CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Ramanujan Prize for 2015?
a) Srijeet Banerjee
b) Amalendu Krishna
c) Sujith Kannan
d) Sanjay Bharghava
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Answer b) Amalendu Krishna. Mathematician Dr. Amalendu Krishna has won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015. He has been honoured for his contributions in the area of algebraic cycles, algebraic K-theory and the theory of motives.
2. What is the Capital of Lithuania?
a) Vilnius
b) Maputo
c) Lima
d) Ottawa
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Answer a) Vilnius. Lithuania will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi a few hundred metres from the Russian border. The local municipality officials have chosen a spot right next to the river and by a historic Jewish synagogue to install the monument.
3. Di Maria is associated with which of the following sport?
a) Golf
b) Football
c) Basket Ball
d) Badminton
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Answer b) Football. Di Maria will join Paris Saint-Germain on a four-year deal to become the second most expensive player in the French league history. At PSG, the versatile Di Maria will be teaming up with Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani.
4. Who has been offered the post of assistant coach of Indian Women’s Hockey Team by the Sports Authority of India?
a) Sonali Gupta
b) Parineeti Mishra
c) Rani Rampal
d) Divya Kapoor
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Answer c) Rani Rampal. Indian women’s hockey team’s forward Rani Rampal was on 4th August 2015 offered the post of assistant coach by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). The move was also aimed at motivating “budding women hockey players”.
5. What is Spritam?
a) US’s Drone
b) China’s Anti tank Missile
c) Epilepsy Drug
d) NASA’s next Mars Probe
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Answer c) Epilepsy Drug. Aprecia’s Spritam- becomes first anti-epilepsy pill manufactured with 3D printer to get the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval. The pill will be launched in Market by 2016.
6. Which company is going to invest INR 4000 crore in paytm?
a) eBay
b) Flipkart
c) Amazon
d) Alibaba
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Answer d) Alibaba. Alibaba to invest INR 4000 crore in paytm(m-commerce company).Alibaba has picked up 25 per cent stake in Paytm’s parent company One97 communication through its subsidiary Ant Financial.
7. “Thare Pension Thare Pass” – the project has been launched by
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
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Answer b) Haryana. Haryana Government launched Thari Pension, Thare Pass project. The main aim of the project is to directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
8. India has signed an agreement in New and Renewable Energy Sector with
a) Seychelles
b) Mozambique
c) Maldives
d) Peru
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Answer b) Mozambique. India and Mozambique have signed an Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the cooperation in New and Renewable Energy Sector. The agreement was signed during the official visit of Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique to India
9. Who has been awarded with the PATWA – Safari India South Asia Travel Award for the year 2015?
a) Krishna Kumar
b) Ranjith Sinha
c) Dilip Parulekar
d) Kishan Nasri
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Answer c) Dilip Parulekar. Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has been awarded with the PATWA – Safari India South Asia Travel Award for the year 2015. Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) is an affiliate of United Nations WTO.
10. NASA has renewed $490 million contract with
a) China
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Europe
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Answer c) Russia. NASA has extended its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency to transport U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station for the foreseeable future. The United States has been dependent on Russia for ISS access since it ended its space shuttle program in July 2012.
11. Sun Yang is associated with
a) Chess
b) Squash
c) Swimming
d) Badminton
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Answer c) Swimming. China’s long-distance expert Sun Yang retained his 800m freestyle title at the world swimming championships.
12. The Venue of 16th FINA World Championship was?
a) Germany
b) Italy
c) Russia
d) USA
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Answer c) Russia. The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, are held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia is hosting this event for the first time.
13. Name the mobile service provider that has launched the high-speed 4G services across 296 towns across India on 6th August2015?
a) BSNL
b) Airtel
c) Reliance
d) Vodafone
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Answer b) Airtel. India’s telecom giant Airtel has launched the high-speed 4G services across 296 towns across India on 6th August2015 . For the 4G devices, Airtel has aligned with mobile handset maker Samsung to develop and provide 4G-enabled handsets in reasonable price.
