Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which Island was declared the largest river island in the world, by Guinness World Records?
a) Agatti Island
b) Willington Island
c) Majuli Island
d) Pamban Island
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Majuli Island. Majuli Island on the Brahmaputra in Assam was declared the largest river island in the world, toppling Marajo in Brazil, by Guinness World Records. The river island covers an area of around 880 km2. According to Guinness World Records, the island lost around one-third of its area in the last 30-40 years due to frequent flooding of the river.
2. Renowned sand artist ______________ has won the people’s choice prize for his sand sculpture titled “Mahatma Gandhi- World Peace” at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016
a) Nittish Bharti
b) Sudarsan Pattnaik
c) Rahul Arya
d) Manas Kumar
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Sudarsan Pattnaik. Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the people’s choice prize for his sand sculpture titled “Mahatma Gandhi- World Peace” at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016. Sudarsan has already won a gold medal for the 15-foot-high sculpture which he created at the championship held in April 2016. The sand art depicted the message of non-violence and peace.
3. India has been ranked ____ amongst 160 countries compared to rank of 54 in Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016
a) 21
b) 56
c) 49
d) 35
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) 35. India has now been ranked 35 amongst 160 countries compared to rank of 54 in Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016. This is a jump of 19 places.The World Bank has recently released a Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 report titled “Connecting to Complete 2016”. The Logistics Performance Index Report is published by World Bank every two years.
4. Which State governor took additional charge of Tamil Nadu state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Assam
d) Punjab
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Maharashtra. President Pranab Mukherjee gave Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao additional charge of Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli of Madhya Pradesh. The tenure of Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah ended while that of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav will come to an end on September 7.
5. Gujarat Governor _____________________ took additional charge of Madhya Pradesh State
a) C. Vidyasagar Rao
b) Om Prakash Kohli
c) Balram Das Tandon
d) Keshari Nath Tripathi
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Om Prakash Kohli. President Pranab Mukherjee gave Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao additional charge of Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli of Madhya Pradesh. The tenure of Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah ended while that of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav will come to an end on September 7.
6. Who has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil?
a) Dilma Rousseff
b) Jair Bolsonaro
c) Michel Temer
d) Eduardo Cunha
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Michel Temer. Michel Temer has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the presidency by the Senate in an impeachment trial. Temer took an oath of office a few hours after the Senate voted 61-20 to remove Rousseff from office for breaking fiscal laws in her management of the federal budget.
7. The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of ________________________ submits report to the Union Home Minister
a) R M Lodha
b) Ramesh Gupta
c) Mudgal
d) Madhukar Gupta
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Madhukar Gupta. The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Madhukar Gupta, Retd. Home Secretary in April, 2016, for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along Indo-Pakistan Border. The Committee has made a detailed study through discussions on threat perception, field visits and detailed discussion with stakeholders.
8. In which country Buddhists celebrated Pancha Daan festival?
a) Nepal
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Nepal. Buddhists in Nepal celebrated Pancha Daan, or the festival of five summer gifts, on August 30.Pancha Daan is known as the festival of five summer gifts, which include rice grains, unhusked rice grains, salt, money and pulses – all of which are needed for one’s daily life. These gifts are all donated to the gods and in the name of charity. This can be the five traditional gifts to gifting people some very unusual things.
9. World Coconut is observed on?
a) September 1
b) September 2
c) September 3
d) September 4
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) September 2. 2nd September is celebrated as World Coconut Day to honor the significance of coconut and to inculcate the awareness for encouraging investment for the benefits of coconut farmers.
10. La Tomatina festival celebrated in ____________
a) Australia
b) China
c) Spain
d) Iceland
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Spain . The Spanish town of Bunol celebrated one of the world’s most popular food fights, La Tomatina festival in the town of Bunol on August 31.Thousands of people have pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual “Tomatina” street battle in eastern Spain.At the fiesta in Bunol August 31, 160 tons of tomatoes were offloaded from six trucks into the crowd packing the town’s streets for the hour-long battle that attracts many foreigners.
11. The two-day “BRICS Convention on Tourism” held at ________________
a) Maharashtra
b) Madya Pradesh
c) New Delhi
d) Andra Pradesh
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Madya Pradesh. The two-day “BRICS Convention on Tourism” held at world heritage site Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. Union Culture Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate the convention. Delegations from the BRICS countries India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will participate in it.The convention is being organised as a precursor to ‘The BRICS Summit’ to be held in Goa in October this year.
12. Which smart phone manufacturer company has finally launched its own mobile payment service?
a) Samsung
b) Gionee
c) Lenovo
d) Xiaomi
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Xiaomi. Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has finally launched its own mobile payment service. Just like Samsung, Google and Apple, Xiaomi can also boast of its own payment service, ‘Mi Pay’. This ensures it can now compete actively with the likes of Android Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. The Mi Pay is as per now only available in China and not as widespread as the other mobile payment services.
13. The first BRICS film festival held in _____________
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Bangalore
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) New Delhi. The first BRICS film festival held in New Delhi. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh will inaugurate the festival. The film festival is the run up to the BRICS summit which will be held in Goa next month. The five-day festival will act as a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of cinema, culture and cuisine.
14. Who is the new President of Gabon Country?
a) Omar Bongo
b) Nicolas Sarkozy
c) Ali Bongo Ondimba
d) Jean Ping
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Ali Bongo Ondimba. Gabon’s incumbent President Ali Bongo was declared the winner of the presidential election by the country’s Interior Ministry. The Ministry said Bongo won his second term in the EU-monitored elections with 49.80% of the votes, while his rival candidate Jean Ping won 48.23%. According to reports, Jing’s supporters have started protests and denounced the elections.
