Current Affairs Quiz
1. A former child soldier from ___________ has received one of Australia’s highest civic awards, the 2017 New South Wales Australian of the Year
a) Somalia
b) Sudan
c) Kenya
d) Liberia
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Answer b) Sudan . A former child soldier has received one of Australia’s highest civic awards, the 2017 New South Wales Australian of the Year. Deng Adut has been recognized for helping to combat discrimination and assisting juvenile offenders. The 33-year-old former refugee is a successful criminal lawyer who helps Sudanese migrants. And he is now a contender for a prestigious national award.
2. ____________________________has won the prestigious 2016 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance
a) SAIL
b) GAIL
c) BSNL
d) ONGC
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Answer a) SAIL. The prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance for this year has been conferred upon the ‘Maharatna’ firm, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Set up by the Institute of Directors, India, the award was received by Ashwini Kumar, CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on behalf of SAIL during the 16th London Global Convention on Corporate Governance and Sustainability held in London recently.
3. India’s ________________ became the first non-European President of the International hockey federation (FIH) in Dubai
a) Anandeshwar Pandey
b) Rajinder Singh
c) Anurag Thakur
d) Narinder Batra
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Answer d) Narinder Batra. Hockey India president Narinder Batra was elected president of the international hockey federation (FIH) in Dubai. He beat David Brinie of Ireland and Ken Read of Australia in a three-man race. Batra, who became the president of Hockey India in October 2014 after serving as secretary, had criss-crossed the globe to seek votes in the last few weeks.
4. Which country is set to host the crucial global tobacco control conference for the first time?
a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) India
d) China
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Answer c) India . India is set to host the crucial global tobacco control conference for the first time, where it will push for incorporating smokeless tobacco as an agenda. The Seventh Session of the Conference of Parties to World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will begin at Greater Noida.
5. Union health minister J.P. Nadda launched mobile app which named as _______________ to help- manage stress
a) no more stress
b) no more tension
c) no more work tension
d) no more tension and stress
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Answer b) no more tension. Union health minister J.P. Nadda launched “no more tension” mobile app to help- manage stress. The app, according to the health minister, will help users manage stress by providing appropriate information, symptoms and its management on stress.
6. Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei with an all-women crew was flagged off from Goa, India to ___________________
a) Cape Town, South Africa
b) Beijing, China
c) Tokyo, Japan
d) Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Answer a) Cape Town, South Africa. Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei with an all-women crew was flagged off from Goa to Cape Town, South Africa by Rear Admiral Monty Khanna, Commandant Naval War College on 09 Nov 16 in a ceremony held at the Boat Pool of INS Mandovi, Goa. The vessel, is scheduled to reach Cape Town on 15 Dec 16. The Boat would then participate in the “Cape to Rio Race” (Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro) which will start from Cape Town on 26 Dec 16.
7. The regional news Unit of Radio Kashmir Jammu on 10 November 2016 started morning news bulletin in ____________ language
a) Kangri
b) Gojri
c) Banjari
d) Dogri
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Answer b) Gojri . The regional news Unit of Radio Kashmir Jammu on 10 November 2016 started morning news bulletin in Gojri language. The five minutes Gojri news bulletin will be aired at 10:15am daily from the transmitters of Radio Kashmir Jammu. Gojri is one of the most widely spoken languages of the state and over 20 percent chunk of the population in the state consists of Gojri speaking people.
8. Government of India to pay ____________ a year to GST network as service charge
a) 100 crore
b) 200 crore
c) 400 crore
d) 500 crore
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Answer d) 500 crore. Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), the company which was tasked to set up IT infrastructure for the GST, said that by January it will start training around 60,000 state government officials to equip them to handle GST roll out. The non-profit organisation said that the Centre agreed to pay around Rs 500 crore every year on behalf of the tax payers as service charge.
9. India and ____________ signed a new bilateral trade agreement to enhance trade between the two countries through trade facilitation by improving procedures
a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer c) Bhutan . India and Bhutan signed a new bilateral trade agreement to enhance trade between the two countries through trade facilitation by improving procedures. The bilateral agreement aims at cutting down on documentation and adding additional exit and entry points for Bhutan’s trade with other countries. The agreement was signed by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and H.E. Tengye Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister for Economic Affairs, Bhutan.
10. World Pneumonia Day is observed on?
a) November 11
b) November 12
c) November 13
d) November 14
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Answer b) November 12. World Pneumonia Day is observed across the world on 12 November. The day is annually observed to raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five; promote interventions to protect against, prevent and treat pneumonia; and generate action to combat pneumonia. This year theme is, “Keep the Promise, Stop Pneumonia Now”. The United Nations (UN) first celebrated the day on November 12, 2009 when over 100 organisations joined to form the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia.
11. Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed on?
a) November 09
b) November 10
c) November 11
d) November 12
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Answer d) November 12. Public Service Broadcasting Day which is celebrated every year on November 12, When Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi visited the studio of All India Radio, Delhi for the first and the last time in 1947. He addressed the displaced people who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after partition. A function has been organised in the premises of All India Radio, Delhi to mark the day.
12. World Kindness Day is observed on?
a) November 13
b) November 14
c) November 15
d) November 16
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Answer a) November 13. World Kindness Day is an international observance on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement a coalition of nation’s kindness NGOs. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Japan, Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates. In 2009, Singapore observed the day for the first time. Italy and India also observed the day. In the UK it is fronted by David Jamilly co-founded Kindness Day UK.
13. The India-China Joint Training Exercise “Hand in Hand 2016” is scheduled to be held in __________ from November 15-27
a) Hangzhou, China
b) Jaipur, India
c) Wuhan, China
d) Pune, India
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Answer d) Pune, India. The India-China Joint Training Exercise “Hand in Hand 2016” will be held in Pune from November 15 to 27. The exercise is in continuation of the series of joint exercises between India and China. This will be the sixth joint training exercise between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army of China and is held annually, alternately, in India and China.
14. India to preside over 8th edition of COP on Tobacco Control in ______________ in 2018
a) Italy
b) Switzerland
c) USA
d) UK
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Answer b) Switzerland . India will preside the eighth edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland’s Geneva in 2018. Health Secretary C K Mishra has been chosen as the President of the COP Bureau, for the next two years, after a unanimous decision by the COP7Plenary session.
15. Which state government has drawn up a scheme to ensure power supply to the agriculture sector for 12 hours a day through feeder-based solar energy?
a) Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Manipur
d) Assam
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Answer a) Maharashtra . The Maharashtra government has drawn up a scheme to ensure power supply to the agriculture sector for 12 hours a day through feeder-based solar energy, said CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday. Under the scheme, farmers can use feeder-based solar pumps instead of individually buying pumps. So far, 10,000 solar agricultural pumps have been set up across the state, Fadnavis added.
16. Which country has decided to eliminate all the traditional subjects from its schools including literature, physics, history, and math by 2020, to become the world’s first country to do so?
a) India
b) USA
c) Finland
d) Spain
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Answer c) Finland . Finland has decided to eliminate all the traditional subjects from its schools including literature, physics, history, and math by 2020, to become the world’s first country to do so. Finnish students will be taught events and phenomena by the schools instead of the subjects. The new schooling system will be introduced for senior students, beginning at the age of 16.
17. Who has been named by Fortune magazine as the ‘Business Person of the Year’ for 2016?
a) Larry Page
b) Mark Zuckerberg
c) Steve Jobs
d) Bill Gates
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Answer b) Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named by Fortune magazine as the ‘Business Person of the Year’ for 2016. According to Fortune, the 32-year-old’s “ability to look into the future, his otherworldly consistency and business discipline” make him an effective businessperson. Zuckerberg is currently the world’s fifth richest person, with an estimated net worth of $50.9 billion.
18. ______________Government’s ‘Vision 2030 document’ has proposed to implement ‘e-eye surveillance’ project to track the movement of wild animals 24×7
a) Maharashtra
b) Odisha
c) Rajasthan
d) Sikkim
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Answer a) Maharashtra . The Maharashtra government’s ‘Vision 2030 document’ has proposed to implement ‘e-eye surveillance’ project to track the movement of wild animals 24×7. The policy document also seeks to rehabilitate more villages out of the protected areas to reduce man-animal conflicts. Further, the document proposes to set up a special tiger protection force in tiger reserves in the state.
19. Aiming to reach out to more viewers in the Northeast, public broadcaster Prasar Bharti is planning to launch a new Doordarshan channel which named as _____________
a) DD Anupama
b) DD Anuprabha
c) DD Anugraha
d) DD Arunprabha
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Answer d) DD Arunprabha. Aiming to reach out to more viewers in the Northeast, public broadcaster Prasar Bharti is planning to launch a new Doordarshan channel ‘DD Arunprabha’ in the region. The channel will focus primarily on the viewers of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim but will have content from other regional states as well. The channel is expected to start from December 25.
20. Who has received the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award 2016?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Andy Murray
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Answer c) Roger Federer. The 2016 ATP World Tour Awards were announced and Juan Martin Del Potro and Roger Federer were among those who were honoured. Del Potro was named the Comeback Player of the Year and Federer received the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. Both awards were decided by a player vote.
21. Leonard Cohen who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor
b) Singer
c) Song Writer
d) Both b and c
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Answer d) Both b and c. Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality in hits like “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at the age of 82.Cohen, also renowned as a poet, novelist and aspiring Zen monk, blended folk music with a darker, sexual edge that won him fans around the world and among fellow musicians like Bob Dylan and R.E.M.
