Current Affairs Quiz
1) Who was appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to UN?
a) Syed Salim
b) Sudheer Rathan
c) Syed Akbaruddin
d) Akbar
ANSWER
Answer c) Syed Akbaruddin. Syed Akbaruddin, the chief coordinator of the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), has been appointed as the new permanent representative of India to the United Nations in New York. He is currently additional secretary in the ministry. Akbaruddin will be replacing Asoke Kumar Mukherjee, who will be retiring.
2) ___ named as the most Valuable Star of 2015?
a) Sania MIrza
b) Serena Viliams
c) Jennifer Lawrence
d) Watson
ANSWER
Answer c) Jennifer Lawrence. It was given by the entertainment website – Vulture.com It is the 2nd consecutive time that Lawrence got this name.
3) What Does NDLM stands for?
a) National Digital Language Mission
b) National Digital Literacy Mission
c) National Danger Limit Mission
d) National Digital Literacy Market
ANSWER
Answer b) National Digital Literacy Mission. The government has advanced the deadline for making 52.5 lakh people digitally literate, under National Digital Literacy Mission, by a year to 2016 than end of 2017 fixed earlier. Already, under NDLM has certified 10 lakh people and next 8 lakh are in process. The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA) or National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Scheme has been formulated to impart IT training to 52.5 lakh persons, including Anganwadi and ASHA workers and authorised ration dealers in all states/UTs across the country so that the non-IT literate citizens are trained to become IT literate.
4) Which of the following is a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader who passed away recently?
a) V R Prasad
b) K Mahaveer
c) Ashok Singhal
d) Suresh Singh
ANSWER
Answer c) Ashok Singhal. Ashok Singhal, the veteran Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, died on 17th November 2015. He was famous leader of temple movement in Ayodhya called as ‘Ramjanmabhoomi Movement’.
5) Recently Pithukuli Murugadas has passed away, Who is he?
a) Writer
b) Music Composer
c) Singer
d) All
ANSWER
Answer d) All. Noted Tamil devotional singer Pithukuli Murugadas died in Chennai following a brief illness. Murugadas (95) was a writer, lyricist and music composer. He was recipient of Kalaimamani, Sankeerthana Samrat and Thyagaraja awards. Born at Coimbatore on January 25, 1920, in a Brahmin family, Murugadas (Balasubramanian) learnt bhajans from his grandfather Gopalakrishna Bagavathar.
6) Union government approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of 81 mission cities in 5 states-Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram Under which of the following?
a) AMRUT
b) AKYC
c) NIIF
d) TADF
ANSWER
Answer a) AMRUT. Inter-ministerial Apex Committee approved Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Action Plans with total project outlay of Rs. 5,748 crore. Committee – headed by Madhusudan Prasad, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development.
7) Which government implemented National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in 14 districts?
a) Russia
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Orissa
ANSWER
Answer d) Orissa. 1st phase – implemented in 14 districts out of the 30 districts covering 26.33 lakh families .State Food supplies and Consumer Welfare department issued directives to the district administration to monitor the implementation of the NFSA and rectify irregularities. The 14 districts are Angul, Bargarh, Boudh, Balangir, Deogarh, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Sambalpur and Sonepur. Families will be provided with 5 kg of rice at Rs 3 or 5 kg of wheat at Rs 2 from Public Distribution System (PDS) Centres. 2nd phase – will be implemented in the remaining districts from 1st December 2015.
8) India on November 17 agreed to share information on militants with which of the following?
a) Bangladesh
b) Russia
c) China
d) Turkey
ANSWER
Answer a) Bangladesh. India and Banglades agreed to share information on militants. Home secretaries of the two neighbours concluded their talks reviewing internal security and other cross-border issues.India assured Bangladesh of providing information immediately if they get any information on militancy. They will eliminate terrorism and insurgency through bilateral understanding and intelligence sharing. The issue of Bangladeshi nationals being detained by Indian border forces was a major issue of the talks while both the countries have agreed to reduce such incidents to zero figure.
9) Who was the new India CEO of Standard Chartered Bank?
a) Dharan
b) Zarin Daruwala
c) Mahesh
d) Suresh Dhiren
ANSWER
Answer b) Zarin Daruwala. ICICI Bank’s head of corporate banking division Zarine Daruwala has quit the Mumbai based lender to join UK base Standard Chartered as its India CEO. Daruwala will be replaced by Vishakha Mulye. On November 16, Vishakha Mulye was designated as executive director at the bank. Mrs. Zarin Daruwala is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 25 years of experience in the Banking Investment Banking industry.
10) Axis Mutual Fund has recently launched which of the following?
a) Pension Gift Fund
b) Farmers Gift Fund
c) Children’s Gift Fund
d) Adult Gift Fund
ANSWER
Answer c) Children’s Gift Fund. Axis Mutual Fund today announced its new fund offer, the Axis Children’s Gift Fund. This is Axis’ first goal-based investment option, the MF house said. Investments can only be made for a minor, represented by a parent or guardian.
