU President Donald Tusk confirmed the agreement, that will stop the flow of refugees to the continent in return for political and financial concessions for Ankara.
12. Who has been officially named as the next nominee to lead US Northern Command?
a) General Lori Robinson
b) General Norik Berkinson
c) General Simon Kerton
d) General Paul Bishop
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Answer a) General Lori Robinson. She will be the first woman to lead a combatant command in Pentagon history.
13. ACRA is the Credit-Rating Firm of
a) Germany
b) Russia
c) Italy
d) Sweden
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Answer b) Russia. ACRA, which stands for Analytical Credit Rating Agency, applied for a license to operate in Russia.
14. One American and two Russians blasted off for their six-month stay on the International Space Station from
a) Kazakhstan
b) Tajikistan
c) Turkmenistan
d) Pennsylvania
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Answer a) Kazakhstan. The Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifted off with 9,000 pounds of thrust carrying the three astronauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
15. Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with
a) Walking
b) Wrestling
c) Swimming
d) Archery
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Answer b) Wrestling. India wrestling star Yogeshwar Dutt has qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 65 kg weight category in freestyle category.
