CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1). Name the mobile app that is launched by the MSAI and Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust for women safety.

a) I feel Safe

b) Safety first

c) Ladies safety

d) Nirbhaya Jyoti

e) None of these

   

2).  The ambitious Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and System (CCTNS) project will be operationalised by

a) 31^st March 2017

b) 31^st January 2017

c) 31^st December 2016

d) 30^th April 2017

e) 30^th November 2016

   

3). The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing and ratification of an Agreement between India and Croatia on Economic Cooperation. The average bilateral trade growth was ______during the last three years.

a) 17.33%

b) 15.55%

c) 16.44%

d) 17.44%

e) None of the above

   

4).  Name the education content provider company that has launched the first and only Indian TV Channel in partnership with DEN Manoranjan Satellite in Pune.

a) Oureducity

b) Millionlights

c) Endeavour

d) Alpha Education services

e) Educom

   

5).  Millionlights, an education content provider Company has launched the first and only Indian TV Channel in partnership with DEN Manoranjan Satellite in Pune. Which of the following is not the objective of the channel?

a) To focus on higher education and skill development

b) To create a landscape of content

c) To create delivery platforms

d) To provide certifications leading to higher employability

e) None of the above

   

6).  Which state recently agrees to implement Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana on an experimental basis in the kharif season?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar

d) Haryana

e) Punjab

   

7).  Name the state that has become the 16th state to join the centrally sponsored plan Ujwal Discoms Reforms for power distribution (UDAY).

a) Maharashtra

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Arunachal Pradesh

e) Tamil Nadu

   

8).  Puducherry joined and became the first union territory to join Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). An overall net benefit of ------------ approx. would accrue to the UT by opting to participate in UDAY.

a) Rs 278 crores

b) Rs 368 crores

c) Rs 378 crores

d) Rs 372 crores

e) Rs 978 crores

   

9).  Recently, which of the following has been launched by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley?

a) Databank

b) Online finance facilitation

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Moneybank

e) None of the above

   

10).  Government has notified the national Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy. Early Childhood Care and Education comes under which scheme?

a) Integrated Child Developing Service (ICDS)

b) Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS)

c) Integrated Children Development State (ICDS)

d) Integrated Child Develop Service (ICDS)

e) Integrating Child Development Service (ICDS)

   

11).  India and which country has agreed on a $30 million public-private five-year research initiative for a joint research on smart grid and energy storage technology?

a) China

b) US

c) UK

d) Russia

e) Pakistan

   

12).  Name the project which has started by Syndicate Bank for providing improved customer service and latest digital banking services.

a) Project Digital

b) Project Ananya

c) Project Digital Banking

d) Project Anamika

e) None

   

13).  Who has been selected as the brand ambassador for ITC’s leading health & hygiene brand, Savlon?

a) P V Sindhu

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Jwala Gupta

d) Ashwini Ponnappa

e) None of these

   

14).  Who among the following Indians were included in ‘Forbes' list of 100 richest tech tycoons

a) Mukesh Ambani and Azim Premji

b) Dilip Shanghvi and Shiv Nadar

c) Mukesh Ambani and Shiv Nadar

d) Dilip Shanghvi and Azim Premji

e) Azim Premji and Shiv Nadar

   

15).  Accenture and LinkedIn are jointly organising "HackFest 2016", a platform for students to solve real-world business and human challenges through innovative (original and new) ideas. Where the non-stop, 20-hour challenge will be held on September 24-25?

a) Bengaluru

b) Chennai

c) Hyderabad

d) Mumbai

e) Chandigarh

16). Who inaugurated Independence Day Film Festival on 12^th August 2016 in New Delhi?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Arun Jaitley

d) Sushma Swaraj

e) Smriti Irani

   

17). Which among the following states inaugurates the first 'Sewa Kendra'?

a) Maharashtra

b) Kerala

c) Gujarat

d) Punjab

e) Haryana

   

18). Which state becomes the first in India to pass GST bill unanimously?

a) Assam

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Bihar

e) Chhattisgarh

   

19). After the President approval for the new IIT’s how many new IIT’s are coming the country?

a) Five

b) Six

c) Seven

d) Eight

e) Twelve

   

20). Which minister visited Indonesia to attend the International Meeting on Counter Terrorism on the theme “Countering Cross Border Movement of Terrorism” held in Bali, Indonesia?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Manohar Parikar

c) Prakash  Javedkar

d) Kiren Rijiju

e) None of these