Current Affairs Jan 2016 - Online Quiz



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Q 1 - The second-highest civilian honour ‘Padma Vibhushan’ was awarded to which of the following?

A - Dilip Kumar

B - Pankaj Udaas

C - Rajesh Khanna

D - None of these

Answer : A

Q 2 - The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the disinvestment of paid up equity capital of Coal India Limited (CIL) to?

A - 15%

B - 20%

C - 10%

D - 30%

Answer : C

Q 3 - Marat Safin, who joined the International Tennis Hall of Fame belongs to country?

A - India

B - US

C - Tunisia

D - Russia

Answer : D

Q 4 - The eASIA Award under Trade Facilitation category was conferred to which of the following?

A - SYMBOA Application

B - The Drug Authentication and Verification Application (DAVA)

C - Railways

D - None

Answer : B

Q 5 - India-Iran Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was recently held at?

A - Banglore

B - New Delhi

C - Raipur

D - Jodhpur

Answer : B

Q 6 - Indian-origin cancer research expert honored with Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his influential work on prevention and treatment of cancer is __-?

A - Harpal Singh Kumar

B - Muzaffar ali

C - Ram Lakhan Singh

D - None

Answer : A

Q 7 - E-office, an initiative to improve services by digitizing more than 12000 files, launched by ministry of?

A - Women & Child Development

B - DEITY

C - Finance Ministry

D - Ministry of Overseas Affairs

Answer : A

Q 8 - The Indian Institute who inked a deal with Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI) to plan and implement smart technology to develop India’s smart city growth?

A - IIT, Kanpur

B - IIM, Ahmdabad

C - IIT, Delhi

D - IIT, Kharagpur

Answer : D

Q 9 - Harshavardhan Neotia has been selected as the new in charge of____?

A - CCI

B - ISRO

C - RAW AGENCY

D - FICCI

Answer : D

Q 10 - World's largest blue star sapphire that weighs 1404.49 carats was discovered in a mine of country?

A - US

B - Bhutan

C - Sri Lanka

D - India

Answer : C

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