Current Affairs Quiz
1. Sikkim chief minister _____________________ was conferred the ‘Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award’ by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Ragubhar Das
c) Pawan Kumar Chamling
d) Naveen Patnaik
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Answer c) Pawan Kumar Chamling.Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling was conferred the ‘Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award’ by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli for his commendable contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India. Siddhicharan Shrestha Academy organised an event in Kathmandu on the occasion of 105th birth anniversary of the late poet Shrestha.
2. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)?
a) SK Sharma
b) Prakash Kumar
c) NK Singh
d) Ramesh Sharma
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Answer a) SK Sharma.Eminent scientist SK Sharma has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), responsible for design, construction, commissioning and operation of nuclear power reactors. He is presently working as Distinguished Scientist and Director (Operations) in NPCIL. Sharma has been appointed to the new post for a period of five years.
3. Who has taken over as the new commandant of prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA)?
a) Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag
b) Lt General MMS Rai
c) Lt General Praveen Bakshi
d) Lt General S K Saini
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Answer d) Lt General S K Saini.Lt General S K Saini has taken over as the new commandant of prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA). Lt General Saini assumed the office of commandant on May 21. Earlier, he was a senior directing staff in National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi, according to press release issued by IMA. Lt General Saini is an alumni of National Defence Academy (NDA) and IMA. In 1981, he was commissioned to seventh battalion of Jat regiment. In his career of 36 years, he has held many important posts.
4. Who has been appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)?
a) Praveen Ramesh Mishra
b) Sathish Singh Rai
c) Rakesh kumar Mishra
d) Mohamed Sadiq Khan
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Answer c) Rakesh kumar Mishra.Rakesh Kumar Mishra, a noted expert in the study of function of genes, has been appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Mishra had joined CCMB in 2001 as a senior scientist after stints at the IISc, Bangalore, the University of Bordeaux, France, Saint Louise University, USA and the University of Geneva, Switzerland for post-doctoral experience.
5. Which Bank group launched the much anticipated Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility (PEF)?
a) World Bank
b) BRICS Bank
c) Asian Development Bank
d) SAARC Bank
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Answer a) World Bank.The World Bank Group has launched the much anticipated Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility (PEF) — a new financing mechanism to quickly mobilise funds to tackle global disease outbreaks and create a new insurance market for pandemic risk. PEF is expected to bring the much needed coordination and speed for future global disease outbreak response efforts. The PEF facility launch announcement came few days ahead of the May 26-27 Summit of Group of Seven Leaders in Ise-Shima, Japan.
6. The new Chief Minister of Assam is______________________
a) Pinarayi Vijayan
b) Sarbababda Sonowal
c) Tarun Gogoi
d) Nitish Kumar
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Answer b) Sarbababda Sonowal.Sarbananda Sonowal was sworn-in as the first Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister of Assam at a gala event in Guwahati attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his senior cabinet colleagues and tens of thousands of BJP supporters.
7. The Indian Navy has commissioned the highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli at ___________________________
a) Kochi
b) Port Blair
c) Mumbai
d) Visakhapatnam
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Answer d) Visakhapatnam.The Indian Navy has commissioned the highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli at the hands of Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command at a formal ceremony held at Naval Dockyard,Visakhapatnam. INS Tarmugli is being based in Visakhapatnam under the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh) and would be deployed for coastal patrol and surveillance operations along the East Coast of India.
8. President Barack Obama has announced the US is fully lifting its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to _____________
a) South Africa
b) Japan
c) Vietnam
d) Norway
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Answer c) Vietnam .President Barack Obama has announced the US is fully lifting its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam, its one-time enemy. The US is trying to bolster its relationship with its Pacific allies, as China asserts territorial claims. Vietnam is one of several countries in the region involved in maritime disputes with China.
9. Which State Government launched the smart village program recently?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat
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Answer d) Gujarat .Anandiben Patel-government has announced that 6,000 of around 18,000 villages in Gujarat have become open defecation free (ODF), and the rest would be ODF much before the 2019 deadline, set by the Centre under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The declaration was made by MoS for Panchayat & Rural Development (Independent Charge) Jayanti Kavadia at Mahatma Mandir here at an official programme to launch ambitious Smart Village project of the Gujarat government in the presence of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, other senior ministers and bureaucrats. The event was organised to mark the beginning of Anandiben’s third year in office.
10. National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed a MoU with ________________to set up the smelter plant in Chabahar Free Trade Zone.
a) China
b) Iran
c) Russia
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer b) Iran.National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed a MoU with Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) to explore the possibility of setting up a smelter on joint venture in Iran. For the proposed smelter plant in Chabahar Free Trade Zone, Nalco would supply alumina from its refinery in India. The MoU was signed between chairman-cum-managing director of Nalco and vice chairman of Iran’s planning board in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modiand President of Iran Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.
