Current Affairs Quiz
1. Indian American elementary teacher ___________________________ was among 56 “State Teachers of the Year” honored by President Barack Obama at the White House.
a) Kavitha Balakrsihnan
b) Archana Balakrishnan
c) Revathi Balakrishnan
d) Kalpana Balakrishnan
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Answer c) Revathi Balakrishnan. Indian American elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan was among 56 “State Teachers of the Year” honored by President Barack Obama at the White House. Balakrishnan is a talent and gifted specialist teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School in Austin, Texas, and was chosen as the Texas Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers as part of the National Teacher of the Year Program.
2. Who is the sole Indian in Forbes Most Powerful People in the Financial World List?
a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Uday Kotak
c) Shiv Nadar
d) Azim Premji
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Answer b) Uday Kotak. Kotak Mahindra Bank Chief Uday Kotak, who has a net worth of about $7.1 billion(nearly Rs 47,234.5 crore), is the sole Indian in Forbes’ list of 40 of the most powerful people in the financial world who control the flow of trillions of dollars around the global economy. 57-year-old Kotak is ranked 33rd in the Forbes list of ‘Money Masters: The Most Powerful People In The Financial World‘ topped by Blackstone Group’s CEO Stephen Schwarzman, who has a net worth of $10.2 billion (nearly Rs 67,858.05 crore) and oversees assets worth $344 billion (nearly Rs 22.8 lakh crore).
3. Who is the present Union Law Minister?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Kalraj Mishra
c) Suresh Prabhu
d) Sadananda Gowda
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Answer d) Sadananda Gowda. With President Pranab Mukherjee signing their warrants of appointment, all four names — three high court chief justices and one senior advocate — recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium are set to take oath as Supreme Court Judges. Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda confirmed the new appointments in a series of tweets.
4. Who has been elected as unopposed ICC’s first independent chairman?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Shashank Manohar
c) Kapil Dev
d) Sharad Pawar
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Answer b) Shashank Manohar. Veteran cricket administrator Shashank Manohar has been elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent chairman, two days after he stepped down from the post of BCCI President. The 58-year-old was elected to the post after the ICC Full Council’s approval of constitutional amendments proposed by the Board following its April meeting.
5. Expand TRAI?
a) Telephone Regulatory Authority of India
b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
c) Telecom Regulatory Association of India
d) Telecom Reasonable Authority of India
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Answer b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Telecom companies will not compensate mobile phone users for inconvenience caused by call drops, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, quashing the penalty rule framed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and RF Nariman termed Trai’s rule “arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable” and said no proper deliberation had gone into its framing.
6. National Technology day is observed on?
a) May 11
b) May 5
c) May 8
d) May 6
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Answer a) May 11. The National Technology Day is being celebrated every year on May 11 by the Ministry of Science & Technology to commemorate achievements of Innovation and Technology in the country. This year’s theme for celebrations of the Technology Day is ‘Technology enablers of Startup India’.
7. The Maharashtra government has sent out a resolution that declares drought in _________ villages
a) 15000
b) 45000
c) 23000
d) 29000
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Answer d) 29000. The Maharashtra government has sent out a resolution that declares drought in 29,000 villages, most of them in Marathwada and Vidarbha. The government issued a corrigendum clarifying that wherever reference is made to a ‘drought-like situation‘, it would be read as ‘drought’.
8. Which State has received the “Best Indian Destination for Wildlife” award by the Lonely Planet Group?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Assam
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Answer b) Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Tourism (MPT) has received the “Best Indian Destination for Wildlife” award by the Lonely Planet Group. The award was handed over to MPT at a function in Mumbai by actress Amy Jackson. Madhya Pradesh has 25 wild life sanctuaries including nine National Parks. Among them Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Pench are ideal habitat for tigers.
9. Indian Army’s conducted massive military training exercise ‘Chakravyuh-II’ in ____________________
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Kerala
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Answer c) Rajasthan. A fortnight-long training exercise, which was conducted as a follow up to ‘Exercise Shatrujeet’, concluded in Suratgarh area of Rajasthan. The exercise ‘Chakravyuh-II’ was held by the pivot formations of the Indian Army and involved rapid mobilisation and execution of plans in sync with the Air Force in the desert terrain and was declared a success. It validated the battle readiness and operational effectiveness of the RAPID Division along with all its affiliated components.
