Current Affairs Quiz
1. ___________________was conferred the prestigious 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award’ by President Pranab Mukherjee
a) Manik Sarkar
b) Lal Thanwala
c) Naveen Patnaik
d) Pawan Chamling
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Answer d) Pawan Chamling. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was conferred the prestigious 2016 Sustainable Development LeadershipAward‘ by President Pranab Mukherjee during the World Sustainable Development Summit organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at Vigyan Bhawan. The award was presented to Chamling in recognition of his vision and leadership in environment and sustainable development leading to the establishment of Sikkim.
2. Jammu and Kashmir Bank has appointed ______________ as Chairman and CEO of the bank
a) Dilip Kumar Kaul
b) Mustaq Ahmad
c) Parvez Ahmed
d) Vikrant Kuthiala
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Answer c) Parvez Ahmed . Jammu and Kashmir Bank has appointed Parvez Ahmed as Chairman and CEO of the bank. He has been appointed chairman for a period of three years. He replaces MustaqAhmad who completed his term on October 5. Ahmad, who joined the bank in 1998, was instrumental in successful management of the bank’s PO.
3. Who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Paytm?
a) Madhur Deora
b) Naveen Tewari
c) Neeraj Arora
d) Ruchi Sanghvi
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Answer a) Madhur Deora. Payments platform Paytm, named ex-Citigroup senior executive Madhur Deora as chief financial officer and senior vice president of Paytm. Deora will also be responsible for building and managing Paytm’s newly formed financial services business. Deora has over 17 years of experience in investment banking and most recently served in Citi’s investment banking business as managing director.
4. Who is set to become the next UN Secretary-General after the Security Council in the sixth straw poll conducted?
a) Jorge Sampaio
b) Antonio Costa
c) Ban Ki Moon
d) Antonio Guterres
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Answer d) Antonio Guterres. Portugal’s former premier Antonio Guterres is set to become the next UN Secretary-General after the Security Council in the sixth straw poll conducted declared him to be the unanimous choice. An indirect Secretary-General election will be held to choose the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations in October 2016 to replace Ban Ki-moon, whose term concludes 31 December 2016.
5. The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to discontinue the provision of re-evaluation of answer sheets from _________
a) 2017
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2020
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Answer a) 2017. The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to discontinue the provision of re-evaluation of answer sheets from 2017. However, some system will still be in place for redress of genuine cases. Senior CBSE officials told media persons in New Delhi that since 2014, re-evaluation of answer sheets were done in around 10 subjects for class 12 examinations.
6. New Solar powered Guard Van of Goods Train flagged off in ____________
a) Maharashtra
b) Andra Pradesh
c) New Delhi
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer c) New Delhi. The newly manufactured Guard Van of Goods Train (8 wheeled) has been equipped for the first time with Solar powered Light, Fan, and Mobile Charging Point along with the facility of Zero discharge Bio Toilet. In keeping with the country’s commitment to make India a ‘Swachh Bharat’, the Guard’s toilet has also been modified to a zero discharge bio toilet. The train, which features a battery bank for the van, set off from the Safdarjung Railway Station in Delhi.
7. Election commission of India partners with ___________ to register young voters
a) Google
b) Facebook
c) Microsoft
d) TCS
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Answer b) Facebook. Social networking site Facebook is partnering with the Election Commission of India in five states going to polls next year to run a voter registration drive aimed at encouraging youth to participate in the democratic exercise. Facebook is collaborating with the Election Commission and the office of Chief electoral officers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand for the first time in the country to run a voter registration drive.
8. India’s latest communication satellite ____________ is successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana
a) GSAT – 16
b) GSAT – 17
c) GSAT – 18
d) GSAT – 19
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Answer c) GSAT – 18. India’s latest communication satelliteGSAT-18 is successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. GSAT-18, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), aims at providing telecommunications services for the country by strengthening ISRO’s current fleet of 14 operational telecommunication satellite.
9. Online retailer___________ launched a real estate sale on its e-commerce platform
a) Snapdeal
b) Flipkart
c) Amazon
d) Paytm
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Answer a) Snapdeal . Online retailer Snapdeal launched a real estate sale on its e-commerce platform. The sale, which will continue till October 21, will offer apartments in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur, ranging from ₹30 lakh to ₹5 crore. In a similar sale last year, Snapdeal claimed selling nearly 150 homes in seven days.
