Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which bank started first contactless mobile payment solution to enable its credit and debit customers make in-store contactless payments by just waving their smartphones ?
a) HDFC
b) ICICI
c) Yes Bank
d) SBI
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Answer b) ICICI. ICICI Bank has unveiled the country’s first contactless mobile payment solution to enable its credit and debit customers make in-store contactless payments by just waving their smartphones near an NFC-enabled merchant terminal. The mobile payment solution available in the Bank’s ‘Pockets’ app, provides improved convenience of ‘Touch & Pay’ as customers are no longer required to carry physical card or cash to pay in stores.
2. who was the author of the book Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography ?
a) Prameela
b) Pramod kapoor
c) Prakash
d) Prabakar
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Answer b) Pramod Kapoor. Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography authored by Pramod Kapoor, it is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi who played a key role in Indian independence movement. The book is an intimate study into the evolution of a mischievous, fun-loving boy, into the Mahatma. It also seeks to decode Gandhi for modern generation.
3. Uber has tied up with which bank provide instant vehicle finance to ‘driver-partners’ ?
a) Yes bank
b) SBI
c) HDFC
d) ICICI
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Answer b) SBI. Public sector lender SBI has tied up with taxi-aggregator Uber to provide instant vehicle finance to ‘driver-partners’ on the latter’s platform. The scheme would encourage skilled drivers to overcome liquidity crunch and excess documentation requirements to become an entrepreneur.
4. Which bank Launched Smartup, a banking solution for startups?
a) SBI
b) HDFC
c) ICICI
d) YES bank
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Answer b) HDFC. HDFC Bank Ltd has launched SmartUp, a dedicated banking solution for startups, in association with Zone Startups India, a startup accelerator in Mumbai. SmartUp is tailored to meet all the requirements of a startup – offering banking and payment solutions, along with advisory and forex services.
5. Famous Shehnai exponent has passed away recently, who is he?
a) Ustad Bismillah Khan.
b) Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan
c) Ravi Shankar
d) None
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Answer b) Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan. Famous Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. Ustad Khan was felicitated with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Hindustani instrumental music.
6. Recently Paul Daniels has passed away. He was an___?
a) Musician
b) Lyricist
c) Magician
d) Dancer
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Answer c) Magician. Television magician Paul Daniels has died aged 77 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Daniels is famed for his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994.
7. UN has suspended ____ as a goodwill ambassador ?
a) Maria Sharapova
b) Sania MIrza
c) Martina Hingis
d) Serena Williams
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Answer a) Maria Sharapova. The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador following the Russian tennis star’s admission that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January. The UN Development Programme, which works to eradicate poverty and inequality, has discontinued its nine-year relationship with Sharapova pending the outcome of the case. Much of her work with the UNDP had focused on efforts to help survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
8. Recently India and ___ have exchanged offers on the removal of a list of tariffs?
a) China
b) Japan
c) Singapore
d) Russia
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Answer a) China. India and China have exchanged offers on the removal of a list of tariffs on import of goods. Against India’s offer to remove 42.5% of tariff lines, China has expressed willingness to abolish the same amount of tariff.
9. Who won Chameli Devi Jain Award?
a) Priyanka Kakodkar
b) Raksha Kumar
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Both A and B
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Answer d) Both A and B. Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar were named as joint winners of the 2015-16 Chameli Devi Jain Award. They were awarded for their work that clubs social concern and compassion with pioneering reportage and analytical skills.
10. _______ launched its new social media mobile application called ‘Waffle’ ?
a) Nokia
b) Samsung
c) LG
d) Sanswerui
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Answer b) Samsung. Samsung recently unveiled its new social media mobile application called ‘Waffle’ which uses a picture-based grid layout user interface that resembles the grid on a waffle. According to the company, the app enables its users to post a picture on a grid, and then others in their social circle can post additional images around it, creating a ‘waffle’ of socialization.
