Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which of the following is the newly introduced fully unreserved, superfast train in India? 

a) Humsafar Express 

b) Antyodaya Express 

c) TEJAS Express 

d) UDAY Express 

e) Swaraj Express

Answer: Antyodaya Express 

2. Who is the author of the book “Standing Guard— A year in Opposition”? 

a) Arun Shourie 

b) Raghuram Govind Rajan 

c) P Chidambaram 

d) Suzanna Arundhati Roy

e) Mallikarjun Kharge

Answer: P Chidambaram

3. Who has won the 2016 Miami Open Men’s singles title? 

a) Rafael Nadal 

b) Novak Djokovic 

c) David Ferrer 

d) Kei Nishikori

e) None of the above 

Answer: Novak Djokovic 

4. The World Autism Awareness Day is observed on which date? 

a) March 31 

b) April 1 

c) April 2 

d) April 3

e) March 22 

Answer: April 2 

5. Unakoti hill,an ancient Shaivite place of worship, is located in which state of India? 

a) Uttarakhand 

b) Tamil Nadu 

c) Odisha 

d) Tripura

e) None of the above

Answer: Tripura 

6. Who has won the 2016 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix? 

a) Kimi Raikkonen 

b) Lewis Hamilton 

c) Nico Rosberg 

d) Daniel Ricciardo

e) None of the above 

Answer: Nico Rosberg 

7. According to the recently released UNIDO report titled “Yearbook”, what is the India’s rank among the world’s 10 largest manufacturing countries? 

a) 6th 

b) 5th 

c) 9th 

d) 10th

e) 7th

Answer: 6th 

8. Who has won the 2016 Paris marathon in the men’s category? 

a) Mark Korir 

b) Martin Lel 

c) Abraha Gebretsadik 

d) Cyprian Kotut

e) None of the above

Answer: Cyprian Kotut 

9. Which state government has sanctioned nearly 868 crore rupees to provide relief to farmers in drought hit areas of state recently?

a) Bihar

b) Maharashtra

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

e) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

10. Which Indian personality was recently bestowed with the Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour “the King Abdulaziz Sash”? 

a) Pranab Mukherjee 

b) Sushma Swaraj 

c) Narendra Modi 

d) Dalbir Singh Suhag

e) None of the above 

Answer: Narendra Modi 

11. Which of the following country is not member of BRICS?

a) Brazil

b) India

c) South Africa

d) Canada

e) Russia

Answer: Canada

12. World’s first ‘White Tiger Safari’ has opened in which state of India? 

a) Rajasthan 

b) Madhya Pradesh 

c) Gujarat 

d) West Bengal

e) None of the above

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

13.As per RBI regulations governing NFCbased payments, people can pay up to a maximum of ________ for a single transaction.

a) Rs 1,000 

b) Rs 2,000

c) Rs 5,000 

d) Rs 10,000

e) Rs 25,000 

Answer: Rs 2,000  

14. What is India’s ranking on the World Happiness Index 2016?

a) 76th 

b) 83rd

c) 92nd 

d) 105th

e) 118th 

Answer: 118th

15. Fazle Kabir has been appointed Governor of the central bank of which of the following country?

a) Malaysia 

b) Indonesia

c) Pakistan 

d) Afghanistan

e) Bangladesh 

Answer: Bangladesh