Current affairs quiz
1. What is the full form of NSCN?
a) Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland.
b) National secular committee of Nagaland
c) Net Socialist committee of Nagaland.
d) None of the above.
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Answer a) Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland. It is a Naga nationalist Military group operating in Northeast India The main aim of the organization is to establish a sovereign state, “Nagalim”.
2. DDA launches online feedback system on __________.
a) 1st August 2015
b) 2nd August 2015
c) 3rd August 2015
d)4th August 2015
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Answer c) 3rd August 2015. For better maintenance of its parks and to facilitate citizen participation in the day-to-day functioning of Delhi Development Authority, the land-owning agency launched an online feedback system on 3rd of August 2015.
3. What is the full Form of DDA?
a) Delhi Department of Acquisition
b) Delhi Development Authority
c) Department of Delhi Assessment
d) None of the above
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Answer b) Delhi Development Authority. The Delhi Development Authority was created in 1955 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act “to promote and secure the development of Delhi”.
4. Who clinched the women’s vault bronze medal at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships in Hiroshima on 3rd August 2015?
a) Dipa Karmakar
b) Dipika Sahransi
c) Sania Nehwal
d) Sania Mirza
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Answer a) Dipa Karmakar. Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched the women’s vault bronze medal at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships in Hiroshima on 3rd August 2015. Dipa, stood third at the podium with 14.725 points.
5. The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ended Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s five-year ban on entering the Wankhede Stadium which was due to end on year ________.
a) 2015
b) 2016
c) 2017
d) 2018
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Answer c) 2017. Rajasthan.The Bollywood superstar was banned for five years from entering MCA premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, by the Association’s Managing Committee, headed by the late Vilasrao Deshmukh, on May 18, 2012 .
6. A person who was known as the the ‘Voice of Racing’ died recently. Name the person.
a) Lynn
b) Samuel Anim,
c) Ambros Seelos
d) Peter O’Sullevan
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Answer d) Peter O’Sullevan. Peter O’Sullevan whose dulcet tones and well chosen words earned him the monniker the ‘Voice of Racing’ died aged 97. O’Sullevan — who also worked for the Daily Express — commentated for the BBC for 50 years (1947-97) and just prior to his 50th and final Grand National he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
7. Which advertising agency bags Tourism Ministry’s ‘Incredible India’ advertising campaign?
a) McCann
b) Adclinic
c) ADG Design
d) Advision
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Answer a) McCann. The global advertising agency McCann clinched Tourism Ministry’s ‘Incredible India’ advertising campaign. They will advertise the Campaign for the period of 3 years. The current campaign is advertised by Ogilvy India.
8. The office of the Census Commissioner and Registrar-General of India released new numbers on the level of education achieved by Indians as of 2011. What is the percentage.
a) 8.20%
b) 8.15%
c) 16%
d) 20%
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Answer b) 8.15%.[ They show that with 6.8 crore graduates and above, India still has more than six times as many illiterates.Only 8.15% of Indians are graduates!! The office of the Census Commissioner and Registrar-General of India released new numbers on the level of education achieved by Indians as of 2011.
9. Bharti Airtel, appointed _______as its Global Chief Financial Officer.
a) Nilanjan Roy
b) Srikanth Balachandaran
c) Srini Gopalan
d) None of the above
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Answer a) Nilanjan Roy. Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest mobile service provider, appointedNilanjan Roy as its Global Chief Financial Officer, taking over from Srikanth Balachandaran, who is now being appointed as the Global Chief Human Resources Officer.
10. HSBC announced to launch __________ in India for raising funds for investments in environmental projects.
a) Green India
b) Green Clean
c) Green bond
d) Green trees
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Answer c) Green bond. HSBC India’s chairman Naina Lal Kidwai announced to launch ’green. Announcement was done by the HSBC chairman in a Ficci event held on 3 August 2015. The total investment attracted by Green Bonds in last two years is 37 million dollars.
