Current Affairs Quiz – September 22 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme is associated with
a) People belong to Minority Group
b) Elderly Persons
c) Family of Para Military Forces
d) Persons with Disabilities

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Answer d) Persons with Disabilities.

2. Shobana Bhartia is associated with
a) Reuters
b) BBC
c) Hindustan Times
d) Hindu

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Answer c) Hindustan Times. PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bhartia have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council.

3. GOI has signed an MoU with which company for Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme?
a) LIC
b) United India Insurance Company
c) Oriental Insurance Company
d) New India Assurance Company

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Answer d) New India Assurance Company.

4. Who is the current Chairman cum Managing Director of New India Assurance Company Ltd?
a) L Krishna Kumar
b) N Bhattacharya
c) G Srinivasan
d) S Saravana Pandiyan

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Answer c) G Srinivasan.

5. Who has been elected as the new chairman of the US India Business Council (USIBC)?
a) Sanjay Mukherjee
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Vengadesh Govindaswamy
d) John T Chambers

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Answer d) John T Chambers.

6. Apoorva and C-421 are
a) Tanks
b) Ships
c) Aircrafts
d) Vaccines

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Answer b) Ships. Two Indian Coast Guard Ships named Apoorva and C-421 were commissioned at Naval Dock, Mumbai

7. With which country India signed a Joint Declaration of Intent in Education recently?
a) China
b) Sri Lanka
c) Germany
d) Russia

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Answer c) Germany

8. The Mission 2022 has been launched by Indian Diaspora in
a) Canada
b) UAE
c) USA
d) UK

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Answer c) USA. Launched with the support of Confederation of Indian Industries to make US-India partnership a defining partnership of the 21st century.

9. According to Asian Development Bank, the India’s growth projection for the current fiscal will be
a) 7%
b) 7.4%
c) 7.8%
d) 8.2%

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Answer c) 7.4%. ADB has lowered the growth rate from 7.8%. The reasons behind the lowered projections are weak monsoon, poor external demand and inability of the government to push economic reforms in Parliament.

10. The Cabinet has approved the setting up of Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) in
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Kanpur
d) Varanasi

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Answer b) New Delhi. The ISLRTC will be under the aegis of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

11. The 9th Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (RPBD) at Los Angeles on the 14th and 15th November 2015 in
a) Los Angeles
b) Boulder
c) Ohio
d) Texas

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Answer a) Los Angeles. The Theme for RPBD Los Angeles will be – “The Indian Diaspora: Defining a New Paradigm in India-US Relationship”.

12. Which country has declared Cow as the national animal?
a) Bhutan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Laos

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Answer c) Nepal.

13. Bharat Dynamics Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with _______ to tap business opportunities in the area of missiles and underwater weapon systems.
a) Hindustan Aeronautics Lts
b) Rafael
c) Hinnaceus USA
d) ECIL

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Answer d) ECIL – Electronics Corporation of India Ltd.

14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit ______ and the US from September 23-29.
a) Scotland
b) Ireland
c) Wales
d) Iceland

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Answer b) Ireland.