Current affairs Quiz
1. Who will take over as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
a) Ganesh Kumar
b) Sushil Chandra
c) Sakti Kanda das
d) Rani Singh Nair
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Answer b) Sushil Chandra. Senior Indian Revenue Service officer Sushil Chandra will take over as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body for the Income Tax department. Incumbent Chairperson Rani Singh Nair retired from service after being at the top post for three months, after she took over on August 1. Chandra, a 1980-batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), is at present working in the board as Member (Investigation).
2. Who will be honoured in the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award?
a) Hema Malini
b) Jaya Bachcnan
c) Rekha
d) Sridevi
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Answer c) Rekha. Indian actor Rekha will be honoured by the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival runs from December 7 to 14, and is now arguably the leading cinematic event in the region with both Doha and Abu Dhabi having shut shop some time ago.
3. The finance ministry released first instalment of special assistance of Rs 1,093.34 crore for repair and permanent restoration of damaged public buildings in ______________
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Rajasthan
c) Punjab
d) Jammu and Kashmir
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Answer d) Jammu and Kashmir. The finance ministry released first instalment of special assistance of Rs 1,093.34 crore for repair and permanent restoration of damaged public buildings in Jammu and Kashmir in pursuance of the announcement made by the Prime Minister last November. A total sum of Rs 2,000 crore has been provided for permanent restoration of damaged Infrastructure such as schools, colleges, hospitals, bus stations and other critical public infrastructure under Prime Minister Reconstruction Plan for J&K, the finance ministry said in a statement.
4. Which two states have jointly topped the ease of doing business ranking?
a) Andra Pradesh and Telangana
b) Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra and Karnataka
d) Karnataka and Kerala
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Answer a) Andra Pradesh and Telangana. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have jointly topped the ease of doing business ranking, while Gujarat has slipped to the third position in the list prepared by the World Bank and the Indian government’s department of industrial policy and promotion this year. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana occupied the fourth, fifth and sixth slots in the index based on the degree of implementation of the government’s 340-point Business Reform Action Plan.
5. The head of Twitter India _______________ has quit the micro blogging portal after spending four years with the company
a) Robert Kaiden
b) Adam Bain
c) Vijaya Gadde
d) Rishi Jaitly
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Answer d) Rishi Jaitly. Rishi Jaitly, Twitter’s India head who helped popularise the adoption of the micro-blogging website among government departments to respond to citizen queries, has quit the company. Jaitly was the vice-president for Asia Pacific, which includes India, West Asia and North Africa for Twitter. He made the announcement on a twitter storm.
6. Which state has become the third Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Rajasthan
d) Assam
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Answer b) Kerala . Kerala has become the third Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country. The announcement was made on the state’s foundation day on Tuesday. Earlier, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim had declared themselves Open Defecation Free. Kerala becomes first high density populated state in the country to achieve Open Defecation Free status.
7. Which Political party will launch ‘Jana Chaitanya Yatra’in Andhra Pradesh to highlight the welfare and developmental initiatives of the government?
a) United Democratic Party
b) Telangana Rashtra Samithi
c) Telugu Desam Party
d) YSR Congress Party
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Answer c) Telugu Desam Party. The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will launch ‘Jana Chaitanya Yatra‘ in Andhra Pradesh to highlight the welfare and developmental initiatives of the government. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will also launch the membership drive of the party in Koppolu village in Prakasam district, with a target to achieve the one-crore mark.
8. Which state has been ranked first state in the country on reforms in agricultural marketing?
a) West Bengal
b) Goa
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
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Answer d) Maharashtra . Maharashtra has been ranked first state in the country on reforms in agricultural marketing, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan, by the NITI Aayog. Its first-ever index on reforms in the farm sector was issued on 31 october 2016 Termed the Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index, it ranks states on three major parameters — reforms in agricultural marketing, land lease and forestry on private land.
9. India and Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a Palestine-India Techno Park in ________________
a) Ramallah
b) Jabalia
c) Gaza
d) Hebron
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Answer a) Ramallah . India and Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a Palestine-India Techno Park in Ramallah, the External Affairs Ministry said. In a statement here, the ministry said that during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to Palestine in October last year, the announcement for setting up of park was made.
10. Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise _______________ commenced at Army Battle School, Saljhandi, Nepal
a) Indra 2016
b) Mitra Shakti 2016
c) Hand In Hand 2016
d) Surya Kiran-X 2016
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Answer d) Surya Kiran-X 2016 . India and Nepal commenced their 10th joint military exercise here which will be held over two weeks with emphasis on counterterrorism in mountainous terrain. The Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran-X commenced at Army Battle School, Saljhandi in Nepal. The Surya Kiran series of exercises are being conducted annually, alternatively in Nepal and India.
11. _____________ and the European Union signed the long-delayed CETA free trade deal at a summit in Brussels
a) India
b) Canada
c) Russia
d) USA
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Answer b) Canada . The EU and Canada signed a free trade deal that was almost derailed last week by objections from French-speaking Belgians, exposing the difficulties of securing agreement from 28 member states as Britain prepares for Brexit talks. The European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, said there was no parallel between the deal struck with Canada and looming Brexit talks.
12. Which state government has observed November 1 as No Tobacco Day?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Punjab
d) Assam
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Answer c) Punjab . Punjab government observed November 1 as ‘No Tobacco Day’ in an effort to discourage tobacco use in the state. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has issued directions to all the deputy commissioners in this regard. The aim of this campaign is to reduce prevalence of tobacco or nicotine use in Punjab in order to reduce prevalence of non-communicable diseases.
13. Which country has invited India to join in developing next-generation nuclear reactors and to participate in its fast-neutron reactor project?
a) Japan
b) USA
c) China
d) Russia
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Answer d) Russia. Russia has invited India to join in developing next-generation nuclear reactors and to participate in its fast-neutron reactor project, Russian officials said. Ecological problems linked to reprocessing and deactivation of radioactive waste can be solved by the fast-neutron reactor, they added. The multipurpose fast research reactor project ‘MBIR’, is coming up in Russia’s Dimitrovgrad.
14. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia’s largest man-made jungle safari in ______________
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Nagaland
c) Odisha
d) Goa
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Answer a) Chhattisgarh . PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia’s largest man-made jungle safari, a nearly 800-acre Nandanvan Zoo and Safari, at Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Modi was seen clicking photographs of a tiger, during his visit to mark Chhattisgarh’s 16th foundation day celebrations. He will launch the ‘Saur Sujala Yojana,’ which aims to provide solar pumps to 51,000 farmers in the state.
15. E-commerce retailer ____________ may reportedly enter the real estate business and start providing houses in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Gurugram
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Paytm
d) Amazon
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Answer d) Amazon. E-commerce retailer Amazon may reportedly enter the real estate business and start providing houses in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Gurugram. Without confirming the move, Amazon India Head Amit Agarwal said, “People trust Amazon for everything in their lives… It’s like the Roti, Kapda aur Makaan, and when you start trusting someone for that, that’s very much it”.
16. Who won the Erste Bank Open title 2016?
a) Roger Federrer
b) Andy Murray
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Novok Djokovic
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Answer b) Andy Murray. Andy Murray has beaten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the Erste Bank Open. Murray overcame the Frenchman with a 6-3, 7-6 victory He has also recently won the China Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters. The Scot now closes in on world No 1 Novak Djokovic with the victory. Three times a Grand Slam winner and twice Olympic champion, Murray has never been top of the world rankings.
