Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been appointed as President and CEO of Ericsson?
a) Jan Frykhammar
b) Hans Vestberg
c) Borje Ekholm
d) Steve Ballmer
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Answer c) Borje Ekholm. Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson its board of directors has appointed Borje Ekholm as President and CEO, effective January 16, 2017. Ekholm joins Ericsson from his current position as CEO of Patricia Industries, a division within Investor. His appointment comes almost three months after the company ousted global CEO Hans Vestberg.
2. Who has been appointed as the new Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union?
a) Vimla Mehra
b) Supriya Sahu
c) Chandrakala
d) Meera Borwankar
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Answer b) Supriya Sahu. Doordarshan DG Supriya Sahu has been appointed as the new Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. The public broadcaster said that it participated in the 53rd annual Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union General Assembly, hosted by the Indonesian public broadcaster RRI, which concluded in Bali, Indonesia on 25th October.
3. Who has been appointed as Director of Enforcement Directorate?
a) Karnal Singh
b) DK Gupta
c) Rajan S Katoch
d) KM Agarwal
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Answer a) Karnal Singh. Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh was appointed chief of Enforcement Directorate, the agency entrusted with probing money laundering cases. The appointments committee of cabinet has approved the appointment of Singh as director, Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 31, 2017.Singh, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Union territories cadre, is holding the additional charge of ED chief since August last year. He is at present special director in the ED.
4. India named __________________ as the next High Commissioner to Australia
a) PK Sharma
b) Om Prakash
c) Ravinder Kumar
d) Ajay M. Gondane
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Answer d) Ajay M. Gondane. India named Ajay M. Gondane as the next High Commissioner to Australia. He is from Indian Foreign Service Batch 1985 and is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Dr Gondane’s appointment was announced days after the current High Commissioner His Excellency Mr. Navdeep Suri was appointed as Indian Ambassador to UAE.
5. _______________has launched the first ever dental insurance product in the country
a) Apollo
b) OCARE
c) Bajaj
d) Reliance
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Answer b) OCARE. Mumbai-based independent Insurance Process as a Service (IPAAS) platform, OCARE has launched the first ever dental insurance product in the country. A group insurance product aims to make dental treatments accessible, affordable and achievable for the end-users. With its nationwide effort, OCARE will offer group dental insurance to villages through gram panchayats of the country.
6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) India joined hands with Intel to launch a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in ______________
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) Bangalore
d) Hyderabad
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Answer c) Bangalore . Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) India joined hands with Intel to launch a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bangalore that would help demonstrate High Performance Computing (HPC) as a service for customers. The centre will also enable research institutions and academia to test their applications on the latest HPC platform innovations, enabled by Intel technologies, and accelerates HPC adoption in India.
7. ___________ and _____________ received their first gold ATM’s this festive season recently
a) New Delhi and Bangalore
b) Mumbai and Bangalore
c) Chennai and Hyderabad
d) Mumbai and New Delhi
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Answer a) New Delhi and Bangalore. A unique automatic telling machine (ATM) has grabbed the attention of people in Bengaluru and New Delhi, as instead of dispensing money, it accepts money from users and dispenses gold coins in exchange. This one of its kind experiment has been initiated by online jewellery company Blue Stone on the occasion of Diwali. The mechanism behind its usage is quite simple and a frequent ATM user can operate it without any hassle.
8. ______________becomes third African country to pull out of the International Criminal Court
a) Nigeria
b) Tunisia
c) Tanzania
d) Gambia
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Answer d) Gambia . Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of “persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans”. Announcement comes after similar decisions earlier this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the institution, set up to try the world’s worst crimes.
9. MMTC ties up with banks to sell Indian Gold Coin, Expand MMTC?
a) Mines and Minerals Trading Corporation
b) Metals and Minerals Trading Company
c) Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation
d) Metals and Minerals Trading Company
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Answer c) Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation. Public sector major MMTC (Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation) has joined hands with HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Andhra Bank to retail gold coins with a new buyback option. Besides its own outlets across the country, MMTC has tied up with Indian Overseas Bank, Vijaya Bank, Federal Bank and YES Bank to sell gold coins in denominations of 5 gm and 10 gm coin and 20 gm bar.
10. 69th Infantry Day by the Indian Army is observed on?
a) October 27
b) October 28
c) October 29
d) October 30
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Answer a) October 27. October 27 is celebrated as Infantry Day by the Indian Army as it was on this day in 1947 that an infantry company of the 1st Battalion of the Sikh Regiment was airlifted from Delhi to Srinagar to liberate Kashmir from the invading tribal irregulars who were supported by the Pakistan army.
11. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed on?
a) October 26
b) October 27
c) October 28
d) October 29
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Answer b) October 27. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) works with organizations, governments and communities promote the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27 each year. This year 2016 Theme: “It’s Your Story – Don’t Lose It”
12. Which will be the first state to give the benefit of the 7th Central Pay Commission to its employees with effect from January 1, 2016?
a) Assam
b) West Bengal
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Haryana
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Answer d) Haryana. Haryana will be the first state to give the benefit of the 7th Central Pay Commission to its employees with effect from January 1, 2016, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said. Contractual employees like Anganwadi workers and those engaged under the outsourcing policy would also be benefitted in the same proportion as the other employees, Khattar added.
13. The Cabinet approved ___ hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees and pensioners, effective from July 1, 2016
a) 1%
b) 2%
c) 5%
d) 7%
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Answer b) 2%. The Cabinet approved 2% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees and pensioners, effective from July 1, 2016. The move is expected to benefit around 50 lakh government employees and 58 lakh pensioners. Notably, DA is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to employees and pensioners to neutralise the effect of inflation.
14. Who has been named the top athlete brand in the Forbes Fab 40, the world’s most valuable sports brands?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) MS Dhoni
c) Roger Federer
d) Lionel Messi
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Answer c) Roger Federer. Roger Federer has been named the top athlete brand in the Forbes Fab 40, the world’s most valuable sports brands. The Swiss superstar has a brand value of $37 million a year, the amount by which endorsement income exceeds the average endorsement income earned by the Top 10 earning athletes in the same sport during the past year.
15. Who has been named as La Ligaplayer of the season for 2015/16?
a) Lionel Messi
b) Karim Benzema
c) Cristiano Ronaldo
d) Antoine Griezmann
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Answer d) Antoine Griezmann. Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has been named La Ligaplayer of the season for 2015/16, ahead of the likes of star duo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Atletico’s Diego Simeone also took the coach of the season award while Barcelona’s Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was named the top non-EU player. Atletico dominated the awards as Jan Oblak was the best goalkeeper, Diego Godin top defender and Frenchman Griezmann also claimed the fans’ award. Real Madrid weren’t left empty-handed, though, as Luka Modric was named best midfielder.
