Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who won the EU’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2016?
a) Raif Badawi and Lamiya Aji Bashar
b) Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar
c) Denis Mukwege and Lamiya Aji Bashar
d) Nadia Murad and Raif Badawi
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Answer b) Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar. Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar were won the EU’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize, Yazidi women who survived sexual enslavement by Islamic State before escaping and becoming “inspirational” advocates for their community in Iraq. The annual Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, established in 1988, is named after the Soviet physicist and outspoken dissident Andrei Sakharov.
2. The World Bank has appointed __________ as its first advisor tasked with promoting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues in the bank’s development work
a) Rakesh Bahadur
b) Gonzalo Castro
c) Clifton Cortez
d) Ethiopis Tafara
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Answer c) Clifton Cortez. The World Bank has appointed Clifton Cortez as its first advisor tasked with promoting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues in the bank’s development work. The newly created senior position is part of the bank’s commitment to researching and curbing discrimination against LGBTI persons across the 136 countries where it operates.
3. Which documentary film won the first prize in the Documentary Film category at the sixth CAM International Film Festival?
a) Daughters of Mother India
b) India’s Daughter
c) Mother India
d) Nations Daughter
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Answer a) Daughters of Mother India. Indian National Award winning documentary “Daughters of Mother India” won the first prize in the Documentary Film category at the sixth CAM International Film Festival. The fest was organised by Arabic Egyptian Society for Culture, Media and Arts (CMA) in cairo.
4. Railways launched a new weekly superfast train services between Ballia and Anand Vihar in __________________
a) Gujarat
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madya Pradesh
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer b) Uttar Pradesh. Railways launched a new weekly superfast train services between Ballia and Anand Vihar in Uttar Pradesh for the view of the growing demand of the passengers from the region, ahead of Diwali. Prabhu flagged off the train through video-conferencing in the presence of Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha and senior railway officials.
5. National Pharmacy Buyer Day is observed on?
a) October 26
b) October 27
c) October 28
d) October 29
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Answer c) October 28. National Pharmacy Buyer Day is observed annually on Friday (October 28 2016) of the last full week in October. Pharmacy buyers are the men and women who keep the shelves stocked with the necessary medications, supplies and small durable medical equipment pharmacies dispense on a daily basis. They shop wholesale markets and are in charge of managing inventory as well as costs for hospital pharmacies and large clinics.
6. Which State became India’s second open defecation free state?
a) Andra Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Telangana
d) Himachal Pradesh
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Answer d) Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was declared ‘Open Defecation Free’ (ODF), the country’s second state, after Sikkim to get this status under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ to have toilet for every individual household. Among bigger states, however, Himachal Pradesh will be the first state to become ODF.
7. India ranked _____ among world nations most inflicted with terrorism and insurgency related deaths
a) Third
b) Fifth
c) Seventh
d) Ninth
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Answer a) Third . India ranks third among world nations most inflicted with terrorism and insurgency related deaths, after the areas ridden with violence by ISIS and Nigeria’s Boko Haram, the Supreme Court. Making this submission, the Chhattisgarh government also claimed in the apex court that more people were being killed in this Naxal-affected state than terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir and the involvement of extreme left-wing activists in the area was adding fuel to the fire.
8. Which state government has set up a fitment committee for implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for its employees and pensioners?
a) Assam
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Rajasthan
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Answer c) Odisha . Odisha government said it has set up a fitment committee for implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for its employees and pensioners. The 7th Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur had recommended a 23.55 per cent overall hike in pay, allowances and pensions for central government employees with effect from January 1 this year.
9. India ranked ____ in a new Global Youth Development Index
a) 97
b) 111
c) 125
d) 133
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Answer d) 133. India has ranked very poorly at 133 in a new Global Youth Development Index compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat on the countries’ prospects for young people in employment, education, health, civic and political spheres. India ranked 133rd in the index covering 183 nations, below neighbouring countries like Nepal (77), Bhutan (69) and Sri Lanka (31) and trailing behind the South Asian average.
10. International Internet Day is observed on?
a) October 28
b) October 29
c) October 30
d) October 31
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Answer a) October 28. International Internet Day is celebrated worldwide, every year on 29th of October. Since the year 2005 the International Internet Day has been famously celebrated to commemorate a momentous day in the history of telecommunications and technology.
