Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been unanimously elected as the National President of the Indian Medical Association for the year 2016-17?
a) R N Tandon
b) Ravi Wankhedkar
c) K K Aggarwal
d) T G Ganesh Kumar
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Answer c) K K Aggarwal. Cardiologist K K Aggarwal has been unanimously elected as the National President of the Indian Medical Association for the year 2016-17. Mr. Aggarwal is currently the Secretary General of the doctors association. Dr Ravi Wankhedkar from Maharashtra will be the National President for the year 2017-18 and Dr R N Tandon will take over as Honorary Secretary General. The new team will take over on December 28.
2. Trinamool Congress became India’s ________ national party after it was recognised as a ‘State party’ in West Bengal, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur
a) Seventh
b) Eighth
c) Ninth
d) Tenth
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Answer a) Seventh . The Election Commission confirmed that the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress is now a ‘National party’. Trinamool Congress became India’s seventh national party after it was recognised as a ‘State party’ in West Bengal, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. The party will now be allotted its flower and grass symbol exclusively to contest elections across India.
3. PM Narendra Modi has announced Rs 200cr package to engage _______________ youths in sports
a) Gujarat
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Telangana
d) Odisha
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Answer b) Jammu and Kashmir. In a step to encourage Jammu & Kashmir’s youth towards sports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a special package of Rs. 200 crore. The package provides for construction of indoor sporting halls in all districts of the State with a view to provide playing facilities to youth during long winter in the state.
4. Solung festival celebrated in _____________
a) Andra Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Madya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
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Answer b) Arunachal Pradesh. The Northeast region is home to a number of tribes, each with a distinct culture and rich heritage. The Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh recently celebrated the Solung Festival, which is associated with farming. In Delhi, people from the Adi tribe organized a special event to celebrate the festival.
5. Odisha becoming the _____ state to ratify the Bill the requirement of 50 percent of states and UTs ratifying it has been completed
a) 16th
b) 18th
c) 19th
d) 20th
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Answer a) 16th . The goods and services tax (GST) constitutional amendment Bill crossed an important landmark with Odisha becoming the 16th state to ratify the Bill the requirement of 50 percent of states and UTs ratifying it has been completed. Dubbed as the biggest tax reform in India, GST will subsume most indirect taxes, like excise duty, service tax and VAT.
6. India and _____________ signed 12 Agreements to boost bilateral ties
a) Singapore
b) China
c) Vietnam
d) Spain
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Answer c) Vietnam. India and Vietnam signed 12 agreements in a wide range of areas covering defence, IT, space, double taxation and sharing white shipping information, signalling a strong upward push in their strategic ties. The agreements were signed by officials of the two sides in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
7. E-retailer ____________ has launched its own private cloud platform called Cirrus
a) Amazon
b) Snapdeal
c) Filpkart
d) Paytm
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Answer b) Snapdeal. E-retailer Snapdeal has launched its own private cloud platform called Cirrus, in an attempt to cut costs and enhance performance across its applications. Spanning across three data centre regions, with a server architecture of 1,00,000 cores and 16 PB of storage, the open-sourced Cirrus will analyse big data to build personalised and relevant consumer experiences, Snapdeal said in a statement.
8. ______________ has become the 17th state after Orissa to ratify the GST Bill
a) Sikkim
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan
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Answer d) Rajasthan . The Rajasthan Assembly approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) unanimously. Rajasthan has become the 17th state after Orissa to ratify the GST Bill. Notably, the tax reform bill has already fulfilled the requirement of approval from at least 16 state/UT legislatures and can be sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his approval.
9. India and ____________ agreed to expand defence cooperation
a) Iran
b) Egypt
c) Germany
d) China
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Answer b) Egypt. PM Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have decided to step up defence and security cooperation to deal with radicalisation and terrorism, during bilateral talks held in India on Friday. Modi said that the two countries agreed on an “action-oriented agenda” in various sectors. Reportedly, the countries will also expand trade relations to exploit new economic opportunities.
10. The Puducherry Assembly becomes ______ state to ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax
a) 13th
b) 14th
c) 15th
d) 16th
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Answer c) 15th. The Puducherry Assembly ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax. With Odisha becoming the 15th state to pass the same, the bill has now got the required number of states’ assent before the President can notify it as a law. The Centre seeks the GST rollout by April 1, 2017.
11. Aiming to promote avian tourism, the _______________ forest department will host its first “Bird Festival” in the state in November
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Rajasthan
d) Goa
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Answer d) Goa. Aiming to promote avian tourism, the Goa forest department will host its first “Bird Festival” in the state in November, state Environment and Forest Minister Rajendra Arlekar said. Goa is home to nearly a third of all the bird species in the country,” he added. The event will include bird-watching sessions at the state’s numerous wildlife sanctuaries.
12. Which airline company has launched an in-flight entertainment service named ‘JetScreen’?
a) Spice Jet
b) Vistara
c) Jet Airways
d) Air India
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Answer c) Jet Airways. Airline company ‘Jet Airways’ has launched an in-flight entertainment service named ‘JetScreen’, which will reportedly allow passengers to stream 220 hours of digital content on smartphones, tablets or laptops for free. The service will use an onboard wireless streaming technology. The airline claims that this is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ service in the Indian domestic flying space.
13. Who has been made an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the 24th Indian cricketer to be bestowed the honour?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Zaheer Khan
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) VVS Laxman
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Answer b) Zaheer Khan. Former pacer Zaheer Khan has been made an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the 24th Indian cricketer to be bestowed the honour. “MCC has elected Zaheer Khan as an Honorary Life Member of the Club,” the Club said in a statement. Zaheer is the second former India international to be elected in recent weeks following Virender Sehwag, who became an Honorary Life Member last month.
14. India sends _____ athletes to Rio Summer Paralympic Games
a) 10
b) 17
c) 19
d) 23
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Answer c) 19. The largest-ever Indian Paralympic contingent left for Rio de Janeiro for Summer Paralympic Games. The team of 19 athletes will be looking to better the medal haul India enjoyed at the Rio Games. This year, India has athletes participating in the Games which start on 7th September and ends on 18th September.
