Current Affairs Quiz – March 28 and 29 2016
1. Pallavi Fauzdar was in news recently. Who is she?
a) Economist
b) Malayalam Playback Singer
c) Biker
d) Swimmer
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Answer c) Biker. Pallavi Fauzdar, 35, from Agra became the first woman solo biker in the Limca Book of Records to reach the tip of Mana pass in Uttarakhand, arguably the world’s highest motorable mountain pass.
2. Who has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the West?
a) Michael Shepherd
b) Suganya Sathish
c) Divya Mahoharan
d) Nandita Bakshi
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Answer d) Nandita Bakshi. Bank of the West is a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas.
3. Which state becomes the first one to launch injectable contraceptive?
a) Telangana
b) Kerala
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
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Answer c) Haryana. The ‘Project Salamati’ which is being implemented by state health department with the assistance of Pathfinder International, is initially being implemented in nine health blocks of four districts of the state.
4. The World Bank Board approved a 250 million US dollar Development Policy Loan (DPL) for which Indian state?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Rajasthan
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer c) Rajasthan. The loan was granted to support the government of Rajasthan in improving the performance of its electricity distribution sector under the State’s 24×7 Power for All program.
5. According to ASSOCHAM study, Gujarat and _____________ contribute 46% to India’s exports.
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer a) Maharashtra. According to an ASSOCHAM study on ‘Export Performance of States‘, the analyzed data between 2007-08 and 2014-15 reports that Gujarat and Maharashtra account for more than 46 percent of the merchandise consignments from the country.
6. _______________ has signed a follow-on contract with the Indian Army to supply 619 units of its 6X6 HMV (high-mobility vehicle) multi-axle truck.
a) Mahindra Trucks
b) Ashok Leyland
c) Tata Motors
d) Hindustan Vehicles
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Answer c) Tata Motors. Developed indigenously, the Tata 6X6 high-mobility all-terrain all-wheel drive vehicle has been designed to cope with extreme on or off-road loads and has gone through trials, including deep water-fording, on cross-country terrains and plains.
7. The World Theatre Day is observed on
a) March 25
b) March 26
c) March 27
d) March 28
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Answer c) March 27. The International Theatre Institute (ITI) Centres and the international theatre community across the world celebrated the World Theatre Day (WTD) on 27 March 2016.
8. Jordan will get a cheap $100 million loan from ______________ to help create 100,000 jobs for Syrian refugees and its own citizen.
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) ADB
d) BRICS Bank
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Answer b) World Bank. The World Bank’s Board extended the highly unusual financing offer because of the extraordinarily difficult situation facing both the refugees and their Jordanian hosts.
9. Sergey Karjakin is associated with ___________.
a) Badminton
b) Tennis
c) Chess
d) Swimming
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Answer c) Chess. Crimean-born Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, 26, has qualified to challenge Norwegian Magnus Carlsen for the world chess championship after he pulled off a brilliant rook sacrifice to beat his closest rival, American Fabiano Caruana, in the last round of the Candidates tournament in Moscow.
10. California Chrome is a
a) New release of Android
b) Apple’s next model
c) Race Horse
d) A form of Trojan
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Answer c) Race Horse. California Chrome justified his status as joint favorite by landing the Dubai World Cup with a perfectly timed run under jockey Victor Espinosa. Chrome won the $10-million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
11. Jim Harrison, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Novelist
c) Actor
d) Journalist
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Answer b) Novelist. Jim Harrison, the prolific author, poet and outdoorsman whose novella of the American frontier, “Legends of the Fall,” became a hit movie starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, has died. He was 78.
12. _______________ has received final approval from USFDA to manufacture and market Rivastigmine Tartrate Capsules USP.
a) Biocon
b) Reddy Labs
c) Sun Pharma
d) Aurobindo Pharma
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Answer d) Aurobindo Pharma. The drug is used to treat Dementia.
13. GOI has given the green light to ________% FDI in the marketplace format of e-commerce retailing with a view to attract more foreign investments.
a) 50
b) 65
c) 75
d) 100
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Answer d) 100. As per the guidelines issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on FDI in e-commerce, foreign direct investment (FDI) has not been allowed in inventory-based model of e-commerce.
14. The film named Thithi won the National Award recently. It’s a _________ Film.
a) Telugu
b) Kannada
c) Assamese
d) Manipuri
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Answer b) Kannada.
15. Which movie won the Best Film Award in the 63rd National Awards ?
a) Piku
b) Baahubali
c) Bajirao Mastani
d) Tanu weds Manu
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Answer b) Baahubali. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’ while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns.”
