Current Affairs Quiz
1. An Indian-American engineer who has been appointed to a key administration post?
a) Suresh Singh
b) Manjit Singh
c) Prakash Singh
d) Yuvaraj Singh
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Answer b) Manjit Singh. US President Barack Obama has appointed an Indian-American engineer to a key administration post. Manjit Singh, co-founder of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund has been appointed as the member of President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
2. Which bank has launched the country’s first contactless business credit card?
a) State Bank of India
b) Axis Bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Answer c) ICICI Bank. ICICI Bank has launched the country’s first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their employees. Christened ‘Jet Airways ICICI Bank Business Advantage Card’, India’s largest private sector bank said this co-branded credit card will help customers to save on their business expenses.
3. NITI Aayog to replace 5-year plans with ____________year vision document
a) 10
b) 20
c) 15
d) 30
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Answer c) 15. The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has decided to get rid of the Nehruvian five-year plans, and replace them with 15-year vision documents. These will be framed keeping in mind the country’s social goals and the sustainable development agenda. According to a senior official, the issue was discussed at length and a decision was taken at the highest level.
4. Which country activated a land-based missile defence station in Romania?
a) Japan
b) North Korea
c) USA
d) India
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Answer c) USA.The US has activated a land-based missile defence station in Romania, which will form part of a larger and controversial European shield. The US says the Aegis system is a shield to protect Nato countries from short and medium-range missiles, particularly from the Middle East. But Russia sees it as a security threat – a claim denied by Nato.
5. Who has been appointed as new chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE)?
a) Piyush Chawla
b) RK Mathur
c) Ashok Chawla
d) Dinesh Kumar
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Answer c) Ashok Chawla. Former chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Ashok Chawla, is the new chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE). Chawla’s appointment was confirmed after obtaining a clearance from the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India. He will take the place of S.B. Mathur, who retired as NSE chairman earlier this year.
6. The Indian Railways plans to spend _____________ crore on laying new tracks
a) 90000
b) 80000
c) 75000
d) 50000
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Answer b) 80000.The Indian Railways plans to spend ₹80,000 crore over the next three years on increasing the pace of laying new tracks from the current 7.8 km per day to 19 km per day in 2018-19. The capacity augmentation exercise is also aimed at boosting the economy as it involves procurement of rail, cement, steel, engineering and signalling equipment.
7. Who has been took charge as interim President of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was suspended?
a) Itamar Franco
b) Fernando Collor
c) Jose Sarney
d) Michel Temer
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Answer d) Michel Temer.Former Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer took charge as interim President of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was suspended. Temer was Rousseff’s running mate when she contested for President. In his first speech after taking charge, Temer said that it was essential to get the Brazilian economy to grow again and to attract new investments.
8. The Spice Board of India is going to set up the country’s first spice museum at ____________
a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) Kochi
d) Bengaluru
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Answer c) Kochi . The Spice Board of India is going to set up the country’s first spice museum at Willingdon Island in Kochi to let travellers know about the history and evolution of the Indian spice industry. The museum, built on land given by the Cochin Port Trust, will display over 30 raw spices and culinary herbs.
9. ___________________ is set to become the first state to issue newspaper advertisements for the post of Vice Chancellor of state universities.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
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Answer c) Rajasthan. Rajasthan is set to become the first state to issue newspaper advertisements for the post of Vice Chancellor of state universities, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh said. More candidates will now be able to apply for the post leading to transparency and timely appointments. Presently, the selection committee headed by the nominee of the Governor selected a candidate without any advertisement.
10. Which country successfully launched a remote sensing satellite to carry out land surveys and disaster relief?
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) China
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Answer d) China. China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite to carry out land surveys and disaster relief. Named Yaogan-30, the satellite was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert by a Long March-2D rocket. It will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
11. World fair trade day is observed on?
a) May 15
b) May 14
c) May 12
d) May 13
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Answer b) May 14.The World Fair Trade Day, started since 2001 by WFTO members, is an initiative of WFTO that falls on the second Saturday of May of each year. This year its celebrated on may 14. It is an inclusive worldwide festival of events celebrating Fair Trade as a tangible contribution to the fight against poverty and exploitation, climate change and the economic crises that has the greatest impact on the world’s most vulnerable populations.
12. A New York-based Indian _________________________ has won the third prize in the ‘UN Poster for Peace’ contest.
a) Revathi Balakrsihnan
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Anjali Chandrashekar
d) Priya Chandrashekar
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Answer c) Anjali Chandrashekar.Anjali Chandrashekar, a 22-year-old New York-based Indian, has won the third prize in the ‘UN Poster for Peace’ contest, aimed at raising awareness regarding nuclear disarmament. Titled ‘Cutting Barriers Through Peace’, the poster features a peace dove slicing through a nuclear weapon. Another poster by her, featuring doves flying out of a cage atop a nuclear weapon, received honourable mention.
13. Which company has announced the highest capacity Evo Plus 256GB microSD card?
a) Samsung
b) Transcend
c) San Disk
d) Microsoft
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Answer a) Samsung.Samsung has announced the Evo Plus 256GB microSD card. This is the highest external memory offering on smartphone, tablets, and other compatible devices so far. Competitor SanDisk currently offers a maximum capacity of 200GB in its microSD portfolio. The price of the Samsung Evo Plus 256GB microSD card is going to be at $249.99 (roughly Rs. 16,700). SanDisk, on the other hand, offers its 200GB microSD card for Rs. 10,800 on Amazon India currently.
14. FIFA named an African women _____________________________as first female, non-European secretary general.
a) Fumnanya Samanya Dayo Subira
b) Funanya Sethunya Dede Shanika
c) Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura
d) Farai Shukara Dubako Simisola
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Answer c) Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura.FIFA named an African woman Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal as its first female, non-European secretary general with no experience in soccer administration. This is one of the changes made by the sport’s ruling body to move on from a major corruption scandal. However, FIFA’s Congress also passed a resolution which gives its board, known as the FIFA Council, the power to fire the heads of its independent committees at almost any time.
15. Indian professional boxer who won his 6th straight pro-boxing bout?
a) Jitender Singh
b) Manpreet Singh
c) Manoj Kumar
d) Vijender Singh
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Answer d) Vijender Singh. Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh kept his unbeaten record intact with a sixth straight victory in his professional boxing career after he knocked out Polish boxer Andrzej Soldra in their encounter’s third round on Friday. Coming into the fight at the Macron Stadium, England, Soldra held a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, alongside five knockouts from 16 fights.
