Current Affairs Quiz – September 16 2015

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September 16, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. The Pentagon has established a first-ever country special cell to speed up its defence ties with
a) Israel
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) China

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Answer b) India.

2. Who has been appointed as the shadow chief secretary in UK?
a) Prakash Mishra
b) Seema Malhotra
c) Sonal Gupta
d) Anamika Singh

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Answer b) Seema Malhotra. Seema Malhotra, 43-year-old Indian-origin British MP, has been appointed as the shadow chief secretary for Treasury by the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

3. The International Cricket Council has given its clearance to the three-match T20 series (Tendulkar-Warne Series) in
a) UK
b) Germany
c) USA
d) India

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Answer c) USA. The ICC, which recently disaffiliated USA Cricket Association, put in place a new body to run the game in the country.

4. Scientists have just found the world’s longest chain of volcanoes in
a) Africa
b) Europe
c) South America
d) Australia

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Answer d) Australia. The 1,240-mile-long (2,000 kilometers) chain of fire spanned most of eastern Australia, from Hillsborough in the north, where rain forest meets the Great Barrier Reef, to the island of Tasmania in the south.

5. Yongbyon nuclear facility is in
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) China
d) North Korea

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Answer d) North Korea. North Korea has resumed normal operations at the Yongbyon complex, the country’s main nuclear facility.

6. Name the 15-year-old Indian-American girl, who has been selected for Champions of Change award in US?
a) Pavithra Krishnan
b) Nisha Anand
c) Amrutha Subramaniyam
d) Swetha Prabhakaran

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Answer d) Swetha Prabhakaran. She was chosen for empowering the community by imparting Internet coding through her non-profit organisation.

7. Sunjeev Sahota is a/an
a) Economist
b) Journalist
c) Novelist
d) Scientist

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Answer c) Novelist. Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015.

8. What is Shauryanjali?
a) Annual Conference
b) Music Meet
c) Film Festival
d) Exhibition

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Answer d) Exhibition. “Shauryanjali”, an exhibitions has been launched showcasing the major battle scenes and captured tanks of the Pakistani Army during the 1965 war, started at central Delhi’s Rajpath.

9. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been ranked at _____ place in the QS World University Rankings for 2015-16.
a) 143
b) 145
c) 147
d) 149

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Answer c) 147. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) have been placed at 179.

10. __________ has tied up with educational institutions to introduce cashless payments.
a) Snapdeal
b) Flipkart
c) Paytm
d) Amazon

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Answer c) Paytm. Mobile commerce company Paytm has tied up with educational institutions to introduce cashless payments.

11. Which city has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Games?
a) Moscow
b) Kathmandu
c) Delhi
d) Hangzhou

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Answer d) Hangzhou.

12. In Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI), India has been ranked _________ among 60 leading economies in terms of ‘business growth environment’.
a) 30th
b) 32nd
c) 34th
d) 36th

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Answer c) 34th.

13. The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed on
a) September 12
b) September 14
c) September 16
d) September 18

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Answer c) September 16. The slogan for this year “Ozone: All that is there between You and UV”.

14. Who received the ‘Certificate of Recognition’ from the California legislature for his dedication to helping Kashmiri Hindu community?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Parineeti Chopra
c) Anupham Kher
d) Lata Mangeshkar

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Answer c) Anupham Kher.