Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar?
a) Bhagwati Lal Vyas
b) Chatrukan Mishra
c) Vijay Nivas Sinha
d) Arjun Reddy
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Answer a) Bhagwati Lal Vyas. Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar for his anthology of Rajasthani poems ‘Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad’. A recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Dr Vyas has highlighted the increasing tendencies of commercialization and degradation of human values through his poetry.
2. NHAI has tied up with ______________ to ensure development of management competencies of its technical and managerial manpower.
a) IIT Kanpur
b) IIT Madras
c) IISC
d) ISB
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Answer d) ISB. ISB – Indian School of Business (Hyderabad).
3. Mehsana district is in
a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Kerala
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Answer b) Gujarat. Mehsana district administration has roped in the self-help groups (SHGs) to attain total eradication of open defecation. The district administration will motivate the public to join this sanitation drive in the district. First, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hometown Vadnagar in Mehsana district will be made open defecation-free (ODF) before March 15.
4. The UNSC has unanimously expanded the sanctions on which country?
a) Pakistan
b) Iran
c) North Korea
d) Cuba
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Answer c) North Korea. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution significantly expanding international sanctions against North Korea. The new measures amount to some of the toughest against North Korea in two decades.
5. Martin Crowe, who passed away recently, was a ________ player.
a) Badminton
b) Football
c) Cricket
d) Tennis
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Answer c) Cricket. Martin Crowe, the legendary cricketer from from New Zealand, has passed away due to cancer at the age of 53. Named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 1985, he was player of the tournament at the 1992 World Cup, scoring 456 runs in nine matches.
6. World Wildlife Day is observed on
a) March 3
b) March 2
c) March 1
d) March 4
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Answer a) March 3. World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2016 across the world with theme – The future of wildlife is in our hands
7. Who is the Author of the book “Who was Shivaji?”?
a) KN Vyas
b) Prakash Padugone
c) Govind Pansare
d) Gokul Krishna Upadhyay
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Answer c) Govind Pansare.
8. Telangana and _____________ governments have reached an understanding on constructing five dams for irrigation purposes on three Rivers.
a) Karnataka
b) West Bengal
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
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Answer d) Maharashtra. The rivers are Godavari, Penganga and Pranahita
9. Tony Warren, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Director
c) Journalist
d) Photographer
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Answer b) Director. He was the creator of television’s longest-running soap opera “Coronation Street”.
10. The State/UT that became the first state in the country to launch the HPV vaccine as a public health programme for school children is ___________.
a) Pondicherry
b) Kerala
c) Delhi
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer c) Delhi.
