Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been appointed as managing director and CEO of BOB Capital Markets?
a) Chandra Kumar
b) Pankaj Kumar
c) Ratnesh Kumar
d) Santhosh Kumar
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Answer c) Ratnesh Kumar. State-run Bank of Baroda has said it has appointed Ratnesh Kumar as managing director and CEO of its investment banking subsidiary, BOB Capital Markets. Kumar has 23 years of experience and has held key leadership roles, last being the managing director, head- cash equities India and CEO of Standard Chartered Securities India.
2. _________________ and __________________ will be awarded with Rashtriya Kalidas Samman, established by Madhya Pradesh government for the field of theatre
a) Prithviraj Kapoor and B.V. Karanth
b) Suresh Bhardwaj and Kumara Varma
c) Arvind Gaur and Utpal Dutta
d) Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul
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Answer d) Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul. Eminent theatre artist Shri Raj Bisaria of Lucknow and renowned theatre artist Shri Banshi Kaul, active in Bhopal-New Delhi will be awarded with Rashtriya Kalidas Samman, established by Madhya Pradesh government for the field of theatre. Governor Shri Omprakash Kohli will present the awards in the award ceremony to be held on November 10 in Ujjain.
3. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) launched by the Union Government started in _____________
a) Hyderabad
b) New Delhi
c) Bangalore
d) Mumbai
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Answer b) New Delhi. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) launched by the Union Government. Under this scheme, free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centres and hospitals will be provided. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda announced the scheme in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also addressed the program back in June 2016 during his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat.
4. The Indian army has successfully completed its task of laying an irrigation pipeline in the Demchok region of ______________
a) Wagah
b) Lakhpat
c) Gorakhpur
d) Ladakh
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Answer d) Ladakh . The Indian army has successfully completed its task of laying an irrigation pipeline in the Demchok region of Eastern Ladakh. The project was being conducted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to link the villages in the region with a hot spring. This is the first time since 2014 when the Chinese Army had come deep inside the Indian territory in Demchok in protest against an ongoing irrigation project.
5. Who is set to be the mascot of the “Incredible India” campaign with the Tourism Ministry?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Shahrukh Khan
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Answer a) Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be the mascot of the “Incredible India” campaign with the Tourism Ministry finally deciding to do away with plans to rope in any Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, for the role which was lying vacant after the ouster of Aamir Khan earlier this year.
6. India and ____________ will work together on different research and development fields
a) Japan
b) USA
c) Germany
d) Canada
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Answer d) Canada . India and Canada will work together on different research and development fields. Announcing this at a joint press meet in New Delhi, Science and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said, both the countries are working on agriculture research, industrial research and in bio-technology fields. MrVardhan also informed that both the countries are planning to host a technology summit next year. Canadian Minister of Innovation and Science NavdeepBains was also present on the occasion.
7. Which state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to set up four STPI centres in the state?
a) Assam
b) Rajasthan
c) Odisha
d) Gujarat
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Answer c) Odisha. The Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to set up four STPI centres in the state. The STPI centres would come up in Angul, Jajpur, Koraput (Jeypore) and Sambalpur. With these four, Odisha will have eight centres of the total 55 in the country.
8. Which state government launched campaign “Lakshya Bhagirathi” to complete irrigation projects that could not be completed?
a) Maharashtra
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Punjab
d) Goa
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Answer b) Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh government has launched a campaign to complete the irrigation projects that could not be completed. Under the campaign called “Lakshya Bhagirathi”, the water resources department had identified 108 projects that could not be completed. For the last three decades, the projects were pending for required clearances.
9. Union Environment Ministry constituted four-member team for conservation of Loktak Lake in _______________
a) Manipur
b) Sikkim
c) Meghalaya
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer a) Manipur . The ministry of environment, forests and climate change is sending a four-member team to Loktak lake in Manipur to suggest steps to be initiated for declaring Loktak Lake a Unesco World Heritage Site.The team will be on a three-day visit to the lake from Monday and hold discussions with the state government, agencies concerned and other stakeholders.
10. India and _________ have signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on increasing cooperation in intellectual property rights (IPRs) and ease of doing business
a) USA
b) China
c) Russia
d) UK
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Answer d) UK. India and the UK have signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on increasing cooperation in intellectual property rights (IPRs) and ease of doing business. Both the MoUs were exchanged in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Theresa May. The MoU on IPR was inked between the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UKIPO).
11. Which state government passed an order to enhance maternity leave period for women government employees from six to nine months recently?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Bihar
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Answer c) Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government passed an order to enhance maternity leave period for women government employees from six to nine months. This comes two months after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa made the announcement in the state Assembly. The fully paid leave can only be availed by women employees who have “less than two surviving children”.
12. Oil and gas major ONGC organised a two-day tribal cultural heritage meet in _______________
a) West Bengal
b) Tripura
c) Haryana
d) Manipur
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Answer b) Tripura . Oil and gas major ONGC organised a two-day tribal cultural heritage meet in Tripura’s capital Agartala, to promote the rich culture prevailing in the villages of the state and spread message of peace among tribal and non-tribal sections. All of the 19 Tripura tribes participated in the meet, organised for the third time by ONGC.
13. Maharashtra Governor ____________________ has amended the National Food Security Act for the Scheduled Areas of the state
a) C Vidyasagar Rao
b) Vajubhai Vala
c) Ram Naik
d) Om Prakash Kohli
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Answer a) C Vidyasagar Rao. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has amended the National Food Security Act for the Scheduled Areas of the state to improve the nutrition status of children below six years, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. In a notification issued by the Governor, the word ‘Take Home Ration’ used in the act has now been replaced by the words ‘Hot Cooked Meal’.
14. After PM Modi declared the current ₹500, ₹1,000 notes invalid, he said citizens can surrender these at banks and post offices till _____________
a) November 30
b) December 30
c) December 31
d) March 31
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Answer b) December 30. After PM Modi declared the current ₹500, ₹1,000 notes invalid, he said citizens can surrender these at banks and post offices till December 30. Those unable to deposit within 50 days can change them till March 31 by declaring it to the RBI with proof. The daily and weekly cash withdrawal limits have been set at ₹10,000 and ₹20,000 respectively.
15. Girish Nikam who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor
b) Journalist
c) TV Anchor
d) Both b and c
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Answer d) Both b and c. Senior journalist and Rajya Sabha TV anchor Girish Nikam (59) passed away on after a severe heart attack. He started his journalistic career with English Daily Star of Mysore and had later shifted to Indian Express in Bengaluru. Nikam had worked in various media organisations including India Today, Deccan Chronicle, and News Today before joining Rajya Sabha TV.