11. World’s largest marine park created in _______________
a) Antarctica
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) Australia
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Answer a) Antarctica. A landmark international agreement to create the world’s largest marine park in the Southern Ocean has been brokered in Australia, after five years of compromises and failed negotiations. More than 1.5m sq km of the Ross Sea around Antarctica will be protected under the deal brokered between 24 countries and the European Union.
12. National Chocolate Day is observed on?
a) October 25
b) October 26
c) October 27
d) October 28
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Answer d) October 28. National Chocolate Day is observed on October 28, 2016. Chocolate has got so many fans all over the world that there are diverse chocolate days. National Chocolate Day is not to be mixed up with Chocolate Day on July 7th or International Chocolate Day on September 13th. After all they are all tributes to the delicious tender sweetness called chocolate.
13. National Ayurveda Day is observed on?
a) October 28
b) October 29
c) October 30
d) October 31
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Answer b) October 29. According to the Ayush Ministry National Ayurveda Day will be observed on October 28 across the country. The Ministry is also organising a day-long National Seminar on Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda on the occasion. A statement from the Ministry also said that it will launch Mission Madhumeha through Ayurveda on the occasion.
14. Which country is set to build the first nature-inspired mall in the world?
a) India
b) USA
c) Dubai
d) Russia
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Answer c) Dubai. Dubai is set to build the first nature-inspired mall in the world, at the cost of $300 million (around ₹2,000 crore). The Cityland Mall will feature a 2,00,000-square-foot open-air garden, a mini water park and a 300-year-old ancient tree garden. There will also be a 360-degree rooftop garden and a 3,000-seat amphitheatre at the mall.
15. The Government has made the support for Indian languages mandatory in all mobile phones to be sold in the country from ____________
a) March 2017
b) May 2017
c) June 2017
d) July 2017
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Answer d) July 2017. The Government has made the support for Indian languages mandatory in all mobile phones to be sold in the country from July 2017. The new standard mandates mobile phone companies to provide message typing facility in English, Hindi and a regional language. Further, text reading support would have to be provided in all Indian languages.
16. The Labour Ministry has decided to fix the minimum wage at ______ per day for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in the central sphere
a) 250
b) 350
c) 450
d) 500
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Answer b) 350. The Labour Ministry has decided to fix the minimum wage at ₹350 per day for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in the central sphere. “The ministry will notify minimum wages on November 1 to enhance minimum wages,” Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said. Currently, the national floor level minimum wage is ₹160 per day.
17. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank?
a) Meglena Kuneva
b) Boyko Borissov
c) Georgi Parvanov
d) Kristalina Georgieva
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Answer d) Kristalina Georgieva. Kristalina Georgieva, a former head of EU humanitarian affairs and vice-president of the European Commission, was on Friday appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank. Georgieva will report to the bank’s president, Jim Yong Kim, who has been reappointed for another five-year term. Notably, Georgieva will begin her appointment by January 2017.
18. India and ______________ have signed a revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for the avoidance of double taxation
a) USA
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) Germany
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Answer c) South Korea. India and South Korea have signed a revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. The Provisions of the new DTAA will have effect in India in respect of income derived in fiscal years beginning on or after 1 April 2017.
19. Who has become the first player to score 10,000 Test runs as opener?
a) Gautam Gambhir
b) Alastair Cook
c) David Warner
d) Hashim Amla
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Answer b) Alastair Cook. England Test captain Alastair Cook has become the first player to score 10,000 Test runs as opener. Cook achieved the feat during the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday, taking his opening tally to 10,002 runs in 229 innings. Before Cook, Sunil Gavaskar held the record for most Test runs as opener, with 9,607 runs in 203 innings.
20. Shashikala Kakodar who passed away recently, she was the first woman chief minister of _________
a) Goa
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Haryana
d) Gujarat
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Answer a) Goa . Goa’s first woman chief minister Shashikala Kakodar passed away, after a brief illness. She was 81. A prominent leader of the Maharashtrwadi Gomantak Party, Kakodkar was the daughter of Goa’s first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar.
