Current Affairs Quiz

1. The committee set up by the govt to look into the functioning of the Censor Board submitted its report recently. It was headed by?

 Naseeruddin Shah

 Shyam Benegal

 Girish Karnad

 Shabana Azmi

 Govind Nihalani

2. The govt has made it mandatory for mobile manufacturers to add inbuilt global positioning system (GPS) in all phones from?

 Dec 2016

 Jan 2017

 Apr 2017

 Dec 2017

 Jan 2018

3. President Mukherjee embarked on two nation tour to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand recently. The capital city of Papua New Guinea is?

 Ouagadougou

 Bandar Seri Begawan

 La Paz

 Port Moresby

 Porto-Novo

4. Which of the following countries recently launched Kunpeng 1B, a sounding rocket designed to conduct research, take measurements and scientific experiments?

 South Korea

 Japan

 China

 Philippines

 Turkey

5. The Railway Ministry has decided to create a _________ fund named Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh to strengthen safety measures.

 Rs 10,000cr

 Rs 25,000cr

 Rs 50,000cr

 Rs 90,000cr

 Rs 1 lakh cr

6. Operation Sulaimani, an initiative to eradicate poverty by feeding the needy, was launched in which of the following cities recently?

 Bengaluru

 Chennai

 Mumbai

 Kozhikode

 Ahmedabad

7. ________ became the first African footballer to win the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award recently.

 Dimitri Payet

 Riyad Mahrez

 Sofiane Feghouli

 Yacine Brahimi

 N'Golo Kante

8. Nandu Natekar became the first non-cricketer to be inducted into Legends Club, founded by late Raj Singh Dungarpur. Nandu is associated with?

 hockey

 tennis

 badminton

 squash

 shooting

9. Who among the following was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile recently?

 Lobsang Sangay

 Penpa Tsering

 Lobsang Tenzin

 Dalai Lama

 Dolkun Isa

10. The govt on 25 Apr banned the import of some electronic items, specific mobile phones, milk and milk products and some steel products from?

 China

 Taiwan

 Nepal

 South Korea

 Thailand