Current Affairs quiz – November 24 & 25 2015

1. India and _______________ signed agreements for enhanced defence cooperation and in areas like cyber security, shipping and civil aviation.
a) Malaysia
b) Singapore
c) France
d) Australia

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Answer b)Singapore

2. Which Bank has become the first commercial state-owned bank to raise $350 million via selling green bonds, where proceeds are used for clean energy projects?
a) IDBI Bank
b) Bandhan Bank
c) SBI
d) Bank of India

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Answer a)IDBI Bank

3. Thailand’s military held an air show with ______________ ahead of joint manoeuvres in a sign of warming ties.
a) Russia
b) Maldives
c) China
d) Japan

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Answer c) China

4. The state government was mulling to develop which district ______________ into a ‘Smart City’ as it is an international tourist destination of the country?
a) Kullu
b) Chamba
c) Manali
d) Dharamsala

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Answer d) Dharamsala

5) _____________, retired judge of the Rajasthan and Gujarat high courts, has been appointed as the President of Association of Retired Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts of India.
a) Justice MR Calla
b) Justice Mihir Kumar Jha
c) Justice Reva Khetrapal
d) Justice Vineet Saran

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Answer a)Justice MR Calla

6) Hockey India, the apex organisation governing field hockey in India, has announced ____________ as an Official Partner for the Hero Hockey World League Final 2015.
a) NTPC Limited
b) Oil India Ltd
c) NLC Ltd
d) None of these

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Answer a) NTPC Limited

7. According to UNICEF, nearly _______ million of the world’s 2.3 billion children live in areas most exposed to climate change, facing higher rates of death, poverty and disease from global warming.
a) 510
b) 690
c) 749
d) 600

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Answer b) 690

8. What is DAR system?
a) Domestic Ad Ratings
b) Digital Ad Ratings
c) Digital Auto Ratings
d) Designed Ad Radiation

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Answer b)Digital Ad Ratings (It will help marketers in the country find out the return on investment of their campaigns on the internet and mobile platforms)

9. Which city has topped the list of most popular international destination for Indian travellers?
a) Newyork, USA
b) Bali, Indonesia
c) Goa, India
d) Beijing, China

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Answer b) Bali, Indonesia (Goa is the most preferred domestic destination)

10. TATA Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested in which start up on 25th November 2015?
a) Crayon Data
b) GrabTaxi
c) Jungle Ventures
d) Tokopedia

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Answer a) Crayon Data

11. Antonio Costa, a Goa origin political leader has ben named PM of which nation?
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) Italy
d) None of the above

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Answer b) Portugal

12. Which district of Rajasthan has been successfully lighted with solar power?
a) Udaipur
b) Jaipur
c) Jodhpur
d) Jaisalmer

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Answer d) Jaisalmer

13. Who has been confirmed as the winner in Argentina’s presidential elections after his ruling party opponent conceded?
a) Thein Sein
b) John Magufuli
c) Mauricio Macri
d) Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Answer c)Mauricio Macri

14. Which Government has announced that they would not any country to set up naval base on its territory?
a) Sri Lankan
b) Singapore
c) Australia
d) China

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Answer a) Sri Lankan

15. What is CrPC?
a) Code of Criminal Procedure
b) Code of Conduct Procedure
c) Centre for Criminal Prison
d) None of these

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Answer a)Code of Criminal Procedure (Delhi Assembly has passed a Bill proposing amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), setting up another flash point with the Centre, as it seeks to broaden the scope of magisterial probes into cases of kidnapping, rape and disappearances)

16. Rishi Gour appointed as Country President of __________ India On-site Services.
a) Sodexo
b) Snap Deal
c) Infosys
d) TCS

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Answer a) Sodexo

17. _________ has been honoured with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to journalism at the eighth edition of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards for years 2013 and 2014.
a) Kuldip Nayar
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Both a and b
d) None of these

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Answer a) Kuldip Nayar

18. What is UNISDR?
a) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
b) United Nations Office for Disease Risk Reduction
c) United Nations Office for Disaster Reduce Risk
d) None of the above

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Answer a) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(90 percent of major disasters have been caused by 6457 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather-related events, the report says)

19. _____________ appointed as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of UNSOM(United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia).
a) David Cameroon
b) John Kerry
c) Michael Keating
d) Nicholas Kay

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Answer c)Michael Keating

20. Noted litterateur and former chairman of Rajasthan Brijbhasha Academy, Professor who passed away on November 25?
a) T. R. Govindrajan
b) Surendra Upadhyay
c) A. S. Ponnammal
d) A. Veluppillai

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Answer b) Surendra Upadhyay