Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been named as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat?
a) Nitin Patel
b) Anandiben Patel
c) Vijay Rupani
d) Saurabh Patel
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Answer c) Vijay Rupani. BJP state Chief Vijay Rupani has been named the new Chief Minister of Gujarat after a meeting of the BJP legislators at State Party headquarter Shree Kamalam here on Friday. Vijay Rupani will take over as the new chief minister of Gujarat .Nitin Patel will be the deputy chief minister of Gujarat. The oath taking ceremony will take place on Sunday, 7 August, 2016.
2. Government of India has exempted _________ from the purview of compulsorily providing Aadhaar numbers for availing University Grants Commission (UGC) scholarships and fellowships
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Kerala
d) Assam
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Answer d) Assam . The Centre has exempted Assam from the purview of compulsorily providing Aadhaar numbers for availing University Grants Commission (UGC) scholarships and fellowships. This comes after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal informed Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar about the problems faced by the students of the state in getting UGC scholarships because of the Aadhaar norms.
3. The Reserve Bank of India launched a website called ___________ to identify instances of illegal acceptances of deposits, and provide timely information to the public
a) Sachet
b) Sacket
c) Sakshi
d) Sacjet
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Answer a) Sachet. The Reserve Bank of India launched a website ‘Sachet’ to identify instances of illegal acceptances of deposits, and provide timely information to the public. Through this, people can file complaints and obtain information about entities allowed to accept deposits, a release read. The website would enhance coordination among regulators and state government agencies, it added.
4. Which State government will open 51 cyber laboratories on August 15 this year?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Sikkim
d) Rajasthan
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Answer b) Maharashtra. The Maharashtra government will open 51 cyber laboratories on August 15 this year, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) KP Bakshi said on Thursday. The new laboratories will cover 34 districts across the state. Notably, Maharashtra has seen a rise of 142.1% from 2013 to 2015 in the registration of cyber crime cases, according to the Crime in India Report 2015.
5. World’s tallest outdoor glass lift opened in ___________
a) India
b) USA
c) Russia
d) China
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Answer d) China . Built on the side of a cliff in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Bailong Elevator is the world’s tallest outdoor glass lift with a height of 1,070 feet (approx 325 metres). Recognised by the Guinness World Records, it is also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator and consists of three lifts which take around a minute to reach the top.
6. Southern India’s first Doppler weather radar launched in _______________
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka
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Answer c) Kerala. Southern India’s first Doppler weather radar, which can provide advance information about storms, cyclones, and other severe weather conditions, was on Thursday inaugurated at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram. This is India’s second C-Band Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar (C-DWR) as the first was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi in Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, in May 2015.
7. Government of India fixed the retail inflation target of ______ for next 5 years
a) 4%
b) 5%
c) 6%
d) 7%
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Answer a) 4%. Minister of State for Finance Arjun Meghwal, tabled a notification in the parliament informing that the retail inflation target of 4% (+/-2%) till 2021 was in line with the agreement reached with the Reserve Bank of India. The minister said, “Fixation of…target while giving due emphasis to the objective of growth” is an important monetary policy reform.
8. Which State government signed a MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up Water Resources Information System?
a) Assam
b) Telangana
c) Rajasthan
d) Kerala
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Answer b) Telangana . State Irrigation Department will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up Telangana Water Resources Information System. The system will keep eye from sky on state’s water resources and ISRO will update the system with new satellite imagery of all water bodies every fortnight. According to an official release, the new system will be set up by ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre.
9. Who is the new Prime Minister of Tunisia?
a) Habib Essid
b) Neji Jalloul
c) Mohamed Ennaceur
d) Youssef Chahed
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Answer d) Youssef Chahed. Tunisia’s President BejiCaidEssebsi named Youssef Chahed as the new prime minister after parliament ousted HabibEssid in a vote of no-confidence because of his handling of economic reforms and security. A junior minister in Essid’s government, Chahed, 41, is an agricultural sciences specialist and academic who has taught in France and Tunisia. He is also part of the NidaaTounes secular party and has ties to Essebsi’s family, which has led to some criticism from opposition leaders.
10. Patanjali Ayurveda will set up a ₹500 crore food processing unit in _______________
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Madya pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Andra Pradesh
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Answer b) Madya pradesh. Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurveda will set up a ₹500 crore food processing unit in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. “We have demarcated 400 acres of land to Patanjali Ayurveda… and have got an advance of ₹1 crore,” a senior official said. The food processing project, to start production in three years, will provide direct employment to around 700 people, he added.
11. Which online retailer company launched its own dedicated cargo plane service for deliveries to its Prime Members?
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Amazon
d) Paytm
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Answer c) Amazon . Online retail giant Amazon launched its own dedicated cargo plane service for deliveries to its Prime members. Amazon also debuted its first ever branded air cargo plane ‘Amazon One’, a Boeing 767-300. The company said that it will lease 40 such planes in the next two years for its deliveries across the United States.
12. German automaker Volkswagen announced the establishment of its IT delivery and support centre in ____________ called Volkswagen IT Services India
a) Pune
b) Agra
c) Jaipur
d) Kochi
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Answer a) Pune. German automaker Volkswagen announced the establishment of its IT delivery and support centre in Pune, called Volkswagen IT Services India. A total of €3 million (₹22.5 crore) has been invested in the centre with 300 professionals at present, a company statement read. It will reportedly focus on IT delivery and drive innovation for Volkswagen brands across all geographies.
13. Mahim Bora who passed away recently was a/an
a) English litterateur
b) Tamil litterateur
c) Assamese litterateur
d) Kannada litterateur
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Answer c) Assamese litterateur. Eminent Assamese litterateur Mahim Bora died due to old age problems in a private nursing home here, his family sources said. He was 92. He was admitted to the nursing home on Wednesday after his health condition deteriorated at his home in Nagaon district. Bora was a Padma Shri and SahityaAkademi winner and is survived by a son and two daughters-in-law.
