Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been rewarded with a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 2015-16?
a) Hari Chandana
b) Preeti Tamilarasan
c) Nimi Sunilkumar
d) Jeyashri Suresh
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Answer c) Nimi Sunilkumar. Nimi Sunilkumar, cookbook author and food blogger, has presented this repository of snacks to the world, and been rewarded with a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 2015-16. Her book 4 o’clock Temptations of Kerala has been chosen for the award in the ‘Best Indian Cuisine Cookbook’ section. The book emerged a winner, competing with entries on Indian cuisine from around the world. The award was presented in Yantai, China.
2. Costa Rica nominated former United Nations climate chief _________________ to be the next U.N. Secretary-General
a) Christiana Figueres
b) Patricia Espinosa
c) Laurence Tubiana
d) Karen Olsen Beck
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Answer a) Christiana Figueres. Costa Rica nominated former United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres to be the next U.N. Secretary-General, making her the 12th candidate to enter the race ahead of the first Security Council secret ballot .
3. Reserve Bank of India permits foreign investors to buy _____________________ shares
a) Bank of Baroda
b) Punjab and Sind Bank
c) Union Bank of India
d) Punjab National Bank
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Answer d) Punjab National Bank. The RBI removed the 7 year old restriction on fresh purchase of state-owned Punjab National Bank’s shares by foreign investors. Punjab National Bank (PNB) shares gained over 8 per cent .after the Reserve Bank of India removed the public sector bank from the caution list and allowed foreign investors to buy its shares. The scrip later closed 8.21 per cent up at Rs 127.25.
4. The Hemis festival will be held between July 14 and July 15 at the Hemis Monastery in _______________
a) Srinagar
b) Ladakh
c) Udampur
d) Bandipora
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Answer b) Ladakh . The Hemis festival will be held between July 14 and July 15 at the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh. This is an extremely well-known festival. Hemis festival 2016 or Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.
5. Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on a chemical from 5countries. They are _____________________________________Malaysia and Taiwan
a) China, Iran, Indonesia
b) China, USA, Japan
c) China, Bangladesh, Iraq
d) China, Mozambique, Thailand
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Answer a) China, Iran, Indonesia. Revenue Department has slapped anti-dumping duty of up to USD 168.76 per tonne on import of a chemical used in textile industry from five countries, including China, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, to protect domestic manufacturers. The import restrictive tax has been imposed for five years by the Revenue Department on recommendations of the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD).
6. The Centre and the Bihar government have signed a _____________ credit agreement with the World Bank under the state’s rural development project ‘JEEViKA-II’.
a) $ 500 million
b) $ 290 million
c) $ 350 million
d) $ 100 million
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Answer b) $ 290 million. The Centre and the Bihar government have signed a $290 million credit agreement with the World Bank under the state’s rural development project ‘JEEViKA-II’. The new project would cover 300 new blocks in 32 districts. Bihar Transformative Development Project, also known as Jeevika II, will mobilise rural population into self-help groups (SHG) and higher level federations and help them gain access to markets, public services and a range of financial services from formal financial institutions, the World Bank said.
7. World Population day is observed on?
a) July 8
b) July 9
c) July 10
d) July 11
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Answer d) July 11. World Population Day is being observed on 11 July. The theme this year is Investing In Teenage Girls. This day is observed every year to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issue. China is the world’s most populous country with around 1.4 billion inhabitants, but India is set to overtake China by 2022.
8. Which Team won EURO championship 2016 Title?
a) Russia
b) Spain
c) Portugal
d) France
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Answer c) Portugal . Portugal defeated France 1-0 to win their first ever EURO championship. Substitute Eder scored the winner for Portugal in extra time. This was the first ever EURO final to end scoreless at the end of 90 minutes. Notably, Portugal had a tearful Cristiano Ronaldo stretchered off in the first half due to an injury.
9. Sprinter __________________ qualified for the Rio Olympics in the men’s 200-metre sprint, at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru
a) Anil Kumar
b) Dharambir Singh
c) Prakash Singh
d) Sriram Singh
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Answer b) Dharambir Singh. Sprinter Dharambir Singh qualified for the Rio Olympics in the men’s 200-metre sprint, at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru. Singh clocked 20.45 seconds for a podium finish at the 4th Indian Grand Prix, where the Rio Olympic qualification mark was 20.50 seconds. More than 30 Indian athletes have qualified for the Rio Olympics in athletics.
10. India’s ___________________ qualified for the Rio Olympics in the men’s 800-metre sprint, at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru
a) Beant Singh
b) Kisan Narshi Tadvi
c) Tintu Luka
d) Jinson Johnson
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Answer d) Jinson Johnson. India’s Jinson Johnson qualified for the Rio Olympics in the men’s 800-metre sprint, at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru . Johnson clocked 1:45.98 seconds, with the qualification mark for Rio being 1:46:00 seconds. July 11 is the last day for qualifications, with over 100 sportspersons already qualified from India, making it the country’s largest contingent at the event.
