Current Affairs Quiz
1. Two Indian doctor’s_____________ and _______________ have been selected for the prestigious Dr B C Roy Award for excellence in the field of medicines
a) Sanjay Borude and C S Yadav
b) Randeep Guleria and C S Yadav
c) Randeep Guleria and Ramneek Mahajan
d) Ashim Desai and Lalit Panchal
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Answer b) Randeep Guleria and C S Yadav. Two doctors each from the AIIMS and the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) have been selected for the prestigious Dr B C Roy Award for excellence in the field of medicine. Randeep Guleria, Head of Pulmonology, and C S Yadav of department of orthopaedics, from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have been chosen for the award.
2. ______________became the fifth Indian city to be ratified as a venue for next year’s Under-17 football World Cup
a) Hyderabad
b) Goa
c) Guwahati
d) Nagpur
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Answer c) Guwahati. Guwahati became the fifth Indian city to be ratified as a venue for next year’s Under-17 football World Cup after a FIFA inspection team gave its thumbs up to the venue’s preparedness and facilities. The FIFA delegation along with members of the Local Organising Committee visited the site and had a comprehensive look at the stadium and the training facilities.
3. World Development Information Day is observed on?
a) October 24
b) October 25
c) October 26
d) October 27
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Answer a) October 24. World Development Information Day is observed across the world on 24 October. The day is annually observed to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.
4. Government of India to launch sea plane service between____________ and ______________
a) Nagpur and Thane
b) Mumbai and Amravati
c) Pune and Nashik
d) Nagpur and Shirdi
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Answer d) Nagpur and Shirdi. Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has said a sea plane service will be soon launched from Ambajhari lake to Shirdi via Anand Sagar Lake in Shegaon. The sea plane will fly in the morning and return the same day. The sea plane has been launched to benefit the people in and around Nagpur who visit these two pilgrimsites, Gadkari said at a function.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for Urja Ganga project in _____________
a) Lucknow
b) Kanpur
c) Varanasi
d) Noida
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Answer c) Varanasi . Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone of the highly ambitious gas pipeline project ‘Urja Ganga’ in his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi. The gas pipeline project aims to provide piped cooking gas to residents of Varanasi within two years and, in another year after that, cater to millions of people in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
6. US tech giant Microsoft has set up a cyber security engagement centre (CSEC) in ____________
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Bangalore
d) Hyderabad
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Answer b) New Delhi. US tech giant Microsoft has set up a cyber security engagement centre (CSEC) in the Delhi-NCR region that will help it work with partners in identifying and responding to cyber threats in the country. The India centre, which is the seventh such facility for the company globally, will function as a satellite to Microsoft’s Redmond Digital Crimes Unit (DCU).
7. Which state government has signed an agreement with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote innovation in financial services?
a) Rajasthan
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Gujarat
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Answer c) Andra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh government has signed an agreement with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote innovation in financial services. Under the Agreement will explore joint innovation projects on technologies such as digital payments & block-chain,They will collaborate on development of education programmes. The agreement was signed in the presence of CM N Chandrababu Naidu.
8. Which state government is planning to launch eco-tourism at Mt Kanchenjunga?
a) Sikkim
b) Kerala
c) Goa
d) Nagaland
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Answer a) Sikkim . Sikkim government is planning to launch eco-tourism at Mt Kanchenjunga. When launched, this initiative will let adventure lovers, mountaineers and trekkers circumambulate the mountain in a 15-day trek. The trek will start from the Kanchenjunga National Park (KNP) and will bring travellers in closest encounters with the snow-capped peaks, the local temples, the flora, the fauna and the unique biodiversity of the region surrounding this mountain.
9. International United Nations Day is observed on?
a) October 21
b) October 22
c) October 23
d) October 24
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Answer d) October 24. The 24th October, each year is the International United Nations Day. This followed a declaration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 which designated 24th of October, The anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, as United Nations Day, by proclaiming that the day would be instrumental in making people aware and it shall be devoted in making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gain their support for its work.
10. Which country researchers develop an algorithm to construct an energy grid that distributes power similar to data flow on the internet?
a) India
b) China
c) USA
d) Russia
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Answer b) China . Researchers at China’s Northeastern University have proposed an algorithm to construct an energy grid that distributes power similar to data flow on the internet. The proposed ‘energy internet’ would use a main power grid combined with decentralised generators, including fuel, wind turbines and solar power, to distribute energy to multiple micro grids within each designated network.
11. Who won the US Grand Prix title 2016?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Fernando Alanso
d) Lewis Hamilton
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Answer d) Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton kept the Formula One drivers’ championship claiming his first victory in five races by winning the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. It was Lewis Hamilton’s 50th Formula One victory. Mercedes team-mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg into second – cutting the gap between them to 26 points with three races remaining.
12. Who won the ATP Stockholm Open title 2016?
a) Andy Murray
b) Juan Martin Del Potro
c) Leonardo Mayer
d) Jack Sock
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Answer b) Juan Martin Del Potro. Former World number four Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro won the ATP Stockholm Open after defeating American Jack Sock 7-5, 6-1 in the final. This was the Argentine’s first title after 34 months, his last title being at Sydney in 2014. Del Potro returned to action in February 2016 after almost a year’s layoff due to recurring wrist injuries.
13. Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani who passed away recently, He was the former ruler of _____________
a) Egypt
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Qatar
d) United Arab Emirates
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Answer c) Qatar . Qatar has announced three days of national mourning after the former Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani, who was deposed in a palace coup, died aged 84. During his time as leader from 1972 to 1995, he oversaw the transformation of modern-day Qatar into an energy-rich country — where the phenomenal wealth from gas and oil exports transformed the tiny Gulf state.
14. Anti-war activist Tom Hayden who passed away recently, he was from _____________
a) USA
b) Spain
c) Poland
d) France
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Answer a) USA. Famed American anti-war activist Tom Hayden has died aged 76. Hayden died in his home in Santa Monica “after a lengthy illness”. He was a member of the “Chicago seven” charged with conspiracy over anti-Vietnam war protests in 1968 and eventually acquitted. Born in Michigan in 1939, he became an activist during his time at the University of Michigan, where he helped to found Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
