Current Affairs Sep 2016 - Online Quiz



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Q 1 - The Brazilian swimmer and wheelchair user who lit the symbolic cauldron at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games is __________________?

A - VK Sinha

B - Tony James

C - Diana Thames

D - Clodoaldo Silva

Answer : D

Q 2 - NASA’s spacecraft that was launched to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in hopes of learning more about the origins of life was named as __________________________.

A - ORIGIN-X

B - ORS EX R-EX

C - OSIRIS-REx

D - None of them

Answer : C

Q 3 - Which of the following actor will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar?

A - Sylvester Stallone

B - Tom Hanks

C - Akshay Kumar

D - Jackie Chan

Answer : D

Q 4 - Which of the following countries was declared ‘Malaria free’ by WHO?

A - Bangladesh

B - Sri Lanka

C - India

D - Egypt

Answer : B

Q 5 - Who will be presented with the Britannia Humanitarian Award 2016?

A - Ewan McGregor

B - Van D’souza

C - Tony Joseph

D - None of these

Answer : A

Q 6 - According to a recent list published by Forbes, ____________tops the list of the world’s highest-paid TV actresses?

A - Ellen Pompeo

B - Julia Louis-Dreyfus

C - Stana Katic

D - Sofia Vergara

Answer : D

Q 7 - Which of the following bank/institution approved $631 million in loans and grants to develop the first key 800-kilometer section of a planned 2,500-kilometer-long East Coast Economic Corridor?

A - World Bank

B - Asian Development Bank

C - IMF

D - None of these

Answer : B

Q 8 - Who won the 2016 US Open Women’s Singles title?

A - Angelique Kerber

B - Karolina Pliskova

C - Serena Williams

D - Venus Williams

Answer : A

Q 9 - Who won Emmy’s Outstanding Drama Series?

A - Last Week Tonight

B - Veep

C - Transparent

D - Game of Thrones

Answer : A

Q 10 - Name the country that topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in September 2016.

A - Switzerland

B - Singapore

C - United States of America

D - Sweden

Answer : A

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