Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which University has won two of the three Visitor’s Awards that had been instituted by President Pranab Mukherjee last year?
a) SRM University
b) SASTRA University
c) Jawaharlal Nehru University
d) Delhi University
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Answer c) Jawaharlal Nehru University. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has won two of the three Visitor’s Awards that had been instituted by President Pranab Mukherjee last year. The President of India is the visitor for all central universities. JNU received the awards for the Innovation and Research categories.
2. Which University received the Best University award for academic excellence and overall performance?
a) Madras University
b) Kochi University
c) Tezpur University
d) Patna University
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Answer c) Tezpur University. It is in Assam.
3. A 108—feet tall idol of Lord Rishabhdeva, has entered the “Guinness World Records” as the world’s tallest Jain statue. The statue is in
a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer c) Maharashtra. The impressive statue is located atop Mangi Tungi mountain near Teharabad village of Baglan tehsil in this North Maharashtra district. The statue is carved out of a single rock.
4. Sun Pharmaceuticals has named ___________ as brand ambassador of its health supplement brand Revital H.
a) Virat Kohli
b) MS Dhoni
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Saina Nehwal
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Answer b) MS Dhoni. Earlier, actor Salman Khan was its brand ambassador for Revital H.
5. Capital Local Area Bank, a Jalandhar-based local area bank, has emerged as the first entity to have received the Reserve Bank of India’s licence to start operations as a ___________.
a) Payment Bank
b) Commercial Bank
c) Farmers’ Bank
d) Small Finance Bank
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Answer d) Small Finance Bank. Capital, which claims to be the largest local bank in the country, currently has 44 branches in five districts of Punjab and three more would be opened by March 31.
6. Which Bank has announced the launch of a work-from-home programme to prevent women employees from dropping out of its workforce?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) State Bank of India
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Answer c) ICICI Bank. The programme iWork@ home will enable almost every non-customer facing task to be done from home. The platform is designed not only to recognise the employees face; it also logs her out if she leaves her seat or if another face appears within range of the camera.
7. _____________ has set up a dedicated structure for delivery and monitoring of tax payer services in the income tax department.
a) IB
b) CBDT
c) ED
d) PFRDA
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Answer b) CBDT. CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes The Tax Administration Reforms Commission’s (TARC) Report had accorded considerable importance to redressal of grievances and a customer focussed approach in the Department through creation of a tax payer services vertical.
8. Global rating agency Fitch has maintained its growth forecast for India at _____ per cent this fiscal.
a) 7
b) 7.5
c) 8
d) 8.5
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Answer b) 7.5. The forecast is largely in line with the Finance Ministry’s growth estimates. The Economic Survey had also said achieving 8 per cent growth may not be possible in the short run.
9. On Women’s Day, SBI Life launched
a) Smart Women Advantage
b) Talent Woman Career
c) Power Women
d) Women Triumph
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Answer a) Smart Women Advantage. It is a plan that provides for life cover, savings and female-specific critical illness benefits.
10. Mahila e-Haat, is an online marketing platform for ________.
a) Start Ups
b) Women
c) Students
d) Professionals
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Answer b) Women. In a bid to strengthen women entrepreneurs, the ministry of women and child development (WCD) launched Mahila e-Haat, an online marketing platform for women
11. ____________ has signed an agreement with Bharat Forge and US-based General Dynamics Land Systems for India’s Rs 50,000-crore Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme.
a) HAL
b) DRDO
c) Tata Motors
d) ISRO
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Answer c) Tata Motors. Tata Motors, the country’s largest commercial vehicle maker, will lead the consortium with Pune-based auto component maker Bharat Forge as the partner.
12. Indian Railways forms SPV for bullet train project. What is SPV?
a) Secondary Protection Value
b) Special Pro-Active Venture
c) Special Purpose Vehicle
d) Selective Prevalent Vanity
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Answer c) Special Purpose Vehicle. Gearing up to introduce trains that run at speeds of more than 300 kmph, the Indian Railways have formed a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to implement the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train project. The entity has been named the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited.
13. Germany will help to develop Kochi, Bhubaneswar and ___________ as smart cities.
a) Madurai
b) Chennai
c) Coimbatore
d) Thiruvananthapuram
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Answer c) Coimbatore. Under the smart city programme, the three cities will use technology to monitor the use of daily facilities such as electricity, gas, oil, transport, water and even harvest.
14. Garuda Shakti is the Joint Training Exercise between India and
a) Sri Lanka
b) Singapore
c) Malaysia
d) Indonesia
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Answer d) Indonesia. The fourth edition of the joint exercise will be conducted for 13 days from 10 to 23 March 16 at Magelang, Indonesia. The exercise is aimed at building and promoting positive relations between the two Armies of India and Indonesia.
15. ISRO scientists will place the sixth navigational satellite ________ in orbit on March 10.
a) IRNSS-1F
b) IRNSS-A2
c) IRNSS-1G
d) IRNSS-C7
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Answer a) IRNSS-1F. This would be the second launch for ISRO in the new year. With 33 successive successful missions, the PSLV-C32, after a flight duration of about 20 minutes, will place IRNSS-1F, the sixth satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), in the sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
16. Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis are associated with _________.
a) Tennis
b) Chess
c) Badminton
d) Kabbadi
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Answer c) Badminton. Indian men’s doubles duo of Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis (Badminton) continued their superb form to emerge victorious at the II Peru International Series 2016 in the Peruvian capital of Lima.
17. Maria Sharapova is associated with
a) Football
b) Archery
c) Tennis
d) Cricket
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Answer c) Tennis. Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova announced at a news conference that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open. The current world No. 7 said she was notified by the International Tennis Federation several days ago.
18. What is the theme of International Women’s Day 2016?
a) Women Power
b) Strong Woman Strong World
c) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
d) Equal Status Everywhere
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Answer c) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality. The International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, is a global event aimed at inspiring women and celebrating their achievements. The campaign theme for the day is #PledgeForParity.
19. ___________ has signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for electrification of the Lalitpur-Udaipura rail section under PPP.
a) Bajaj Power Generation Company
b) Reliance Power Generation Company
c) Tata Powers
d) Adani Powers
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Answer a) Bajaj Power Generation Company.
20. Health Ministry has recently launched five healthcare ATMs in four states. They are Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and ________
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer a) Andhra Pradesh. The ministry is hoping these would tide over the massive shortage of doctors in the country and also the risks of pilferage that free drugs programmes are fraught with.
