Current Affairs Quiz – November 22 2015

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November 23, 2015

1. Who has been elected president of industry body FICCI for 2016?
a) Prakash Kumar Gupta
b) Arvind Jain
c) Harshavardhan Neotia
d) Shymala Mukherjee

Answer

Answer c) Harshavardhan Neotia. Neotia, a ‘Padma Shri’ awardee, is also a member of the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s Advisory Council and West Bengal Chief Minister’s Core Committee on Industry.

2. ________ has declared industrialist Vijay Mallya a ‘wilful defaulter’ for defaults on nearly Rs 7,000 crore loans to the long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines.
a) ICICI
b) HDFC
c) RBI
d) SBI

Answer

Answer d) SBI.

3. Which bank has recently opened a representative office in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh?
a) ICICI Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) Canara Bank

Answer

Answer b) Axis Bank

4. The first meeting of the Indo-European Water Forum will be held in
a) Jaipur
b) Hyderabad
c) Bengaluru
d) New Delhi

Answer

Answer d) New Delhi. It is being co-organized by National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission.

5. The first “South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise” will be organized by
a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) India
d) Bhutan

Answer

Answer c) India. The objective is to provide a platform for strengthening Regional Disaster Response Mechanism amongst the SAARC countries.

6. Railway Ministry inaugurates landmark Silchar-Lumding broad gauge rail line in __________.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Manipur
d) Sikkhim

Answer

Answer b) Assam. The rail line brings Assam’s underdeveloped but strategically important Barak Valley on the broad gauge map.

7. The Palatana power plant is in which Indian State?
a) Manipur
b) Mizoram
c) Tripura
d) Sikkhim

Answer

Answer c) Tripura. Tripura had promised to export 100 MW power to Bangladesh from its share of 196 MW power from the Palatana power plant in reciprocation of Bangladesh allowing Tripura to use its ports to transport the heavy equipment for the 726MW Palatana project.

8. ASEAN leaders agree to AEC. What is C in AEC?
a) Consortium
b) Conservation
c) Community
d) Company

Answer

Answer c) Community. In a historic development, ASEAN leaders have declared the establishment of an European Union style regional economic bloc, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

9. Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Snooker Championship after battling past his Chinese opponent
a) Xin Jantoa
b) Zhua Xintong
c) Yi Pingli
d) Jua Li Nimtao

Answer

Answer b) Zhua Xintong.

10. Rory McIlroy is associated with
a) Snooker
b) Billiards
c) Golf
d) Badminton

Answer

Answer c) Golf. Rory McIlroy won the World Tour Championship in Dubai to finish the season as Europe’s number one golfer.