Current Affairs Quiz

1. Name the Germany-based Uighur leader and that person's India has cancelled the visa given to a leading Chinese dissident to participate in a conference in Dharamsala, after China's objection over it?

a) Dolkun Isa

b) Lin Sen

c) Zhang Xun

d) Lee Huan

e) None of the above

2. Which of the following government declared eight days of national mourning as the death toll from the massive earthquake that hit?

a) Ghana

b) Chaina

c) Japan

d) Afghanistan

e) Ecuador 

3. Name the actor who is going to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the movie Aligarh?

a) Ranbir Kapoor

b) Salman Khan

c) Manoj Bajpayee

d) Amitabh Bachchan

e) Nawazuddin Siddiqui

4. Which state will have another Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) to train 5,000 plastic engineers and technicians every year and it will be set up in Anantapur district?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Goa

d) Karnataka

e) Kerala

5. Dr Jitendra Singh Launches Cancer Care Campaign In North-east in which state?

a) Assam

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Tripura

d) Meghalaya

e) Mizoram

6. Who has won the 2016 Barcelona Open title of Tennis by defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final match played in Barcelona, Spain?

a) Novak Djokovic

b) Roger Federer

c) Rafael Nadal

d) Andy Murray

e) Stan Wawrinka

7. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 1,000 crore to which state for purchase of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Punjab

c) Jharkhand

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) Haryana

8. The Finance Ministry has approved how much per cent interest on PF deposits for over 5 crore subscribers of retirement body EPFO, lower than 8.8 per cent decided by the Central Board of Trustees (CBT)?

a) 8.1 Per cent

b) 8.7 Per cent

c) 8.2 Per cent

d) 8.5 Per cent

e) 8.3 Per cent

9. To check debit card frauds, which bank has launched a facility under  SMS and Missed Call Banking’ service whereby the customer can choose to activate or deactivate their cards using various platforms, like ATM, and Point of Sale (POS)?

a)  ‘SBI Quick'

b) 'PNB Quick'

c) 'IOB Quick'

d) 'BOB'Quick'

e) None of the above

10. The minimum wage for contract workers has been increased to how much per month?

a) RS12000

b) RS17000

c) RS15000

d) RS10000

e) None of the above