Current affairs Quiz
1. Who has been received Harvard Business School alumni achievement award 2016?
a) Azim Premji
b) Shiv Nadar
c) Anil Ambani
d) Sunil Mittal
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Answer d) Sunil Mittal.Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal has received this year’s Harvard Business School alumni achievement award. Mittal said “Harvard Business School’s renowned management program helped me validate and sharpen my work towards putting together the building blocks to create one of the leading global telecom companies – Bharti Airtel”.
2. US engineer _______________ won Millennium Technology Prize
a) Andrew Clarke
b) Austin Finch
c) Frances Arnold
d) Mathew Frank
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Answer c) Frances Arnold.An American innovator has become the first woman to win a USD 1.2 million technology prize in Finland for her path-breaking work on “directed evolution”, a method of rewriting DNA to create new and better proteins. Frances Arnold, a biochemical engineer, has been awarded the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland (TAF) in recognition of her discoveries that launched the field of “directed evolution”, which mimics natural evolution to create new and better proteins in the laboratory.
3. National Green Tribunal banned light and heavy diesel vehicles over 10 years in six major cities of ______________
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) West Bengal
d) Mumbai
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Answer b) Kerala .In a landmark judgement, the National Green Tribunal Circuit Bench banned light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six major cities, including state capital Thiruvananthapuram and commercial capital Kochi, in Kerala. In its first sitting, the Bench, comprising NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and expert member Bikram Singh Sajwan, also directed the state government not to register any diesel vehicle in the capacity of 2000 CC and more, except public transport and local authority vehicles.
4. The Loan and Project Agreements for World Bank (IBRD) assistance of US $ _____________ for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization project
a) 100 million
b) 150 million
c) 250 million
d) 500 million
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Answer a) 100 million.The Loan and Project Agreements for World Bank (IBRD) assistance of US$ 100 million for the Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization project were signed between Government of India/Government of Karnataka and the World Bank. The objective of the project is to provide city-wide access to a continuous piped water supply in the eligible cities in the State of Karnataka and to strengthen the service delivery arrangements at the city level.
5. The Government of India has approved establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in ________________
a) Assam
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Odisha
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Answer d) Odisha.The Government of India has approved establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in Odisha. This is the third NIMZ of India involving a massive area of 163 square kilometers. The project will come up at Kalinganagar industrial area in Jajpur district of Odisha.
6. In which State the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched 20 Nirbhaya buses?
a) Kerala
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer c) Rajasthan.Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launches 20 Nirbhaya buses of Rajasthan State Transport Corporation with multiple safety measures to better protect women passengers. Nirbhaya bus security measures include Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), CCTV and panic buttons on every seat.
7. India’s first ever Passenger Satisfaction Survey conducted at ___________________________Airport
a) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
b) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
c) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
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Answer c) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.The finding of the first of its kind survey conducted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai were released by the Research Team of L.N.Welingkar Institute of Management (WE School) in May 2016 at Mumbai Customs House. The scope of the Survey was to assess Passenger Satisfaction levels with the Customs Clearance Process, focusing on three aspects. Those three aspects were Information,Behaviour and Process.
8. The Union HRD Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in at _____________________
a) Mumbai
b) Lucknow
c) Bangalore
d) Hyderabad
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Answer b) Lucknow .The Union HRD Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in at Lucknow. This project is in line with the HRD Ministry’s efforts to not only ensure universalization of education but also towards creation of a knowledge society in the digital age. The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru is implementing this ambitious project of MHRD.
9. Who became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing?
a) Barack Obama
b) George Bush
c) Bill Clinton
d) Joe Biden
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Answer a) Barack Obama.Barack Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons as he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Some 140,000 people were killed when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city on Aug. 6, 1945. A helicopter and motorcade brought Obama to the Hiroshima Peace Park Memorial, where he spent a short time in the site’s museum and then solemnly placed a wreath at the arched monument.
10. Which State government is set to plant over two crore saplings across the state on July 1?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Punjab
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer c) Maharashtra.The Maharashtra government is set to plant over two crore saplings across the state on July 1, state Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has said. Only 20% land in Maharashtra is covered by forests, which is causing an adverse impact on the environment, he added. A mobile app and a website would be launched to monitor the plantations.
11. Which Ministry has framed policy guidelines for central government advertisements on websites?
a) Ministry of Civil Aviation
b) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
c) Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
d) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Answer b) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has framed policy guidelines for central government advertisements on websites. All online ads from the Centre would now be routed via the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), which would empanel eligible websites. Further, DAVP will fix the rates of advertisements and would also be responsible for their strategic placement.
12. Who is the new Chief Minister of West Bengal?
a) Jayalalitha
b) Jyoti Basu
c) Mamata Banerjee
d) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
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Answer c) Mamata Banerjee.Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee (61) on Friday took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive term. Winning 211 seats out of the total 294, TMC became the first single party to win the seats without alliance in West Bengal’s history. In 2011, Banerjee had become the first ever female CM of the state.
13. Which two countries have agreed to export BrahMos Missiles?
a) Japan and Russia
b) India and Russia
c) India and China
d) India and Sri Lanka
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Answer b) India and Russia.India and Russia have agreed in principle to export BrahMos, the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, to the UAE, Vietnam, South Africa and Chile. Discussions with other countries including Philippines, South Korea and Greece are also underway. The short-range supersonic missile can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land, and can fly as low as 10 metres above ground.
14. How many Indian companies have been named in Forbes’ ‘Global 2000’ list?
a) 86
b) 150
c) 25
d) 56
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Answer d) 56.As many as 56 Indian companies have been named in Forbes’ recently released ‘Global 2000’ list of the world’s largest public companies. Reliance Industries, ranked 121, emerged as the most valuable Indian company, followed by SBI (149) and ONGC (220). Globally, the top three spots were held by Chinese banks, with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China leading the list.
15. Indian para-athlete, Amit Kumar Saroha has clinched the ____________ medal in the men’s club throw F-51 event at the 2016 French Open Athletics Championship.
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Bronze
d) None of these
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Answer b) Silver.Indian para-athlete, discus and club thrower, Amit Kumar Saroha has clinched the gold medal in the men’s club throw F-51 event at the 2016 French Open Athletics Championship. Saroha won the event with a record-breaking throw of 26.58 metres. With this, the 31-year-old Arjuna awardee from Haryana bettered his own previously held Asian best distance of 25.44 metres.
16. RG Jadhav who passed away recently was a/an
a) Writer
b) Actor
c) Economist
d) Politician
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Answer a) Writer.Noted Marathi critic and litterateur RG Jadhav has passed away at his residence due to prolonged illness at the age of 83.Born on August 24, 1932, at Vadodara in Gujarat, Jadhav served as a professor of Marathi literature in various colleges, including one in Amravati, Elphinstone College in Mumbai, and also at Milind College in Aurangabad.
