Current Affairs Quiz – November 30 2015

In Current Affairs Quiz
November 30, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Who is the present Tourism Minister?
a) Rakesh Kumar
b) Manoj Mishra
c) Mahesh Sharma
d) Naresh Chandra Sinha

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Answer c) Mahesh Sharma. Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma has announced that India receives less than one per cent international tourists annually and their average stay in the country has come down by two days.

2. The 2015 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been won by ___________.
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Sebastian Vettel
d) Kimi Raikkkonen

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Answer a) Nico Rosberg.

3. Joe Marston, who died recently, was associated with ____________.
a) Cricket
b) Volley Ball
c) Basket Ball
d) Foot Ball

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Answer d) Foot Ball. Australian football icon Joe Marston has passed away on Sunday (29th November) morning. The 89-year-old was a pioneer for the game in this country.

4. Who defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become world heavyweight champion?
a) Mark Twain
b) Jimmy Wales
c) Tyson Fury
d) Mike Nicholson

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Answer c) Tyson Fury. Britain’s Tyson Fury pulled off one of the great boxing upsets as he outpointed Wladimir Klitschko to become heavyweight champion of the world.

5. Who is the present Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment?
a) Thawar Chand Gehlot
b) Ashok Kumar
c) Ravishankar Prasad
d) Dev Anand

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Answer a) Thawar Chand Gehlot. The Minister has revealed that the Centre was planning to introduce special identity cards for all persons with disabilities.

6. India has announced ___________ in aid for the small states in the Commonwealth to help them combat climate change in the 24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
a) $2.5 million
b) $3 million
c) $3.5 million
d) $4 million

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Answer a) $2.5 million. CHOGM is held after every two years and the theme for this year’s meeting is ‘Adding Global Value’.

7. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned an interceptor boat __________ at the Karaikal port recently.
a) ICGS C-420
b) ICGS C-421
c) ICGS C-422
d) ICGS C-423

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Answer c) ICGS C-422. This will enhance the port’s shallow water operational capability along the South Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast.

8. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against which country?
a) Syria
b) Iran
c) Turkey
d) Iraq

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Answer c) Turkey. Putin has taken this decision after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

9. __________ plans to invest Rs 60,000 crore over the next three years on network transformation.
a) BSNL
b) Bharti Airtel
c) Reliance
d) Vodofone

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Answer b) Bharti Airtel.

10. _________ have won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
a) USA
b) Switzerland
c) Great Britain
d) Germany

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Answer c) Great Britain. Great Britain have won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 after Andy Murray beat Belgium’s David Goffin to clinch the decisive point in Ghent.

11. Which state in India has maximum number of SEZs?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Tamil Nadu

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Answer d) Tamil Nadu. Parliament has announced that, a total of 36 special economic zones (SEZs) are operational in Tamil Nadu, followed by Telangana and Karnataka. In Telangana and Karnataka, 26 SEZs in each state are operational.

12. ________________ has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) with China that would remove most tariffs between Asia’s largest and fourth-largest economies.
a) India
b) Russia
c) Nepal
d) South Korea

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Answer d) South Korea.

13. Who has been re-elected as the president of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF)?
a) Mukesh Khanna
b) Sunil Khanna
c) Anil Khanna
d) Mukhil Khanna

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Answer c) Anil Khanna. He was elected for four years in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.