Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which company has recently acquired Silicon Valley startup Reduce Data?
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Amazon
d) eBay
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Answer b) Sanpdeal. Snapdeal has acquired Silicon Valley-based startup Reduce Data, a programmatic display advertising platform. Founded in 2012 by Asif Ali, Reduce Data’s platform uses artificial intelligence, real-time data and other tools, to help brands deliver advertising strategies for consumers across platforms and devices.
2. ________ has been named U.S. bid candidate for 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
a) Boston
b) Los Angeles
c) New York
d) California
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Answer b) Los Angeles. Los Angeles was officially selected as the American candidate city that will bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics after Boston pulled out of the race in July.
3. Who is the new Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of IAF’s Eastern Air Command?
a) Rakesh Srivastava
b) C H Kumar
c) Atul Kulkarni
d) Rajdeep Singh
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Answer b) C H Kumar. Air Marshal C H Kumar today took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command. Prior to taking over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command, Kumar was Senior Air Staff Officer, South Western Air Command.
4. Obama administration has recently renamed Mount McKinley to
a) Lendil
b) Denali
c) Kelen
d) Wesley
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Answer b) Denali
5. Air Marshal SB Deo AVSM VM VSM Takes Over Command of ______ Air Command
a) Central
b) Western
c) Eastern
d) Southern
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Answer b) Western. Air Marshal SB Deo AVSM VM VSM took over the command of Western Air Command. Prior to taking over as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command, he was Director General Air Operations at Air Headquarters and Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Eastern Air Command.
6. Sakhi, One stop crisis centre(OSCC) for women in distress, has been launched by which state government?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan
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Answer b) Haryana. Sakhi has been proposed and made to help the women especially who are victims of sexual, mental harassment.
7. Which city has been selected to host 2022 Common Wealth Games?
a) Cape Town
b) London
c) New Delhi
d) Durban
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Answer d) Durban. The South African city Durban has been selected as the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The decision has been made at the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) general assembly in New Zealand.
8. GOI’s decision on not levying MAT on capital gains made by FII is based on the recommendations of
a) R Gandhi Committee
b) Arvind Mayaram Committee
c) AP Shah Committee
d) JL Mukherjee Committee
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Answer c) AP Shah Committee. The government has decided to amend the Income Tax Act to clarify the issue with regard to levy of MAT on FIIs. MAT – Minimum Alternate Tax.
9. Who has been appointed as interim CMD of NTPC Limited?
a) RJ Mishra
b) AK Jha
c) S Raveendran
d) Narasimhan
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Answer b) AK Jha. The GOI has appointed A.K. Jha, Director (technical) at NTPC as the interim Chairman and Managing Director of the state run power generator.
10. Better Than Cash Alliance is an initiative of
a) State Bank of India
b) IMF
c) World Bank
d) United Nations
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Answer d) United Nations. GOI has decided to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance as part of its efforts to widen its financial inclusion drive.
11. Which country has won the top UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015?
a) Britain
b) China
c) Sri Lanka
d) India
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Answer d) India. India has won the top UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the remarkable conservation efforts of the majestic Sree VadakkunnathanTemple in Kerala.
12. The SERVIR-Mekong Project has been launched by
a) ASEAN and SAARC
b) ISRO and NASA
c) NASA and USAID
d) ASEAN and BRICS
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Answer c) NASA and USAID. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and the USAgency for International Development (USAID) have launched SERVIR-Mekong project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia.
13. Who has been appointed as the CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization?
a) LK Jha
b) RK Tiwari
c) LC Goyal
d) KN Tripathy
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Answer c) LC Goyal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the appointment of L C Goyal as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
14. The Reserve Bank of India has declared __________ and _________ as domestic systematic important banks.
a) ICICI and HDC
b) Axis and SBI
c) SBI and ICICI
d) UBI and PNB
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Answer c) SBI and ICICI. These banks have been identified as D-SIBs based on the methodology provided in the D-SIB Framework and data collected from banks.
15. GOI has recently released _________ rupees for Employees’ Pension Scheme?
a) 1000 Crore
b) 2000 Crore
c) 3000 Crore
d) 4000 Crore
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Answer b) 2000 Crore. Union Government has released 2,000 crore rupees to Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 as its contribution for the year 2015-16.
16. What is Skylake?
a) NASA’s new mission
b) Upcoming James Bond’s Movie
c) Core Processors
d) China’s New Fourth Generation Aircraft
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Answer c) Core Processors. Skylake is Intel’s Sixth generation Core Processors.
