Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which Government will issue an ordinance on 1st May to provide 10 per cent reservation to economically backwards of higher caste?

a) Maharashtra

b) Haryana

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Gujarat

2. Who wins 2016 Nelson Mandela Award?

a) Tabassum Adnan

b) Stephen Curry

c) Arvind Kejriwal

d) Malala Yousafzai

e) None of the above

3. Name the person who has been appointed as Australia's Bowling coach?

a) Stephen Fleming

b) Greg Chappell

c) Allan Donald 

d) Gary Kirsten

e) Wasim Akram

4. Which city has been declared as a Smoke-free City while the District Level Coordination Committee on Tobacco Control will soon bring out elaborate guidelines and rules for adherence by the public?

a) Imphal,Manipur

b) Dispur,Assam

c) Patna, Bihar

d) Kohima, Nagaland

e) None of the above

5. The Election Commission has launched an innovative mobile application titled e-voter with comprehensive details about the forthcoming Assembly polls in?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) West Bengal

d) Assam

e) Puducherry 

6. Name the person who bagged Gold Medal at Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship?

a) Charlene Lanzel

b) Sudarsan Pattnaik 

c) Nitish Bharti 

d) Rahul Arya

e) None of the above

7. Who is an Indian academician is among 12 people appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the global body's University Council to formulate its principles and policies, consider and approve biennial budget and work programme?

a) Bobby Jindal

b) Rajiv Shah

c) Richard Verma

d) Anjli Jain

e) Radha Kumar

8. Name the petroleum company which has got the approval to invest rs. 3,000 crore in BORL Bharat Oman Refineries Limited?

a) BPCL

b) IOC

c) HPCL

d) GAIL

e) None of the above

9. Comcast Corporation, the parent company of Universal Pictures is going to buy which animation company for $3.8 billion?

a) Adventure Cartoon Productions

b) Boulder Media Limited

c) Felix the Cat

d) DreamWorks Animation

e) None of the above

10. Name the Judo player who has won the gold at 2016 Commonwealth Judo Championship?

a) David Douillet

b) Ronda Rousey

c) Garima Chaudhary 

d) Akram Shah

e) None of the above