10. Congress government has legislative majority in Uttarakhand and President’s Rule will be revoked from the hill state soon. Who is the chief minister of Uttarakhand?
a) Tarun Gogoi
b) Kalikho Pul
c) Nitish Kumar
d) Harish Rawat
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Answer d) Harish Rawat. The central government has informed the Supreme Court that the Harish Rawat – led Congress government has legislative majority in Uttarakhand and President’s Rule will be revoked from the hill state soon. The Congress’s Rawat got the support of 33 of the 61 MLAs who voted.
11. Government of India constitutes _______________ committee to prepare policy framework for taxi operators
a) RM Lodha
b) Ajith Seth
c) Ashok Mishra
d) Sanjay Mishra
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Answer d) Sanjay Mishra The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has constituted a three-member committee to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators. The panel will be headed by Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Sanjay Mitra, and have Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Delhi Transport Commissioner as its members.
12. Which State Government approved the ‘bicycle highway’ which will not run along the Agra-Etawah main road but will cover various historical and tourism centres?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Uttarakhand
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Answer a) Uttar Pradesh. With a view to encourage eco-tourism in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gave its nod to develop over 197 km long ‘bicycle highway‘ from Agra up to the lion safari in Etawah. The Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav approved the ‘bicycle highway’ which will not run along the Agra-Etawah main road but will cover various historical and tourism centres.
13. International Nurses Day is observed on?
a) May 10
b) May 8
c) May 12
d) May 5
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Answer c) May 12. International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated every year all around the world on 12th of May to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Florence Nightingale and to mark the nurses contributions towards people’s health. The theme of 2016 would be “Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving health systems’ resilience”.
14. The RBI has announced that it will shortly issue banknotes of ₹1,000 denomination with inset letter ________ in both the number panels.
a) S
b) R
c) D
d) A
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Answer b) R. The RBI has announced that it will shortly issue banknotes of ₹1,000 denomination with inset letter ‘R’ in both the number panels. The banknotes will also have on the obverse, all other security features, including ascending size of numerals, bleed lines and enlarged identification mark, while the year of printing ‘2016’ will be printed on the reverse, the RBI said.
15. India and __________________ other nations signed a pact for automatic exchange of information on tax issues.
a) 6
b) 8
c) 5
d) 3
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Answer c) 5. India and five other nations, including China and Israel, signed a pact for automatic exchange of information on tax issues and develop new tools and standards for tackling tax base erosion and evasion. As part of continuing efforts to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs), Canada, Iceland, India, Israel, New Zealand and the People’s Republic of China signed the Multilateral Competent Authority agreement for the automatic exchange of Country-by-Country reports, bringing the total number of signatories to 39 countries. The signing ceremony took place Beijing.
16. NASA has announced the discovery of ___________________ new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope.
a) 5000
b) 1284
c) 2786
d) 3000
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Answer b) 1284. NASA has announced the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope. The unmanned Kepler space observatory, which launched in 2009, has been scanning 150,000 stars for signs of orbiting bodies, particularly those that might be able to support life.
17. Reliance Jio launched its new wallet app on the Apple and Android app stores which named as __________________________
a) Jio Money Wallet
b) Jio Mob Wallet
c) Jio Cash Wallet
d) Jio Cart Wallet
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Answer a) Jio Money Wallet. Reliance Jio has quietly launched its new wallet app on the Apple and Android app stores. The new app, which joins Jiochat Messenger and My Jio apps in the respective stores, is called JioMoney Wallet. According to Jio, the app has been launched with an aim to make payments easier.
18. Who has been appointed as India’s fourth Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics recently?
a) Shankar Mahadevan
b) AR Rahman
c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d) Amir Khan
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Answer b) AR Rahman. Music composer AR Rahman on Thursday accepted the Indian Olympic Association’s offer to become the Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics. Rahman is India’s fourth Goodwill Ambassador after actor Salman Khan, Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Notably, India is to send its largest ever contingent of about 90 athletes to the Rio Olympics starting August 5.
19. Praveen Rashtrapal who passed away recently was a / an
a) Politician
b) Actor
c) Journalist
d) Economist
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Answer a) Politician. Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Praveen Rashtrapal (76) died on after suffering a cardiac arrest. He is survived by three daughters and a son. Rashtrapal was associated with the trade union movement of Income Tax employees. He was an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax before he took a plunge into politics.
20. Tony Cozier who passed away recently was a
a) Cricket Writer
b) Journalist
c) Commentator
d) All of the above
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Answer d) All of the above. Tony Cozier, the West Indian cricket writer, commentator and journalist, has died in his home country, Barbados, at the age of 75 after an illness. He had been admitted to hospital on May 3 for tests related to infections in the neck and legs.
