Current Affairs Quiz
1. Kirthiga Reddy is associated with
a) IBM
b) Google
c) Microsoft
d) Facebook
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Answer d) Facebook. Facebook Inc’s India managing director, Kirthiga Reddy, said she is stepping down and returning to the United States to “explore new opportunities” at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Reddy joined Facebook in 2010 as its first employee in India.
2. Name the firm that is going to set up India’s first LCD manufacturing facility.
a) Twilight Ventures
b) Twinstar Display Technologies
c) Glow Tech International
d) Bright View Tech
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Answer b) Twinstar Display Technologies. NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal has announced that his firm Twinstar Display Technologies will set up India’s first LCD manufacturing facility. The firm will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra government to set up the facility.
3. Swedish defence firm Saab has tied up with an Indian company. Name the company.
a) Geetha Group
b) Kalyani Group
c) Raman Group
d) Hindustan Aeronautics
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Answer b) Kalyani Group. Kalyani Group has tied up with Swedish defence major Saab to form a joint venture firm for the multi-billion dollar contract for short range surface to air missile and man-portable very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) programmes.
4. PM Modi inaugurates Make in India Centre in
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) Bengaluru
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Answer a) Mumbai. Kicking off the ‘Make In India Week’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Make In India Centre at the MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai along with Swedish Prime Minister Kjell Stefan Lofven and the Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Petri Sipila.
5. What is India’s rank in most disaster-hit countries in 2015?
a) Third
b) Fourth
c) Fifth
d) Sixth
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Answer a) Third. According to a study released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), India has been ranked third among the top five most disaster-hit countries in 2015. India has suffered more than 2,800 deaths and over Rs 22,000 crore economic damage in the last year alone. After China and the US, which have been hit by 26 and 22 disasters respectively last year, India is the most affected country having suffered 19 disasters in 2015.
6. To improve ease of doing business, the government will soon introduce BIN. What is ‘I’ in ‘BIN’?
a) India
b) International
c) Identification
d) Identity
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Answer c) Identification. BIN – Business Identification Number.
7. DMK is one of the major parties in which state?
a) Kerala
b) Telangana
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer c) Tamil Nadu. Senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad has formally announced that the party will fight the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls in an alliance with the DMK. Mr. Azad said the DMK leadership will identify other potential allies and initiate talks.
8. The United States and ________ will sign a bilateral agreement to restore regular flights between the two countries after more than half a century.
a) Cuba
b) Venezuela
c) Syria
d) Nigeria
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Answer a) Cuba. While US law prohibits travel to Cuba for tourist activities, this arrangement will facilitate authorized travel.
9. Canada, the US and ___________ signed a deal in Winnipeg, Canada, to tap into energy cooperation among the three countries.
a) Norway
b) Denmark
c) Mexico
d) Italy
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Answer c) Mexico. Under the memorandum, the three countries will collaborate and share information in key areas such as low-carbon electricity, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency, carbon capture, use and storage, climate change adaptation, and reducing emissions from the oil and gas sector, including from methane.
10. The US government has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to ___________.
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Indonesia
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Answer b) Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million.
11. _________ is building the world’s largest shopping mall.
a) Australia
b) Switzerland
c) Dubai
d) UK
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Answer c) Dubai. Dubai said it would press ahead with plans to build the world’s largest shopping mall despite an economic slowdown looming in the region, but would assess market demand before proceeding with the project’s later stages.
12. Recently the United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in _________.
a) South Korea
b) Japan
c) Syria
d) Iran
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Answer a) South Korea. The move came as the two allies plan to start detailed discussions on bringing in an advanced, high-altitude US missile defence system opposed by China as early as next week.
13. World Radio Day is observed on _____________.
a) February 12
b) February 13
c) February 14
d) February 16
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Answer b) February 13. February 13 is observed as World Radio Day every year. The day celebrates the radio as a way of educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression across cultures. This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day is “Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster”.
14. International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed on ___________.
a) February 11
b) February 12
c) February 13
d) February 14
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Answer a) February 11. International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed on February 11. The year 2016 marks the first observance of this day. 2016 Theme: “Transforming the World: Parity in Science”.
