Current Affairs Quiz – September 3 2015

Current Affairs Quiz

1. The SAARC countries’ conference on disaster has began in

a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Jaipur
d) Mumbai

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Answer a) New Delhi. The SAARC countries’ conference on disaster has began in New Delhi. The main objective of the conference is to chalk out and undertake joint efforts on various disaster related issues. India has planned an exercise named “South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise” (SAADMEx).

2. Binny yanga, who passed away recently, was a social worker based on

a) Manipur
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Meghalaya
d) Mizoram

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Answer b) Arunachal Pradesh. Binny Yanga, the social worker, has passed away due to prolonged illness at the age of 57. She is well known for her work for the welfare of weaker sections of society.

3. Who is the present MOS for Finance?

a) Krishna Muralidharan
b) Giridhar Gupta
c) Jayant Sinha
d) Pranav Mishra

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Answer c) Jayant Sinha. Jayant Sinha, the Minister of State for Finance, has announced that the government if India will invest Rs 8.5 lakh crore in Indian Railways to change the face of the sector.

4. The FSSAI has reduced the level of trans-fat in edible oils to

a) 8%
b) 7%
c) 6%
d) 5%

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Answer d) 5%. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reduced permitted trans-fat content in edible fats and oils in the country from 10 to 5 per cent.

5. The GOI has notified the merger of commodities market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with

a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Securities Exchange Board of India
c) PFRDA
d) IRDA

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Answer b) Securities Exchange Board of India

6. The ____________ has become the first zone in Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings.

a) West-Central Railway Zone
b) South-Central Railway Zone
c) North-East Railway Zone
d) None of the above

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Answer a) West-Central Railway Zone.

7. Cabinet has recently approved reimbursement to 4 PSUs for import of

a) Oilseeds
b) Petroleum
c) Pulses
d) Onions

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Answer c) Pulses.

8. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley left for ________ to participate in the two-day Conference of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.
a) Hague, Netherlands
b) Turkey
c) Sweden
d) Norway

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Answer b) Turkey.

9. The Narcotics Control Bureau is organizing the Sub-Regional Drug Focal Point Meeting in

a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) Bengaluru

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Answer b) New Delhi.

10. The ________ government is observing National Nutrition Week to educate mothers and caregivers on nutrition issues.

a) Punjab
b) Odisha
c) Assam
d) West Bengal

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Answer d) West Bengal.

11. India’s rank in FIFA is

a) 150
b) 153
c) 155
d) 157

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Answer c) 155. The Indian football team has climbed up a place to occupy 155th spot in the latest FIFA rankings. Argentina, Belgium, and Germany are ranked in top three respectively.

12. Which city is hosting LMW ITF Futures Tennis Tournament for the third time?

a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai
d) Coimbatore

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Answer d) Coimbatore. Top Indian players such as Ramkumar Ramanathan, V M Ranjeet, Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Vishnu Vardhan will be seen in action at the LMW ITF Futures tennis tournament.

13. Shahbaz Ahmed was recently in News. He is associated with

a) Cricket
b) Hockey
c) Badminton
d) Billiards

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Answer b) Hockey. Pakistan’s former hockey World Cup winning captain Shahbaz Ahmed has been appointed as the new secretary-general of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.

14. ICICI Lombard General Insurance has recently tied up with

a) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
b) Karur Vysya Bank
c) Catholic Syrian Bank
d) Canara Bank

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Answer c) Catholic Syrian Bank