Current Affairs Quiz
1. _______________to get RS.50 crore Information Technology park
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) Pune
d) Indore
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Answer d) Indore. In a bid to make the city an infotech hub on the lines of Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh minister Rajendra Shukla laid the foundation stone for Rs 50-crore IT Park here. The park, spread over 2 lakh square feet, will be built at a cost of Rs 50 crore. The foundation stone was laid on the eve of Global Investors Summit (GIS) in the city. A deadline of 18 months has been set to commission the new IT Park.
2. Which State Government declared 245 mandals in seven districts of the state as drought affected during the Kharif agricultural season?
a) Haryana
b) Bihar
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Telangana
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Answer c) Andra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Government declared 245 mandals in seven districts of the state as drought-affected during the Kharif agricultural season because of deficient rain fall during the southwest monsoon period. As against the normal 556 mm, the state received 533.8 mm of rainfall between June 1 and September 30 this year, marking a deviation of minus four (-4) per cent. In 2015, the deviation in rainfall was -5.4 per cent, according to Disaster Management Commissioner K Dhananjaya Reddy.
3. Which state government is set to introduce a “Lok Samvad” programme in an effort to get public feedback and suggestions to help improve its different programmes?
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Assam
d) Rajasthan
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Answer a) Bihar . Having discontinued “Janata Darbar”, the Bihar government is set to introduce a “Lok Samvad” programme in an effort to get public feedback and suggestions to help improve its different programmes. The Bihar Cabinet gave its nod to “Lok Samvad” under the Cabinet Secretariat department. It is set to start from December. The new programme would be held Mondays, preferably on two or three Mondays a month, depending on CM Nitish Kumar’s availability in Patna.
4. Which bank has sanctioned Rs 19,702 crore loan to National Water Development Agency (NWDA) for 50 irrigation projects?
a) World Bank
b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
c) BRICS Bank
d) State Bank of India
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Answer b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) said it has sanctioned Rs 19,702 crore loan to National Water Development Agency (NWDA) for 50 irrigation projects. The loan is sanctioned under long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF), announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the Budget 2016-17. This would help create additional irrigation potential of 39.14 lakh hectares under these projects in 11 states, Nabard said in a statement.
5. An exhibition on 200-year-old history of Indians showcasing early days of cattle traders, laundry men and brick-makers has been launched in ______________
a) Malaysia
b) USA
c) Singapore
d) Australia
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Answer c) Singapore . An exhibition on 200-year-old history of Indians showcasing early days of cattle traders, laundry men and brick-makers has been launched in Singapore Trade and industry minister S Iswaran yesterday launched the exhibition at the Indian Heritage Centre (IHC) in the “Little India” precinct. The exhibition has over 100 new artefacts including items belonging to the Hindu temples and mosques in Little India as well as old photographs dating back as far as the 1890s.
6. Which State has registered the highest number of cases of custodial deaths in the country between October 2015 and September 2016?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Maharashtra
c) Odisha
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer d) Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has registered the highest number of cases of custodial deaths in the country between October 2015 and September 2016, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. While 401 deaths took place in judicial custody, 27 took place in police custody, it added. During the same period, 32,498 complaints were registered against the police, NHRC further stated.
7. ICC quadruples funding for 2017 Women’s World Cup, Women’s World Cup 2017 will held at _____________
a) England
b) India
c) Australia
d) South Africa
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Answer a) England . Cricket officials have promised to give women cricketers equivalent travel rights to their male counterparts during the Women’s World Cup in London next year. The decision is a shift of policy since the World Twenty20 in India earlier this year when ICC paid for all the men’s teams to fly business class, while the women’s teams flew economy, leaving Australia as the only nation to pay independently for an upgrade.
8. Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik to skip National Wrestling Championship to be held in ____________
a) Pune, Maharashtra
b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
c) Bangalore, Karnataka
d) Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
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Answer d) Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) issued a press release informing about the National Wrestling Championship for men and women to be held in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. On the top of the list, they mentioned Sakshi Malik’s name as one of the participants. However, it seems that the Olympic bronze medallist was not consulted for the event.
9. Abhinav Bindra has opened a state-of-the-art athletes’ training centre in ____________
a) New Delhi
b) Maharashtra
c) Chandigarh
d) Punjab
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Answer c) Chandigarh . Abhinav Bindra has opened a state-of-the-art athletes’ training centre in Chandigarh, in collaboration with Italian firm Tecnobody. The centre, which can be used for free by Indian athletes, has equipments fitted with 3D cameras, motion sensors, and digital screens. “With this technology, we will not only be at par, but ahead of the West in months to come,” said Abhinav.
10. TilakHazarika who passed away recently was a/an
a) Journalist
b) Actor
c) Writer
d) Both a and c
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Answer d) Both a and c. Eminent journalist and writer of Assam TilakHazarika passed away in Guwahati. He was 95. Born in 1921 at Nagaon ,Hazarika worked in several newspapers. Mr.Hazarika also wrote several books in Assamese. His last rites were conducted at Navagraha crematorium in Guwahati. The Chief Minister, the Assembly Speaker besides others condoled the demise of Tilak Hazarika.
