Current Affairs Quiz – March 26 2016
1. Kerala-based private sector lender Federal Bank is opening incubation centres for startups in __________ and __________.
a) Chennai and Hyderabad
b) Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram
c) Palakkad and Hyderabad
d) Bangalore and Ernakulam
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Answer d) Bangalore and Ernakulam. These specialised lounges in the bank’s branches will offer advice on capital, regulatory support and even disburse funds. These lounges, named Launchpad – with fast internet connections, support staff from the financial world and advisory mechanisms – would be the perfect breeding ground for future entrepreneurs.
2. _____________ has become the first lender to start distribution of recently launched Indian Gold Coins (IGC).
a) Indian Bank
b) Indian Overseas Bank
c) Central Bank of India
d) Union Bank of India
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Answer b) Indian Overseas Bank. Available in denominations, 5, 10 and 20 grams, the coins are distributed through limited branches. IGC is the first national gold offering by the government. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year.
3. Peter Brown, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Scientist
c) Actor
d) Historian
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Answer c) Actor. Peter Brown, who had starring roles in two television westerns in the 1950s and ’60s and later acted in soap operas, has died at the age of 80 due to Parkinson’s disease.
4. What is F in NIIF?
a) Federation
b) Finance
c) Fund
d) Forum
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Answer c) Fund. The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval for a MoU between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to mobilise long term investment into the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).
5. According to the report by UN, India and ________ led developing countries in investments made in renewable energy in 2015.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Indonesia
c) China
d) Pakistan
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Answer c) China. For the first time commitments in solar, wind and other renewables capacity by emerging economies surpassed those by wealthy nations.
6. With the aim of finding new enemy properties, the government has launched a survey in five States. Which of the following is not among those five?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) West Bengal
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Karnataka. The other two are Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. There are several thousand crores of rupees worth of ‘enemy properties’ spread across the country.
7. Pattiseema is in which Indian State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer d) Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh government is all set to inaugurate Pattiseema lift irrigation project. The project is described as the first river linking project in country. The project deals with connecting Godavari with Krishna.
8. _________ signed a confidential oil agreement with France’s Total to develope the South Azadegan oil field.
a) Russia
b) Iraq
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Iran
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Answer d) Iran. The oil field is shared by Iran and Iraq.
9. PR Sreejesh and Deepika are associated with
a) Cricket
b) Archery
c) Chess
d) Hockey
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Answer d) Hockey. Late Captain Shankar Laxman won the coveted Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award while goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Deepika won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award for Men and Women respectively at the Hockey India (HI) Annual Awards.
10. Who has been appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council as an adviser on human rights and multinationals and businesses?
a) Surya Dev
b) Narayana Moorthy
c) Kalyan Singh
d) Dev Anand Bhattacharya
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Answer a) Surya Dev. He will be a member of the four-member Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
11. Harish Rawat is associated with which Indian State?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Uttarakhand
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Answer d) Uttarakhand. President’s Rule has been imposed in Uttarakhand a day before the crucial trust vote in the state assembly for the Harish Rawat government. The Cabinet had recommended the imposition of Central rule in the state last night following an hour-long emergency meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It received the formal nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.
12. _________ is all set to set up nation’s first Organic Farming University.
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Karnataka
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Answer b) Gujarat. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said that the state will set up country’s first university exclusively focussing on organic farming. The main objective is to help farmers in switching to unconventional methods of farming.
13. ___________ and Iran aim to increase annual trade volumes between the two countries to $5 billion by 2021.
a) China
b) Russia
c) Pakistan
d) Nepal
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Answer c) Pakistan. Trade between Pakistan and Iran fell to $432 million in 2010-11 from $1.32 billion in 2008-09, according to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, after western powers imposed sanctions on Tehran aimed at halting a nuclear program they suspected was aimed at developing a nuclear bomb.
14. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 24 March 2016 extended the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) till March ________.
a) 2017
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2020
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Answer a) 2017. A resolution in this regard was unanimously approved by all the 15 members of the Council in order to support an inclusive, free, fair and transparent electoral process in 2016 and universal elections by 2020.
15. India will host FIFA Under-17 World Cup in _______.
a) 2017
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2020
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Answer a) 2017. It is likely to be held in the month of September -October 2017.