15. With 86.4% literacy, the ______________ community has the highest proportion of literates among all communities in India
a) Muslim
b) Hindu
c) Christian
d) Jain
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Jain. With 86.4% literacy, the Jain community has the highest proportion of literates among all communities in India, the 2011 Census data has revealed. Jains also have the highest number of graduates among them at 11.42 lakh or 25% of their population, the data stated. Meanwhile, Muslims were revealed as the least educated, with 42.7% of the 17.22 crore being illiterate.
16. The Indian Railways has launched a scheme to provide passengers with a travel insurance coverage of up to ₹10 lakh for a premium of ____________
a) 1 rupee
b) 5 rupees
c) 92 Paise
d) 50 Paise
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) 92 Paise. The Indian Railways has launched a scheme to provide passengers with a travel insurance coverage of up to ₹10 lakh for a premium of 92 paise. The insurance applies to Indian citizens, children above the age of five, and non-suburban commuters. “Irrespective of class, destination and distance… the rate of premium and coverage will be uniform,” an official said.
17. The Election Commission (EC) announced that voting in the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections will only be done with a __________ sketch pen
a) Red
b) Green
c) Orange
d) Violet
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Violet. The Election Commission (EC) announced that voting in the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections will only be done with a violet sketch pen, manufactured especially for this purpose. The pen would be manufactured by a firm approved by the EC. This comes after the votes of 12 Congress MLAs were declared void for using a wrong pen.
18. Microsoft plans to open a cybersecurity centre in _______________
a) Bangalore
b) Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Mumbai
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Delhi. Microsoft plans to open a cybersecurity centre at Connaught Place, New Delhi to assist the government and private agencies with all-round intelligence to counter cyber attacks in the country. Microsoft has seven such centres globally, including a small office in Gurgaon that opened in June. The new centre will be modelled on Microsoft’s biggest cybersecurity setup at its Washington headquarters.
19. Who has been appointed as Managing Director and chief executive of SBI Mutual Fund?
a) Arundhati Rao
b) Archana Rao
c) Divya Rao
d) Anuradha Rao
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Anuradha Rao. Sbi Mutual Fund has appointed Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director and chief executive. Rao was Deputy Managing Director at Sbi handling New Business Portfolio. She has also worked as the Chief General Manager of personal Banking at the bank. She took charge from Dinesh Kumar Khara, who has been appointed Managing Director of State Bank Of India (Associate & Subsidiaries). Rao has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of Sbi Funds Management Pvt Ltd effective August 25, 2016. Rao has over three decades of vast experience in Banking and allied sectors.
20. Which State government increase maternity leave for female state government employees from six months to nine months recently?
a) West Bengal
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Bihar
Click here to View Answer
Answer b) Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said the government will increase maternity leave for female state government employees from six months to nine months, fulfilling an electoral promise. Adding that maternity leave for state government employees was 90 days from 1980 to 2011, Jayalalithaa said her government had initially increased the maternity leave to six months.
21. Which State has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to develop 11 small airports?
a) Bihar
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Telangana
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Gujarat. The Gujarat government has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to develop 11 small airports and airstrips under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to boost regional air connectivity in the State.
22. Actor __________________ will be awarded an honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Science
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Kamal Hasan
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Jackie Chan
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Jackie Chan. Actor Jackie Chan will be awarded an honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Science. Chan along with documentary maker Frederick Wiseman, British film editor Anne V Coates and casting director Lynn Stalmaster will be the recipients of the 2016 Governors Awards. Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs called the four “true pioneers and legends in their crafts”.
23. Who has been appointed as bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team on a three-year contract?
a) Curtly Ambrose
b) Carl Hooper
c) Courtney Walsh
d) Joel Gamer
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Courtney Walsh. West Indies great Courtney Walsh is set to take over as bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team on a three-year contract. Walsh, who was the first bowler to take 500 test wickets, has worked as a West Indies selector since he retired as a player but has not held a senior coaching role at the international level.
24. Former Indian cricketer ________________ launched SRT Sports, his own sports management company
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Virendar Sehwag
d) Sourav Ganguly
Click here to View Answer
Answer a) Sachin Tendulkar. Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched SRT Sports, his own sports management company. The former cricketer has roped in former Tata Group senior executive Mrinmoy Mukherjee as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. “SRT Sports Management’s promise is to build around three key pivots of trust, transparency, and performance”, said Mukherjee.
25. Lal Zakir who passed away recently was a/an
a) Poet
b) Actor
c) Novelist
d) Both a and c
Click here to View Answer
Answer d) Both a and c. Poet and novelist Kashmiri Lal Zakir passed away at the age of 97. Condoling the death of Zakir, who was also the Chairman of the Haryana Urdu Academy, state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “With the death…Urdu and Hindi literature have lost a doyen.” He had been conferred with the Fakhr-e-Haryana by the state government, Khattar added.
26. Islam Karimov who passed away recently, he was a president of _____________
a) Kazakhstan
b) Tajikistan
c) Uzbekistan
d) Kyrgyzstan
Click here to View Answer
Answer c) Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan’s state media announced that the country’s President Islam Karimov has passed away, hours after the Uzbek government stated that he was critically ill. Karimov had ruled Uzbekistan since 1989 as an autocrat and has reportedly named no successor. Karimov’s elder daughter Gulnara was seen as a potential heir before Karimov placed her under house arrest in 2014.
