Current Affairs Quiz

1. The Cabinet of Somalia recently agreed on an election model outlined by a declaration in 2015. The capital of Somalia is?

a) Santiago 

b) Bujumbura

c) Bridgetown 

d) Mogadishu

e) Baku 

Answer: Mogadishu

2. Who among the following has been appointed as the new secretary of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)?

a) Avinash K Srivastava 

b) Siraj Hussain

c) Shobhana K Pattanayak

d) Anup K Pujari

e) KK Jalan 

Answer: KK Jalan

3. Which bank has won the ‘Best Social Bank’ award, ‘Best rural bank’ award and ‘Best bank for participation in govt schemes’ award for midsized bank at the awards instituted by the ASSOCHAM?

a) Syndicate Bank 

b) Punjab National Bank

c) State Bank of India 

d) Central Bank of India

e) Corporation Bank 

Answer: Corporation Bank

4. A new mobile app ‘Mitra,’ developed to help women, children, and the elderly in distress, was recently launched by the Puducherry CM?

a) AK Singh 

b) V Vaithilingam

c) N Rangasamy 

d) VS Sivakumar

e) Abdu Rabb 

Answer: N Rangasamy

5. SS Tarapore passed away in Mumbai recently. He was an economist and the former?

a) governor of RBI 

b) deputy governor of the RBI

c) CMD of State Bank of India 

d) chairman of NABARD

e) CMD of SIDBI 

Answer: deputy governor of the RBI

6. Name the shuttler who won women’s singles title of the 2016 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships recently?

a) Selena Piek 

b) Shin Seung Chan

c) Jung Kyung Eun 

d) Sayaka Sato

e) Sung Ji Hyun 

Answer: Sung Ji Hyun

7. The Supreme Court has appointed a committee to sell assets of Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL) and refund Rs 49,000 cr to the investors under the chairmanship of?

a) Mukul Mudgal 

b) Dipak Misra

c) RM Lodha 

d) Jagdish Singh Khehar

e) Anil R Dave 

Answer: RM Lodha

8. Name the Indian multinational IT firm rated as the world’s most powerful brand in Information Technology Services in the Brand Finance’s 2016 annual report?

a) Tata Consultancy Services 

b) Infosys

c) Wipro 

d) Tech Mahindra

e) HCL

Answer: Tata Consultancy Services

9. Which of the following countries topped the global confidence index for the fourth quarter of 2015 in a row as per research agency Nielsen?

a) US 

b) India

c) Thailand 

d) Indonesia

e) Philippines 

Answer: India

10. Marshall Islands plan to sue India, Pakistan and Britain over nuclear weapons in the International Court of Justice which is located in?

a) Hague 

b) Amsterdam

c) Geneva 

d) London

e) Rome 

Answer: Hague