CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1) Which operator launches special tariff vouchers for Diwali?
a) Airtel
b) BSNL
c) Vodafone
d) Reliance
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Answer b) BSNL. BSNL has launched special tariff vouchers (STV) for its pre-paid mobile customers for the Diwali festival.
2) China-Taiwan summit was held in _____.
a) Beijing
b) Taipei
c) Singapore
d) New Delhi
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Answer c) Singapore. Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived in Singapore with Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou, to attend China and Taiwan summir – the first such meeting since the end of the Chinese civil war. The mainly ethnic Chinese city-state is celebrating 25 years of diplomatic ties with Beijing. It is the first meeting which is to be held after their split in China war.
3) Who has become the India’s first transgender SI(Sub Inspector)?
a) Tapi Singh
b) Shabina Khurish
c) Prathima
d) K Prithika Yashini
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Answer d) K Prithika Yashini. K Prithika Yashini, will soon become India’s first transgender Sub Inspector of Police. The Madras High Court has declared the 25-year-old as a fit candidate, paving the way for her appointment as Sub Inspector by the Tamil Nadu Government. The court has also directed the recruitment board to make changes to draw transgenders to the state police force.
4) India and ________ on November 7 signed two agreements including one in the field of water resources on sharing hydrological data on the Satluj river.
a) Russia
b) China
c) Germany
d) USA
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Answer b) China. India and China on November 7 signed two agreements including one in the field of water resources on sharing hydrological data on the Satluj river. Vice President Hamid Ansari and his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao held delegation level talks in New Delhi. Li is the first Chinese Vice president to visit India in more than six decades.
5) ______________ is likely to provide a relief to struggling state-owned discoms to the extent of Rs 80,000 crore per year till FY19.
a) PMDJY
b) UDAY
c) ABVJY
d) None
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Answer b) UDAY. The state-run Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) is likely to provide a relief to struggling state-owned discoms to the extent of Rs 80,000 crore per year till FY19. It would translate into a reduction in losses by around Rs 0.95 per unit on an all India basis.
6) CISF has launched a new mobile application for jawans. Name the app.
a) m power
b) m soldiers
c) m facility
d) m Techno
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Answer a) m power
7) An Indian Cultural Week inaugurated at Shanghai. Name the culture week.
a) Inc
b) India in China
c) Satmev Jayate
d) India in Shanghai
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Answer d) India in Shanghai. An Indian culture week was inaugurated today at China-Shanghai International Arts Festival where India has been designated as a guest country for the first time. The India culture week called “India in Shanghai” was inaugurated by Indian Ambassador Ashok K Kantha along with Zhong Yanqun, Vice Chair of The Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, Indian Consulate in Shanghai.
8) ____ and _______ink pacts on water resources, culture.
a) India and China
b) India and UK
c) India and Russia
d)India and Japan
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Answer a) India and China. India and China signed two agreements including one in the field of water resources on sharing hydrological data on Satluj river after talks between Vice President Hamid Ansari and his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao. Li is the first Chinese Vice president who visited India.
9) RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on________for Cooperative Banks
a) Loans
b) Investment
c) Loan and Investment
d) Internet Banking
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Answer d) Internet Banking. Reserve Bank on 5 November allowed state co-operative banks (StCBs) and district central co-operative banks (DCCBs) to offer internet banking with “view only” facility. At present, urban cooperative banks (UCBs) that meet certain criteria are permitted to provide internet banking with transactional facility to their customers with prior approval of the RBI. Besides, internet banking with “view only” facility is allowed to be given by all UCBs complying with certain conditions, without RBI’s approval.
10) 21st INCOFYRA to be organised in _____
a) Kerela
b) New Delhi
c) Benguluru
d) Mumbai
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Answer c) Benguluru. The conference will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister for State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH and Dr HR Nagendra, President of 21st INCOFYRA, President, VYASA and Chancellor, S-VYASA University were also present on this occasion.ives nod to MoU between India and Belgium in the field of energy.
11) Who has been appointed as Managing Director of Oxford University Press India?
a) Indira Bajaj
b) Syam Vanketeshwar
c) V Sivaramakrishnan
d) None
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Answer c) V Sivaramakrishnan. V Sivaramakrishnan was named as the new Managing Director of Oxford University Press India (OUPI) with regional responsibilities including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. He succeeds Ranjan Kaul, who will be retiring this month end after working with OUP for 14 years.
12) UN approves its first ____ for poor nations.
a) Climate aid
b) medical aid
c) financing
d) none
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Answer a) Climate aid. The UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) said Friday it had approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact.
13) Which state government gives nod to bauxite mining on forest land in Vizag?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Mahrashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer a) Andhra Pradesh. In a move that could trigger protests from tribals, the Andhra Pradesh government has given an approval for bauxite mining in 1,212 hectares of forest land in Visakhapatnam district with certain conditions.
