QUIZ OF DAY 15-01/2017 WEEKEND SPECIAL

QUIZ OF DAY 15-01

Ques. :1 Which of the following countries has developed DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile with a strike range of about 5,500 km?
1) North Korea
2) Cuba
3) Iran
4) Russia
5) China

Ans. 5) China

Ques. :2 The world’s largest cargo aircraft Antonov AN-225 made a technical halt recently at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Kolkata
4) Mumbai
5) Hyderabad

Ans. 5) Hyderabad

Ques. :3 We often read about the FEMA regulations. What is the full form of FEMA?
1) Foreign Exchange Management Act
2) Foreign Exchange Manipulation Act
3) Foreign Exchange Migration Act
4) Foreign Exchange Maneuver Act
5) None of these

Ans. 1) Foreign Exchange Management Act

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Ques. :4 India and Bangladesh held border talks in Dhaka recently. Which of the following states does not share boundary with Bangladesh?
1) Sikkim
2) Meghalaya
3) Mizoram
4) Tripura
5) Assam

Ans. 1) Sikkim

Ques. :5 Iran recently demanded India to pay all oil bills raised from Apr 2016 to be settled in
1) Indian rupee
2) Iranian rial
3) Euro
4) US dollar
5) UK pound

Ans. 3) Euro

Ques. :6 India and five other countries signed CbC MCAA pact in Beijing recently. The pact is an initiative of
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) OECD
5) AIIB

Ans. 4) OECD

Ques. :7 Maithripala Sirisena, who visited India recently, is the present President of
1) Mauritius
2) Suriname
3) Sri Lanka
4) Myanmar
5) Vietnam

Ans. 3) Sri Lanka

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Ques. :8 The Prakash Singh probe panel submitted its report recently. The panel was constituted to probe lapses during
1) Sikh protests in Punjab
2) Patel agitation in Gujarat
3) Muzaffarnagar communal riots
4) Jat agitation in Haryana
5) None of these

Ans. 4) Jat agitation in Haryana

Ques. :9 ________ was appointed as chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee recently.
1) Rahul Dravid
2) Kapil Dev
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Anil Kumble
5) Ajay Jadeja

Ans. 4) Anil Kumble

Ques. :10 The central govt has decided to get rid of the five-year plans, and replace them with 15-year vision documents. The Five-Year Plan was first started in
1) 1948
2) 1950
3) 1951
4) 1952
5) 1956

Ans. 3) 1951

Ques. :11 _______ will become the first Indian to be inducted into the ‘International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Hall of Fame’.
1) G Madhavan Nair
2) UR Rao
3) KK Radhakrishnan
4) CNR Rao
5) K Kasturirangan

Ans. 2) UR Rao

Ques. :12 The economic think-tank NCAER recently projected India’s economic growth rate at what percent in 2016-17?
1) 6.9 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 7.4 per cent
4) 7.6 per cent
5) 7.7 per cent

Ans. 5) 7.7 per cent

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Ques. :13 The Thomas Cup is an international men’s team competition of
1) badminton
2) tennis
3) squash
4) billiards
5) golf

Ans. 1) badminton

Ques. :14 Which of the following pairs won women’s doubles title of the 2016 Rome Masters?
1) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnin
2) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
3) Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears
4) Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu
5) None of these

Ans. 2) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

Ques. :15 The world football governing body FIFA appointed who among the following as deputy chairman of its governance committee recently?
1) Mukul Mudgal
2) Praful Patel
3) Baichung Bhutia
4) Sarbananda Sonowal
5) IM Vijayan

Ans. 1) Mukul Mudgal

Ques. :16 The ‘Income Declaration Scheme’ or four month window for declaration of domestic black money will commence from
1) 1 Jun 2016
2) 1 Sep 2016
3) 1 Dec 2016
4) 1 Jan 2017
5)1 Apr 2017

Ans. 1) 1 Jun 2016

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Ques. :17 The Air Forces of which two countries concluded their four-week-long “Red Flag” aerial combat exercises at Alaska in the US recently?
1) Pakistan and US
2) China and US
3) Japan and US
4) South Korea and US
5) India and US

Ans. 5) India and US

Ques. :18 The Women Economic Forum with a theme ‘Women: Uplifting and Uniting The World’ was held recently in
1) Jaipur
2) Bhopal
3) Kolkata
4) New Delhi
5) Mumbai

Ans. 4) New Delhi

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Ques. :19 The 2nd phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide LPG connections to 5 cr women beneficiaries from BPL families was launched recently from Dahod district of
1) Jharkhand
2) West Bengal
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Gujarat

Ans. 5) Gujarat

Ques. :20 India is placed at which position in the ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’, according to an EY report?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth

Ans. 3) Third

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