Current Affairs Quiz
1. Indian NGO _____________ has won the inaugural FIFA Diversity Award
a) FIFA Soccer
b) Youth Soccer
c) Slum Soccer
d) None of these
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Answer c) Slum Soccer. Indian NGO Slum Soccer has won the inaugural FIFA Diversity Award. The award was created by FIFA to recognise outstanding organisations, group initiatives and football personalities that are standing up for diversity and inspire unity, solidarity and equality among all people. Slum Soccer uses football to connect individuals, teach life skills and work towards improving the living conditions of women and marginalised populations in Indian society.
2. Who has been appointed as India’s High Commissioner to the UK?
a) Arjan Singh
b) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
c) Prabhat Prakash Shukla
d) Subimal Dutt
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Answer b) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha. Senior IFS officer Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as India’s High Commissioner to the UK succeeding Navtej Sarna. Sinha, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1981 batch, is currently serving as India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Sarna has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the US. The government had appointed 1988- batch IFS officer Taranjit Singh Sandhu as the next High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka to replace Sinha.
3. Gurgaon will now be known as __________, with the Centre approving the name change
a) Gurgarm
b) Gurugaon
c) Gurugrama
d) Gurugram
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Answer d) Gurugram. Gurgaon will now be known as Gurugram, with the Centre approving the name change. Presiding over the first meeting of the state-level ‘Swarna Jayanti Celebrations Committee’ at Panchkula near in Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said now both the city as well as the district of Gurgaon would be known as Gurugram.
4. RBI approves Rs 26,000 crore CCL for paddy procurement in _____________
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Bihar
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Answer b) Punjab. The Punjab government has asked the SBI-led consortium of banks, which advances it a cash credit limit (CCL) every harvest for foodgrain procurement, to restructure an accumulated outstanding of Rs 21,000 crore. Separately, the Reserve Bank of India Monday approved the release of Rs 26,000 crore CCL for paddy procurement in Punjab, which commences in less than a week on October 1.
5. Food processing Minister _________________ laid the foundation stone of a mega food park project in Ludhiana
a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
b) Maneka Gandhi
c) Uma Bharti
d) Smriti Irani
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Answer a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone of a mega food park project in Ludhiana to be developed at a cost of Rs 117.61 crore. This mega food park is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to about 6,000 people and benefit about 25,000-30,000 farmers in its catchment area.
6. ______________has ratified the multilateral convention on administrative assistance in taxation matters
a) India
b) USA
c) Switzerland
d) China
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Answer c) Switzerland. Paving the way for the automatic exchange of tax information with India and other nations, Switzerland has ratified the multilateral convention on administrative assistance in taxation matters. In this move marks a significant step in the continuing global efforts to crackdown on illicit fund flows in the system and do away with banking secrecy practices. In efforts to clamp down on the black money menace, India has been seeking tax information from various countries, including Switzerland.
7. Microsoft partners ________________ for cloud-connected cars
a) Bajaj
b) Nissan
c) Fiat
d) Honda
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Answer b) Nissan. Technology Company Microsoft has partnered with the alliance between automotive manufacturers Renault-Nissan to work on connected car technologies. The services will provide advanced navigation, remote monitoring of car features, and over-the-air updates for cars connected to Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure. Renault-Nissan aims to develop over 10 autonomous vehicles by 2020.
8. ____________is the world’s deadliest country for outdoor air pollution, according to analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
a) India
b) USA
c) China
d) Japan
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Answer c) China. China tops the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) list for the world’s deadliest air pollution, with over one million people dying in the country in 2012 from dirty air. China is followed by India (6,21,138 deaths), and Russia (1,40,851 deaths). Notably, WHO claims that air pollution kills 30 lakh people worldwide every year.
9. India has been ranked ____ among the 138 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index 2016-17
a) 31
b) 39
c) 56
d) 63
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Answer b) 39. India’s ranking on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index for 2016-17 has improved 16 places to 39, making it the fastest riser among the 138 nations surveyed. India’s competitiveness improved across the board, particularly in goods market efficiency, business sophistication, public institutions, and innovation. Switzerland topped the rankings, followed by Singapore and the US.
10. The World Bank announced that current President ____________ has been unanimously reappointed as its head for a second five-year term, which begins on July 1, 2017
a) Christine Lagarde
b) Raguram Rajan
c) Ban Ki Moon
d) Jim Yong Kim
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Answer d) Jim Yong Kim. The World Bank announced that current President Jim Yong Kim has been unanimously reappointed as its head for a second five-year term, which begins on July 1, 2017. The US administration had nominated the Korean-American doctor for the post last month. “I would focus on building a more inclusive world free of poverty,” Kim said in a statement.
11. World Rabies Day is observed on?
a) September 26
b) September 27
c) September 28
d) September 29
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Answer c) September 28. The World Rabies Day is observed on 28 September across the world to raise awareness about the rabies disease and its preventable measures. Observance of the day seeks to raise awareness about the impact of rabies on animals and human beings. It also seeks to share information on how to prevent the disease. 2016. Theme: “Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate”.
12. Indian women’s kabaddi team won ______ in Asian Beach Games 2016
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Bronze
d) None of these
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Answer a) Gold. Indian women’s kabaddi team won the country’s first gold medal at the Asian Beach Games 2016, defeating Thailand. The team has set the record by winning five consecutive gold medals at the Games since 2008, defeating Thailand every time in the final. Meanwhile, Indian men’s kabaddi team won the silver after losing out to Pakistan in the final.
13. Shimon Peres who passed away recently, he was a former President and Prime Minister of _____________
a) Iran
b) Singapore
c) Malaysia
d) Israel
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Answer d) Israel . Former Israeli PM and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres (93) passed away while being treated at a hospital in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv on Wednesday. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his role in the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority and form the basis of negotiations to fulfill the “right of the Palestinian people to self-determination”.
