Current Affairs Quiz
1.LPG emergency helpline number _______launched.
a) 1906
b) 1905
c) 1904
d) 1901
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Answer a) 1906.Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the LPG emergency helpline number 1906 for the cooking gas consumers across the country. The consumers can call on this helpline to seek assistance to deal with gas leakage. Pradhan asked the ministry and the top brass of oil marketing companies’ to make the number toll free. As for today, normal call rates will apply.
2. Which Metro gets first set of trains from Alstom?
a) Mumbai
b) Lucknow
c) Delhi
d) Kochi
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Answer d) Kochi.Kochi Metro Rail Ltd has received the first set of 25 trains for Kochi Metro from French company Alstom. The order was placed in August 2014 and the company today delivered the first set from its plant inside Sri City.
3. Which Country has created three new military bodies?
a) Japan
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) China
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Answer d) China. China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernise its military and improve its fighting capacity. State television showed on Saturday President Xi Jinping giving military flags to the leaders of the three new units — a general command for the People’s Liberation Army, a missile force and a strategic support force. Mr. Xi and PLA officers and soldiers sang the national anthem at the inauguration ceremony.
4.India and ______ exchanged list of nuke installations, prisoners.
a) Pakistan
b) Japan
c) China
d) Russia
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Answer a) Pakistan. India and Pakistan today exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that bars them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries also exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of nationals (including civil prisoners and fishermen) of each country lodged in their respective jails.
5. ________inaugurates bio-CNG plant?
a) Tata
b) Reliance
c) Mahindra
d) Adani
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Answer c) Mahindra. Mahindra & Mahindra on inaugurated a bio-CNG facility here to create carbon neutral ecosystem at Mahindra World City (MWC).
6. ________launches host of digital banking solutions.
a) BOI
b) SBI
c) PNB
d) Axis
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Answer c) PNB. The Android app facilitates the customer to use GPS and reach the nearest PNB ATM, it also assists customer to instantly lodge operational issues, reducing the resolution time considerably, PNB MD Usha Ananthasubramanian said. Green PIN facility was also launched under which customer can obtain duplicate PIN for debit card instantly through SMS request, it said.
7._______records 50% sales growth in 2015.
a) Royal Enfield
b) Pulsar
c) yamah
d) Apache
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Answer a) Royal Enfield.Royal Enfield has recorded yet another year of stunning growth. The iconic Bullet maker, which is part of Eicher Motors, has registered 50 per cent growth in its total sales at 4.5 lakh units for the calendar year 2015.
8. Which among the following set to launch in India?
a) Wallmart
b) Netflix
c) Apple Inc
d) None
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Answer b) Netflix. Popular online streaming service Netflix is likely to launch in India next week during the trade show CES 2016. The website was planning to enter the Asian nations soon with Singapore and Hong Kong.
9. Natalie Cole who died at 65 was a/an_______.
a) Athlete
b) Singer
c) Author
d) Badminton Player
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Answer b) Singer. Multiple Grammy-winner Natalie Cole, best known for the songs “Unforgettable”, “Inseparable” and “This Will Be,” has died. She was 65. The singer-songwriter died on Thursday, December 31 in a Los Angeles hospital due to “complications from ongoing health issues,” her publicist Maureen O’Connor confirmed, said The Hollywood Reporter. She was supposed to perform for New Year’s Eve concert at Disney Hall in LA but she cancelled all commitments a month ahead due to illness.
10. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched the scheme________, for farmers.
a) Amma Seeds
b) Seeds
c) Organic Seeds
d) Seeds Guide
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Answer a) Amma Seeds. Implementing an announcement made in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2014 for farmers’ welfare, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched the scheme ‘Amma Seeds’ which is aimed at providing quality seeds.
11.India’s biggest state owned gas importer Petronet LNG has signed a revised contract with______.
a) Derek Group
b) Isramco
c) Modlin
d) RasGas
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Answer d) RasGas .India’s biggest state owned gas importer Petronet LNG has signed a revised contract with RasGas of Qatar to import gas at a significantly lower price than earlier. Under the new contract, Rasgas will supply Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Petronet at 6-7 dollar per million British thermal units (mmBtu) from January 1, 2016. It would supply to 7.5 million tonnes of LNG India until the long-term contract ending in April 2028 The new rate is sharply lower than 12-13 dollar per mmbtu agreed earlier and has been revised after falling global prices of oil and gas, saving consumers around Rs.4,000 crore..
12.Who was awarded 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Award?
a) David Dean Shulman
b) Muzaffar Alam
c) Sanjay Subrahmanyam
d) K Subrahmanyam
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Answer c) Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Renowned south Indian classical vocalists Sanjay Subrahmanyam has been awarded with prestigious 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award. The prestigious award was bestowed upon him by renowned mathematician Manjul Bhargava at 89th annual conference of the Madras Music Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Subrahmanyam became seventh artistes to be presented with this award before completing 50 years of age.
13.Who took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff?
a) Shailesh Singh
b) Ramesh Bhaduria
c) Sunil Srivastav
d) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
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Answer d) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria has took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, a post that oversees the critical procurement process of the force. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Bhadauria was commissioned in the IAF in June 1980. Prior to taking over as DCAS, Air Marshal Bhadauria was Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air Command of IAF.
14.Howard Davis was a/an______.
a) Boxer
b) Athlete
c) Singer
d) Writer
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Answer a) Boxer. Olympic champion boxer Howard Davis Jr, who won the 1976 gold medal and was named over US teammate Sugar Ray Leonard as the most outstanding fighter in the Montreal Games, has died of cancer.
15. Who has received official credit for the discovery of element 113?
a) Americans
b) Russians
c) Indians
d) Japanese
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Answer d) Japanese. A Japanese team has received official credit for the discovery of element 113, making the group the first in Asia to have its accomplishments enshrined in the periodic table. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry certified Thursday that a team led by Kosuke Morita at government-affiliated research institute Riken discovered the element.
16. Which Country have started first nuclear reactor in ethnic minority region?
a) USA
b) China
c) India
d) Russia
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Answer b) China. The first nuclear power plant located in one of China’s ethnic autonomous regions has began commercial operations of its first reactor that will cut coal burning and CO2 emissions and can create upto 64,0000 jobs annually. The first reactor of the Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region can supply 24 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a day, catering to the needs of a medium-sized city, said Gong Guangchen, the plant’s spokesperson.
17.PM unveils plaque for Foundation Stone of_______ Expressway.
a) Delhi- Meerut
b) Delhi- Haridwar
c) Delhi-Lucknow
d) Delhi- Agra
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Answer a) Delhi- Meerut. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a plaque to mark the laying of the foundation stone of the of 74 km long Delhi-Dasna-Meerut 14 lane Expressway and upgradation of 22 Km long Dasna-Hapur section of NH-24, at Sector-62 in Noida.
