Current Affairs Quiz
1. A national academic depository would be established and operationalised within the next three months and would be rolled out throughout the country in _________
a) 2016-17
b) 2017-18
c) 2018-19
d) 2019-20
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Answer b) 2017-18. A national academic depository (NAD) on the lines of a securities depository is set to come up in the next three months to digitally store school learning certificates, degrees and other academic awards of institutions of higher education. The depository would be established and operationalized within the next three months and would be rolled out throughout the country in 2017-18, the Union Cabinet decided.
2. India’s first ‘Design Yatra‘, launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designer (IIID) conducted in ________________
a) Mysore, Karnataka
b) Pune, Maharashtra
c) Kozhikode, Kerala
d) Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh
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Answer c) Kozhikode, Kerala. Aiming to spread awareness and take designs to the masses, India’s first ‘Design Yatra‘, launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designer (IIID),will be in the Kozhikode city for three days from October 28. Launched on February 20 this year, the yatra will travel to 29 cities across the country by February 2017, covering 15,000 kms in three cars.
3. Which State government announced to set up 122 alert siren towers under the early warning dissemination system?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha
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Answer d) Odisha. For timely dissemination of cyclone and Tsunami alerts among coastal people, the state government announced to set up 122 alert siren towers under the early warning dissemination system. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced it here while dedicating 100 more multipurpose cyclone and flood shelters in 17 districts through videoconferencing from the state secretariat.
4. India and ____________ have approved the proposal to double the range of the BrahMos missile
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) USA
d) China
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Answer a) Russia. India and Russia have approved the proposal to double the range of the BrahMos, world’s first supersonic cruise missile at the 16th Russia-India intergovernmental commission on military cooperation meeting. The 2.5 metric ton Brahmos air-to-ground missile will be fired from an IAF (Indian Air Force) Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft that has undergone modifications to accommodate the new weapon.
5. ______________Government is all set to unveil a new tourism policy soon with a focus on developing infrastructure and promoting hotel industry by providing incentives
a) Haryana
b) Rajasthan
c) Odisha
d) Assam
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Answer c) Odisha. Odisha Government is all set to unveil a new tourism policy soon with a focus on developing infrastructure and promoting hotel industry by providing incentives. “The draft is almost completed and the new policy will be declared after it is approved by the cabinet.
6. CRISIL has downgraded rating for ____________ tier-II bonds from “AA-“to “A+” on significantly higher-than-expected deterioration in asset quality
a) Indian Bank
b) UCO Bank
c) Vijaya Bank
d) Bank of Baroda
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Answer b) UCO Bank. CRISIL has downgraded rating for UCO Bank‘s tier-II bonds from “AA-“to “A+” on significantly higher-than-expected deterioration in asset quality, which impacted the bank’s profitability for quarter ended June. The bank’s asset quality will continue to remain under pressure over the next few quarters, CRISIL. The stretched cash flow of highly leveraged corporates and limited recovery of non-performing assets (NPAs) will continue work as drag on bank’s asset quality.
7. The first case of the mosquito-borne virus (Zika) in the Southeast Asian country reported in _____________
a) Indonesia
b) Malaysia
c) Singapore
d) Myanmar
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Answer d) Myanmar . The first case of the mosquito-borne virus in the Southeast Asian country, state-owned Myanmar, a pregnant foreign woman in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon has been diagnosed with Zika. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned earlier this month that Zika was likely to spread throughout Asia after being detected in 70 countries, including at least 19 in the Asia Pacific region.
8. United Nations headquarters lights up for Diwali for the first time, United Nations headquarters located at____________
a) Washington
b) Los Angeles
c) New York
d) San Francisco
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Answer c) New York. The United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York celebrated Diwali for the first time since it declared it a non-meeting day in 2014, by beaming Diwali greetings on the facade of its building. The words ‘Happy Diwali’ were prominently displayed on the building below a diya. Notably, from 2016 onward, Diwali was made an optional holiday for the UN.
9. Which State government has announced an incentive (between ₹500 to ₹1000), for catching or killing monkeys in those areas, where they were declared as vermin?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Madya Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Nagaland
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Answer a) Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh government has announced an incentive (between ₹500 to ₹1000), for catching or killing monkeys in those areas, where they were declared as vermin. While the amount for catching monkeys (by any individual) for sterilisation will be ₹700, it will be ₹1000 for catching 80% of monkeys in one particular herd, the state’s forest minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri stated.
10. The 47th International Film Festival of India will be held in _______ between November 20 and 28
a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Goa
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Answer d) Goa . The 47th International Film Festival of India will be held in Goa between November 20 and 28. It will screen 26 feature films, including ‘Airlift’ and ‘Sultan’, and 21 non-feature films. Award-winning films on ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ will also be screened during the festival, being held jointly by the Goa Government, Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Directorate of Film Festivals.
11. Which team won the Asian Champions Trophy hockey title 2016?
a) India
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) Bangladesh
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Answer a) India . India prevailed 3-2 over Pakistan to reclaim the Asian Champions Trophy hockey title. Goals from Rupinder Pal Singh (18th minute), Yousuf Affan (23rd) and Nikkin Thimmaiah (51st) helped India surmount the challenge from Pakistan, which rallied from two goals behind through strikes by Muhammad Aleem Bilal (26th) and Ali Shan (38th) in the title clash of the fourth edition of the tournament.
12. Bangladesh registered their first-ever Test win over ___________ with a 108-run victory
a) India
b) Australia
c) England
d) South Africa
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Answer c) England . Bangladesh registered their first-ever Test win over England with a 108-run victory in the second Test at Dhaka on Sunday. This was the eighth overall Test victory for the Bangladesh team, who became a Test-playing nation in 2000, and have played 95 matches since. Zimbabwe and West Indies are the only other teams which Bangladesh have defeated in the format.