11. Which country banned its citizens from travelling to Libya recently?
a) Japan
b) China
c) India
d) America
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Answer c) India .In view of prevailing security situation in Libya, security threats and challenges to lives of Indian nationals in Libya, the Government of India has decided to impose travel ban on Indian nationals planning to travel to Libya irrespective of the purpose. All Immigration authorities have been notified in this respect. Indian nationals may please take note of the travel ban for compliance. The travel ban is effective from 3 May, 2016 till further orders.
12. India and Oman signed _______ bilateral agreements on defence cooperation.
a) 5
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
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Answer b) 4.Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, accompanied by a high level delegation, visited Oman from May 20-22 at the invitation of minister responsible for Defence Affairs of Oman Badr Bin Saud Bin Harib Al Busaidi, during which four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a protocol were signed between the two nations.
13. India and ______________ signed 12 bilateral agreements in various areas including Chabahar port development.
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Bangladesh
d) Saudi Arabia
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Answer a) Iran .India and Iran have decided to jointly combat terror, radicalism and cyber crime as the two strategic partners signed 12 agreements including a “milestone” pact on developing the key Chabahar port for which India will provide $500 million. Besides developing the Chabahar port, the two sides also signed agreements in diverse fields like trade credit, culture, science and technology and railways.
14. India successfully tested its first-ever indigenous space shuttle named as _____________________ was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
a) RLV – AG
b) RLV – AD
c) RLV – TD
d) RLV – KG
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Answer c) RLV – TD.India successfully tested its first-ever indigenous space shuttle as its scale model – the Re-Usable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator or RLV-TD – was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Nearly 20 minutes after its lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced, “mission accomplished”.
15. The Ministry of Urban Development announced ________ new cities to be developed under the government’s Smart Cities project.
a) 10
b) 12
c) 15
d) 13
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Answer d) 13.The Ministry of Urban Development announced 13 new cities to be developed under the government’s Smart Cities project. The cities include Lucknow, New Town in Kolkata, Bhagalpur, Dharamsala, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Raipur, Ranchi, Warangal, Agartala, Imphal, Port Blair and Panaji. Further, the cities have proposed projects involving a total investment of ₹30,229 crore.
16. Which State government fisheries department launched an artificial propagation programme for rehabilitation and conservation of Golden Mahseer fish?
a) Karnataka
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Madya Pradesh
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer b) Himachal Pradesh.Himachal Pradesh fisheries department launched an artificial propagation programme for rehabilitation and conservation of Golden Mahseer fish. A hatchery with an outlay of 6 crore rupees has been set up at Machhial near Joginder Nagar town in Mandi district to rear the mahseer. The hatchery-reared juveniles would be released into the rivers and reservoirs.
17. Which State government has banned the use and sale of disposable foam food containers like cups and plates across the state with immediate effect?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Sikkim
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Answer d) Sikkim.The Sikkim government has banned the use and sale of disposable foam food containers like cups and plates across the state with immediate effect. Such containers create huge quantities of environmentally hazardous municipal waste and occupy space in the landfill, Chief Secretary Alok K Shrivastava said. Further, the use of mineral water bottles has been restricted in government programmes.
18. World’s longest train tunnel will open in __________________
a) Japan
b) Switzerland
c) China
d) Spain
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Answer b) Switzerland .Traveling around Europe by train is about to get a whole lot faster, thanks to the opening of Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel. After 17 years of construction and $12 billion in costs, the ‘GBT’ will be the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel ever, running through the rocky Alps at depths that reach 7,500 feet.
19. Who won the Asian 6-Red snookers title 2016?
a) Aditya Mehta
b) Hamza Akbar
c) Pankaj Advani
d) Mohamed Shehab
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Answer c) Pankaj Advani.India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani created history in Abu Dhabi by clinching the Asian 6-Red snookers title. Advani thus became the first in the world to hold both world and continental titles in 6-Red snooker at the same time, according to information received here. The double IBSF World 6-Red snooker champion stamped his authority again in the short format of the game, defeating top-seeded Malaysian Keen Hoh Moh 7-5 on Sunday night.
20. Which team won 2016 Indian federation Cup football tournament?
a) Mohun Began
b) Bengaluru FC
c) East Bengal
d) Aizawl FC
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Answer a) Mohun Began.Mohun Bagan perfected a spectacular second-half resurgence to floor Aizawl FC by a record 5-0 margin and regain the Federation Cup football title after eight years, at theIndira Gandhi Stadium. Aizawl, which had surprised everyone with a series of outstanding performances including the vanquishing of I-League champion Bengaluru FC, had to submit to Bagan’s supremacy.
