Current Affairs Quiz – July 14′ 2015

1. MS Viswanathan, who died recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Musician
c) Politician
d) Economist

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Answer b) Musician. Legendary music composer MS Viswanathan, who has over 750 films to his credit, died at at the age of 87. He was undergoing treatment for old-age related ailments and breathing problem. He was fondly called as MSV by the members of Tamil filmdom.

2. India has become ________ biggest loser of rich citizens.
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth

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Answer b) Second. India is among those countries which has the second highest millionaire outflow, or number of Indian HNWIs ( high net-worth individuals), but with a rapid speed these ricie- rich are moving out of the country.

3. The two IPL teams suspended by Justice RM Lodha Committee are
a) CSK and DD
b) RR and SRH
c) KKR and CSK
d) CSK and RR

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Answer d) CSK and RR. ustice R.M. Lodha Committee, appointed by the Supreme Court, has suspended IPL cricket teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the league for two years.

4. Satoru Iwata, who died recently, was a
a) Professor
b) Doctor
c) Programmer
d) Journalist

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Answer c) Programmer. Nintendo chief executive Satoru Iwata has died on 13th July 2015 because of bile duct cancer. He died at the age of 55. Iwata, who started off as a programmer, took the top post at Nintendo in 2002.

5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of NVDA?
a) Mukesh Khanna
b) Rajesh Chaudhary
c) Abhishek Jain
d) Rakesh Sahni

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Answer d) Rakesh Sahni. Madhya Pradesh government has appointed former Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA).

6. India has signed an MoU on Electoral Cooperation with
a) Greece
b) Georgia
c) Germany
d) Brazil

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Answer b) Georgia. India and Georgia have signed a MoU for cooperation in the field of election management and administration. The MoU was signed by Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and Ms. Tamar Zhvania, Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Georgia in New Delhi.

7. Who is Sayed Haider Raza?
a) Journalist
b) Economist
c) Artist
d) Politician

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Answer c) Artist. Famous artist Sayed Haider Raza has been conferred with highest French Civilian Award Commandeur de la Lgion dHonneur (the Legion of Honour).

8. Which country has decided to end ban on transgender soldiers in armed forces?
a) Germany
b) Sweden
c) United States
d) Australia

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Answer c) United States.

9. _______ has signed an MoU with SIDBI to provide financial help to India’s MSMEs.
a) Flipkart
b) Ebay
c) Amazon
d) Snapdeal

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Answer d) Snapdeal. The MoU was signed by Snapdeal Co-founder and Chief Executive Kunal Bahl, and Kshatrapati Shivaji, chairman and managing director of SIDBI in Mumbai

10. ________ has received ‘2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Development Innovation: Policy and Program Implementation Excellence Award?
a) Digital India
b) Make in India
c) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
d) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

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Answer b) Make in India. The US-based consulting firm Frost and Sullivan has presented the ‘2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Development Innovation: Policy and Program Implementation Excellence Award’ to GOI’s Make in India initiative.

11. What is Operation Talaash?
a) Operation for Amarnath Yatra
b) Rescue Operation in Nepal Earthquake
c) Military Operation in Jammu and Kashmir
d) Operation to find the missed Dornier aircraft CG-791

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Answer d) Operation to find the missed Dornier aircraft CG-791. Thirty-five days after a Coast Guard aircraft on a surveillance sortie disappeared off the Chennai coast with three crew, the search operation “Operation Talaash” has been “terminated” after recovery of human remains, parts of the plane and personal effects.

12. ________ has named as the world’s most richest country by Global Finance Magazine
a) Singapore
b) Luxembourg
c) Qatar
d) Saudi Arabia

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Answer c) Qatar. Based on data from the IMF, the Global Finance Magazine has ranked the world’s countries according to their GDP per capita and determined richest ones.

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