Current Affairs Quiz

1. The central government has given its nod for renaming __________ railway station in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh after the name of Late Shri BR Ambedkar who devoted his life for development of Dalits was born there.

 Saifi Nagar

 Patalpani

 Lokmanya Nagar

 Rau

 Mhow

2. Who has been assumed the office of Director at ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Department of Space, at Vattiyoorkavu in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala recently?

 DK Hota

 Madhav Dhekane

 V Swaminathan

 Sanjay Malik

 K B Koliwad

3. Which of the following card issuer company has launched a premium credit card by the name ELITE recently?

 Axis Platinum card

 HDFC Cooperate credit card

 American Express Gold credit card

 Gold International Card

 SBI Cards and Payment Services (SBI Card)

4. Which country was unanimously elected as the 39th Associate Member of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) during its full council meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland?

 UAE

 Malaysia

 China

 Saudi Arabia

 Canada

5. Veteran communist leader and former World Peace Council president ___________ has passed away in Mumbai recently?

 MN Roy

 Abaninath Mukherji

 Romesh Chandra

 Tathagat Roy

 None of the above

6. The world’s first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) ‘Super Fight League’ from August 26 to October 1, 2016, will be hosted by which country?

 China

 India

 USA

 Germany

 Russia

7. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and which of the following country that will help to establish a framework for cooperation between the National Development Unit recently?

 Mauritius

 France

 Singapore

 Myanmar

 Japan

8. The Union Cabinet has approved the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year 2016-17. The Government has earmarked a sum of _____________ for this purpose.

 Rs10,300 Crore

 Rs30,000 Crore

 Rs18,276 Crore

 Rs28,276 Crore

 Rs25,000 Crore

9. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved increase in foreign shareholdings in Axis Bank Ltd to how much per cent from the existing 62 per cent?

 81 per cent

 74 per cent

 85 per cent

 65 per cent

 None of the above

10. PM Narendra Modi inducted 19 new ministers into the Council of Ministers. Who is the Human Resource Development Minister after the cabinet reshuffled?

 Smriti Irani

 Rajiv Pratap Rudy

 Ajay Tamta

 Ravi Shankar Prasad

 Prakash Javadekar