Current Affairs Quiz
1. Lopamudra Raut has bagged the second runner-up spot at Miss United Continents, She belongs to _____________
a) USA
b) Singapore
c) Poland
d) India
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Answer d) India. Lopmudra Raut has bagged the second runner-up spot at Miss United Continents, which was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Jeslyn Santos from Philippines won the title of Miss United Continents. Lopamudra Raut is an Indian model and beauty queen from the state of Maharashtra.
2. Who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council?
a) Piyush goyal
b) Arun Goyal
c) Prasad Goyal
d) Saanjay Goyal
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Answer b) Arun Goyal. Senior IAS officer Arun Goyal has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is mandated to decide on tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Goyal’s appointment against the newly created post, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training.
3. ________________becomes the first state to adopt Centre’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB)
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Bihar
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Answer c) Rajasthan . Rajasthan becomes the first state toadopt Centre’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional streetlights have been replaced with LED streetlights across the state. The project has been funded by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public energy services company under the administration of Union ministry of power at no cost to the state.
4. __________________ and French Development Agency (AFD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on urban mobility
a) Chandigarh Administration
b) Lakshadweep Administration
c) Puducherry Administration
d) Delhi Administration
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Answer a) Chandigarh Administration. Chandigarh Administration and French Development Agency (AFD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on Chandigarh Smart City Project and ‘Technical Cooperation’ in the field of Sustainable Urban Mobility. The MoUs were signed by K K Jindal, Secretary Transport, Chandigarh Administration and Minister Counsellor, Embassy of France in India, Jean Marc FENET and Director French Development Agency, Nicolas Fornage.
5. A new species of pikas, a small mammal in the rabbit family, has been discovered in ______________
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Meghalaya
d) Sikkim
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Answer d) Sikkim . A new species of pikas, a small mammal in the rabbit family, has been discovered in the Himalayas of Sikkim. Identified as ‘Ochotona sikimaria’, the species was discovered through a study based on genetic data and skull measurements. Pikas look like tailless rats and are sensitive to climate change, which has earlier caused several of them to go extinct.
6. Two Indian-American scientists _______________________, have received the MacArthur grant 2016 for ‘exceptional creativity’ in their fields of interest
a) Ashok Das and Manu Prakash
b) Subhash Kot and Manu Prakash
c) Subash Kot and Jogesh Pati
d) Shok Das and Jogesh Pati
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Answer b) Subhash Kot and Manu Prakash. Two Indian-American scientists Dr Subhash Kot and Dr Manu Prakash, who studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, have received the MacArthur grant 2016 for ‘exceptional creativity’ in their fields of interest. They will be awarded a grant of $625,000 (approximately ₹4 crore) each over a period of five years. A total of 23 people were awarded this year.
7. India and _______________ have reached an agreement to establish an air corridor to facilitate trade between the two nations through air
a) China
b) USA
c) Afghanistan
d) Germany
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Answer c) Afghanistan . India and Afghanistan have reached an agreement to establish an air corridor to facilitate trade between the two nations through air. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had earlier urged India to use an air route for trade to help free the ‘landlocked’ country from the constraints of its neighbours. Notably, Pakistan has denied Afghanistan land access for trade with India.
8. ___________began operating the world’s largest radio telescope, the FAST (Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope)
a) China
b) India
c) Singapore
d) Russia
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Answer a) China . China began operating the world’s largest radio telescope, the FAST (Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope). Measuring 500 metres across, the telescope took five years and $180 million to complete, and will be used to search for gravitational waves and signs of extraterrestrial life. It will reportedly take three years for its calibration before becoming fully operational.
9. National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched in ____________ by the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD)
a) Mumbai
b) Jaipur
c) Shillong
d) Hyderabad
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Answer c) Shillong . National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched in Shillong by the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The mission focuses on sustainable utilization of renewable biological resources for food, bio-based products and bio-energy through knowledge-based approaches. It could have the potential to generate new solutions for the planet’s major challenges in the field of energy, health, food, water, climate change and deliver social, environmental and economic benefits.
10. How many Indian cities have made it to the Master card Global Destinations Cities Index of ‘Top 100 destination cities for 2016’?
a) 7
b) 10
c) 3
d) 5
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Answer d) 5. Five Indian cities have made it to the Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index of ‘Top 100 destination cities for 2016’, with Mumbai ranking at number 27, Chennai at the 30th rank, New Delhi at number 48, Kolkata at 62nd rank, and Pune at the 91st, MasterCard said in a press release. In the Fastest Growing Destination Cities category, Mumbai and Chennai ranked 14 and 19, respectively, with at least one million overnight visitors in 2016.
11. Who has been elected as the President of the Boxing Federation of India?
a) Kamal Singh
b) Ajay Singh
c) Yadav Singh
d) Raman Singh
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Answer b) Ajay Singh. SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh were elected as the President of the Boxing Federation of India. Singh is also among the Vice Presidents of the Uttarakhand Boxing Association. The Federation went to polls after four years of administrative turmoil, with the election likely to benefit the country’s boxers, who could not compete under the national flag.
12. Indian table tennis player _______________ won India’s first international men’s singles table tennis title
a) Kamlesh Mehta
b) Anthony Amalraj
c) Abhishek Yadav
d) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
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Answer d) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. Indian table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won India’s first international men’s singles table tennis title in half a decade, after securing the Belgian Open on Saturday. The 24-year-old paddler defeated Cedric Nuytinck 15-13, 11-6, 11-2, 17-15, to win his maiden men’s singles title. With the win, Sathiyan could enter the world top 125 for the first time in his career.
13. India’s emerging player __________________ bagged the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
a) Saurav Ghosal
b) Velavan Senthilkumar
c) Anuroop
d) Abdul Bari
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Answer b) Velavan Senthilkumar. India’s emerging player Velavan Senthilkumar bagged the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He beat Jordan’s Mohammad Al-Sarraj.