10. India has been ranked ____ among 28 nations in the Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness Survey
a) 7th
b) 15th
c) 19th
d) 23rd
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Answer c) 19th. India has been ranked 19th among 28 nations in the Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness Survey, commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Countries were graded on scientific capabilities and infrastructure, clinical research conditions and framework, regulatory system, market access and financing, and effective intellectual property protections. The US topped the list.
11. ____________has topped the ‘Best Global Brands 2016’ list prepared by leading brand consultancy Interbrand
a) Apple
b) Facebook
c) Google
d) Amazon
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Answer a) Apple . Tech major Apple has topped the ‘Best Global Brands 2016’ list prepared by leading brand consultancy Interbrand, with a 5% year-on-year rise in its brand value to $178 billion. Tech giant Google and beverage corporation Coca-Cola followed at the second and third ranks respectively. Further, social networking giant Facebook and e-commerce major Amazon emerged as the top growing brands.
12. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
a) RC Mishra
b) Gopal Mukherjee
c) Nishi Singh
d) Sushil Chandra
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Answer d) Sushil Chandra. Senior Indian Revenue Service officer Sushil Chandra was appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy making body for the Income Tax department. He will replace Rani Singh Nair, who retires this month-end. Chandra, a 1980 batch officer of IRS (Income Tax), currently serves as a Member (Investigation) of the CBDT.
13. Indian Railways has announced a special scheme effective October 7, offering rail travel insurance of up to ₹10 lakh for a premium price of only __ paisa
a) 1 paisa
b) 10 paisa
c) 25 paisa
d) 50 paisa
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Answer a) 1 paisa. Indian Railways has announced a special scheme effective October 7, offering rail travel insurance of up to ₹10 lakh for a premium price of only 1 paisa. The optional insurance scheme was started in September and was originally offered at 92 paise. The scheme has been implemented on a pilot basis by IRCTC in collaboration with private insurance companies.
14. The Union Cabinet approved to setting up of India’s first medical park in ___________
a) Rahkot, Gujarat
b) Patna, Bihar
c) Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu
d) Anantapur, Andra Pradesh
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Answer c) Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod to the PSU under the Health Ministry to sub-lease 330.10 acres of land at Chengalpattu near Chennai to set up the Medipark through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with shareholding of HLL at 50 per cent. “The Medipark project will be the first manufacturing cluster in the medical technology sector in the country, envisaged to boost local manufacturing of hi-end products at a significantly lower cost, resulting in affordable healthcare delivery, particular in diagnostic services to a large section of people,” an official statement said.
15. Modi’s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy book is authored by _____________
a) Aravind Adiga
b) Kiran Desai
c) Vikram Seth
d) Surendra Kumar
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Answer d) Surendra Kumar. Modi’s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy: Surendra Kumar M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, released the book titled Modi’s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy. The book is authored by Ambassador Surendra Kumar.
16. Who won the girls’ U-16 title at the World Youth Chess Championships in Russia?
a) Priyanka Nutakki
b) Mishra Anwesha
c) Aakanksha Hagawane
d) Vantika Agrawal
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Answer c) Aakanksha Hagawane. India’s Aakanksha Hagawane won the girls’ U-16 title at the World Youth Chess Championships in Russia. The 15-year-old, who won gold in the U-16 Commonwealth Championships earlier this year, finished with nine points from 11 games, winning eight matches, losing one and drawing two. Aakanksha, a wholesale vegetable seller’s daughter, has been trained by a former national player.
17. Who has become the first Indian to sign a contract with a junior professional side in Spain’s La Liga?
a) Ishan Pandita
b) Jitendra Singh
c) Saurabh Meher
d) Abhijit Sarkar
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Answer a) Ishan Pandita. Ishan Pandita, an 18-year-old from Bengaluru, has become the first Indian to sign a contract with a junior professional side in Spain’s La Liga. Pandita will be joining the U-19 side of CD Leganes, and will play in Spain’s top division for U-19 players. He was previously selected for Getafe’s junior team, but didn’t join as the team got relegated.
18. Shooter Jitu Rai won a ___________ medal in the men’s 50-metre air pistol event, at the 2016 ISSF World Cup in Italy
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Bronze
d) None of these
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Answer b) Silver. Shooter Jitu Rai won a silver medal in the men’s 50-metre air pistol event, at the 2016 ISSF World Cup in Italy. Rai had failed to qualify for the finals of the same event at the Rio Olympics in August. The shooter had won silver at the ISSF World Cup in Azerbaijan in June in 10-metre air pistol.
