Current Affairs Quiz
1. Roshan Sori, A 13-year-old boy from _____________has won the prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam Ignite Award
a) Assam
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Chhattisgarh
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Answer d) Chhattisgarh . A 13-year-old boy from a Maoist violence-affected district of Chhattisgarh has won the prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam Ignite Award for suggesting an idea for software to instantaneously register a vote given through an electronic voting machine with the authorities. Roshan Sori, a Class 6th student of Sukma district, came upon the idea after reading in the newspapers that Maoist rebel soften loot EVMs on the way to counting centres, causing long delays and spiraling costs in the poll process.
2. India to be _____largest aviation market by 2026
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
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Answer c) Third. Global airlines body IATA said it expects India’s air passenger traffic to grow to 442 million by 2035 with 322 million new air travellers, amid the domestic aviation market growing by over 20 per cent for more than a year now. The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast has also projected India to be the third largest aviation market by 2026, replacing the UK.
3. Who was elected as new President of the North Zone of Urology Society of India (NZUSI)?
a) Mahesh R Desai
b) S.P Yadav
c) Sanjay Pandey
d) Manu Gupta
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Answer b) S.P Yadav. Noted Urologist S. P Yadav was elected the new President of the North Zone of Urology Society of India (NZUSI).The announcement was made at the conclusion of a three-day annual conference held under the auspices of the Agra Urology Association from October 16-18. Yadav’s tenure would begin from October 2017 for a period of one year.
4. Parsi Food Festival being held in _____________
a) Noida
b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad
d) Pune
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Answer a) Noida . The Parsi Food Festival is being held at the ‘Made in India’ restaurant at the Radisson Blue hotel in Noida between October 14 and 23. The menu for the ten-day festival includes dishes like Kid Gosht and Chapat. A cooking class on Parsi cuisine was also conducted as part of the festival. Made in India TM (MII), an award-winning Indian restaurant is a reflection of culinary time. The restaurant creates a theatrical experience by exaggerating objects which are predominant in India’s centuries old history.
5. Prime Minster Narendra Modi inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW capacities in _____________
a) Haryana
b) Maharashtra
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Gujarat
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Answer c) Himachal Pradesh. Prime Minster Narendra Modi inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW capacities in Himachal Pradesh. He dedicated the 520 Megawatt generation capacity third phase of Parbati hydro power project, 412 Megawatt Rampur project and 800 Megawatt Kol Dam power project to the nation. While inaugurating these projects, Modi said they would change the economic horizon of Himachal Pradesh.
6. Mumbai ranked ____ on 2016 Global Power City Index
a) 10th
b) 39th
c) 59th
d) 87th
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Answer b) 39th. London has topped the 2016 Global Power City Index for the fifth consecutive year with Mumbai ranked 39th on the list of the world’s leading global cities for business, innovation and culture, according to a report released. The 2016 Global Power City Index (GPCI) report, which released by the Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies.
7. The National Green Tribunal slammed ______________ government for wasting crores of rupees of public money on Ganga rejuvenation
a) Uttarakhand
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer d) Uttar Pradesh. The National Green Tribunal rapped Uttar Pradesh government for wasting crores of rupees of public money on Ganga rejuvenation and restrained it from spending on any major project except maintenance work on the stretch from Haridwar to Kanpur. The State of Uttar Pradesh and its authorities will not carry out any major project of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)/Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) except maintenance of pipelines, without specific direction of the NGT.
8. ____________has agreed to lease out a second nuclear attack submarine of the Akula class to India this month in a deal worth around $2 billion
a) Germany
b) Russia
c) China
d) USA
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Answer b) Russia. Russia has agreed to lease out a second nuclear attack submarine of the Akula class to India this month in a deal worth around $2 billion. The lease of the first Akula-class submarine that the Indian Navy calls INS Chakra expires in 2021. The leasedeal for the second nuclear submarine was finalised at a summit-level meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
9. The first elephant sanctuary in Latin America has opened in ___________
a) Mexico
b) Chile
c) Brazil
d) Argentina
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Answer c) Brazil . Brazil has opened up the first sanctuary in Latin America for elephants previously in captivity, anidyllic retreat that could eventually house as many as 50 of the giant animals. Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, in the central Brazilian state of MatoGrosso, was founded by the US-based non-profit organization Global Sanctuary for Elephants, and it already has its first two residents.
10. Which is the first nation to quit International Criminal Court?
a) Liberia
b) Burundi
c) Botswana
d) Rwanda
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Answer b) Burundi . Burundi is set to become the first nation to withdraw from the International Criminal Court in a move that underlines the depth of the crisis in the country and comes amid widespread antipathy in Africa towards the court. President Pierre Nkurunziza, who critics accuse of human rights abuses, signed a decree that paves the way for his east African nation’s departure from the court.
11. Online travel company _____________ has acquired rival Indian travel company Ibibo
a) Yatra
b) Cleartrip
c) MakeMyTrip
d) Travelguru
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Answer c) MakeMyTrip. Makemytrip and Ibibo have agreed to merge in a stock transaction, representing the coming together of India’s largest travel booking portals and presaging what many believe is an impending consolidation in the country’s consumer internet sector. The value of the combined entity, people familiar with the transaction estimated it at about $1.8-$2 billion.
12. Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) INS __________ was commissioned into the Indian Navy
a) INS Tihayu
b) INS Tarasa
c) INS Arihant
d) INS Chetlat
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Answer a) INS Tihayu. Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) INS Tihayu was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Flag-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht. The highly manoeuvrable, 315-tonne INS Tihayu is a vessel fitted with three water jet propulsion systems and is loaded with an indigenously-built 30 mm CRN gun.
13. Which bank has blocked about 6.25 lakh debit cards over “suspicious” transactions at third-party ATMs?
a) Indian Overseas Bank
b) Syndicate Bank
c) Punjab National Bank
d) State Bank of India
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Answer d) State Bank of India. The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India and its subsidiary banks have blocked about 6.25 lakh debit cards over “suspicious” transactions at third-party ATMs, SBI CTO Shivkumar Bhasin has said. The bank has subsequently alerted the customers about the malware and has asked them to re-apply. Debit cards of other banks have also been affected, an official said.
14. A book on the Indian Test captain ‘Driven: The Virat Kohli Story’ written by _____________
a) Ramachandra Guha
b) Vijay Lokapally
c) Sundeep Mishra
d) Sujit Mukherjee
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Answer b) Vijay Lokapally. Former cricketers Anil Kumble and Virender Sehwag launched a book on India’s Test captain Virat Kohli in New Delhi. Written by journalist Vijay Lokapally, the book, ‘Driven: The Virat Kohli Story’, features anecdotes on the cricketer’s rise at the international level. The event was attended by Ravi Shastri, Ajay Jadeja and Kapil Dev, among others.
15. Social media giant Facebook has started allowing its users to order food, book appointments and buy movie or event tickets through Facebook Pages in ___________
a) India
b) China
c) USA
d) UK
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Answer c) USA. Social media giant Facebook has started allowing its users in the US to order food, book appointments and buy movie or event tickets through Facebook Pages. A new ‘Recommendations’ feature on Facebook will allow friends to suggest places to eat or visit in a city. If the features perform well in the US, Facebook may extend it to other countries.
16. An International Conference on Voter Education organised by the Election Commission of India began in ______________
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Bangalore
d) Puducherry
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Answer b) New Delhi. An International Conference on Voter Education organised by the Election Commission of India began in New Delhi. The topic of the Conference is Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation. The three day Conference was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Zaidi said, India has delivered credible elections each time without interruption for over six decades. He said, election commission rediscovered itself in 2009 when it focused on voter education as a priority.
17. Who won the ‘2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ award for his image ‘Entwined Lives’?
a) Tim Laman
b) Andy Rouse
c) Martin Bailey
d) Jess Findlay
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Answer a) Tim Laman. American photographer Tim Laman won the ‘2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ for his image ‘Entwined Lives’, showing a critically endangered Bornean orangutan making a 30-metre climb. Given for a story told in six images, the award judges photographs’ story-telling power along with individual quality. The images will reportedly go on display at London’s Natural History Museum from October 21.
18. Who has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission?
a) Sania Mirza
b) PV Sindhu
c) Sakshi Malik
d) Saina Nehwal
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Answer d) Saina Nehwal. Saina Nehwal has been appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. The London Olympic bronze-medallist shuttler who recovering from a knee injury and subsequent surgery, received the letter, drafted on October 14, from IOC president Thomas Bach. Following your candidature for the elections of the IOC Athletes’ Commission during the Olympic Games Rio 2016, it is with great pleasure to appoint you in consultation with the Chair, as Member of the Athletes’ Commission.
19. The International Olympic Committee may shift some of the events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to _____________
a) Australia
b) South Korea
c) France
d) Germany
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Answer b) South Korea. The International Olympic Committee may shift some of the events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to South Korea in an attempt to reportedly cut costs involved in hosting the event. The South Korean city of Chungju, one of the venues for the 2014 Asian Games, is being considered for hosting the rowing and canoeing events of the 2020 Olympics.
20. Who has been completed 80 consecutive weeks as the top-ranked women’s doubles player?
a) Mladenovic Kristina
b) Martina Hingis
c) Serena Williams
d) Sania Mirza
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Answer d) Sania Mirza. Sania Mirza has completed 80 consecutive weeks as the top-ranked women’s doubles player. Sania achieved the world number one rank after winning the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis in USA, in April 2015. Sania, who is the first Indian woman to hold the WTA number one rank, now holds the top spot exclusively, after splitting with Hingis.
21. Women wrestler Geeta Phogat was appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in _____________
a) Rajasthan
b) Haryana
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
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Answer b) Haryana. Women wrestler Geeta Phogat was appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in Haryana Police by the state government. Phogat, a 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, was given the rank under the sports quota after the Cabinet headed by CM Manohar Lal Khattar, approved the state Home Department’s proposal. Mountaineer Ram Lal was appointed Sub-Inspector under the same quota.
