Current Affairs Quiz

1. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved the Resolution condemning an economic embargo imposed by the US on which country?

Cuba

Russia

Japan

Afghanistan

None of these

2. What is india's rank in "ease of doing business" report published by World Bank?

140

138

130

150

None of these

3. World Bank recently announced that India ranked 130 out of the 189 countries surveyed in terms of ease of doing business for domestic firms. It was revealed in the report entitled as _____?

Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency

Doing Business 2016: Measuring International Efficiency

Doing Business 2016: Doing Business Globally

Doing Business 2016: Doing Business Anywhere

None of these

 4. The Union Government recently constituted a Committee with a view to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The committee will be headed by ___?

K. V. Easwar

R. V. Easwar

S. V. Easwar

R. V. Sahni

None of these

5. SLINEX -2015, is a naval exercise begins in between which two countries?

India and Russia

India and Nepal

India and China

India and Sri Lanka

None of these

6. Who has recently been appointed as the Chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms?

Jean Claude Juncker

Jacques Santer

Sylvie Lucas

Frank Schleck

None of these

7. Sylvie Lucas has recently been appointed as the Chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms. She is from which country?

Luxembourg

Russia

US

China

None of these

8. Union Finance Ministry launched E-Sahyog Pilot Project to facilitate which one of the following group______?

Students

Corporate

Tax Payers

Only for Technical Students

None of these

9. Troubled British bank Barclays recently appointed which of the following as its new chief executive?

James Staley

Raghvendra Singh

Rahim Staley

Krishna Singh

None of these

10. Tata Trusts announced collaboration with which international institute on knowledge creation and capacity building for social and economic empowerment in India? 

University of Massachusetts

University of San Diego

Harvard University South Asia Institute

University of Californi

None of these

11. Citibank appointed which of the following as Chief Economist for India? 

Kabir Chakraborty

Samiran Chakraborty

Samir Chakraborty

Rahim Singh

None of these

12. Who has recently been elevated as Managing Director of country's largest lender State Bank of India in place of Corporate Banking head P Pradeep Kumar? 

R. Gupta

P. Gupta

K. Gupta

S. Gupta

None of these

13. South Asian Rugby 7’S Championship in 2016 is going to be held at which place? 

Jammu & Kashmir

Telagana

Delhi

Uttarakhand

None of these

14. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief recently announced that all the highly qualified athletes who are refugees will be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. The chief of the International Olympic Committee is? 

Namrita Bach

Thomas Bach

Rakesh Sinha

Rakesh Bach

None of these

15. Financial powers of Health Institutions enhanced to Rs.5 lakh per patient under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. The earlier upper limit per patient was? 

Rs. 2 Lakh

Rs. 4 Lakh

Rs. 6 Lakh

Rs. 3 Lakh

None of these