CURRENT AFFAIRS Quiz - 20 Dec
1. What is India’s rank in the Global Wind
Power Installed Capacity index?
a) First
b) Second
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
ANS : C
2. A rainbow-headed snake was recently
discovered by the scientists in which of the following regions?
a) Brazil's Atlantic Forest
b) Greater
Mekong
c) Madagascar
d) Western
Ghats
ANS : B
3. The United Nations Security Council voted
to deploy UN observers to monitor evacuations in which of the following Syrian
cities?
a) Palmyra
b) Aleppo
c) Damascus
d) Homs
ANS : B
4. Identify the Tamil poet whose statue was
recently inaugurated on the bank of River Ganga in Haridwar.
a) Thiruvalluvar
b) Nakkirar
c) Mamulanar
d) Agastya
ANS : A
5. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was recently
appointed as the Chief Justice of India by the President Pranab Mukherjee.
Justice Kehar is the
a) 43rd
Chief Justice of India
b) 45th Chief Justice of India
c) 44th
Chief Justice of India
d) 42nd Chief Justice of India
ANS : C
6. Senate of which country has passed a
resolution seeking withdrawal of its biggest currency notes?
a) Yemen
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) Afghanistan
ANS : B
7. A huge dead zone has been discovered
recently in one of the major water bodies. Which among the following is the
water body?
a) South China Sea
b) Bay
of Bengal
c) Arabian
Sea
d) Indian Ocean
ANS : B
8. Which High Court recently banned the
unauthorised functioning of ‘Sharia Courts’ in the state?
a) Kerala High Court
b) Madras
High Court
c) Allahabad High Court
d) Delhi
High Court
ANS : B
9. For the first-time in history, the ‘black
cat’ commandos may participate during the Republic day parade. The name ‘Black
cat’ is used to refer to which Indian special force unit?
a) Special Frontier Force
b) Garud
Commando Force
c) Para Special Forces
d) National
Security Guard
ANS : D
10. Which state attained 100 percent Aadhaar
saturation in India recently?
a) Madhya
Pradesh
b) Himachal
Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
ANS : B
11. Which state launched a subsidised meal
scheme ‘Annapurna Rasoi' recently?
a) Haryana
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
ANS : C
12. Which state inaugurated two new districts
Pherzawl and Noney recently?
a) Manipur
b) Assam
c) Sikkim
d) Nagaland
ANS : A
13. Name the famous environmentalist who
passed away recently and authored the book 'Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talab'?
a) Rahul Trivedi
b) Rajas
Sikka
c) Anupam
Mishra
d) Anand Dwivedi
ANS : C
14. Which country unveiled a Charter on
Citizen’s Rights to guarantee a number of rights such as right to a fair trial,
freedom of speech and freedom f movement?
a) Iraq
b) Afghanistan
c) Pakistan
d) Iran
ANS : D
15. The Central Board of Trustees of the
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reduced the interest rate payable
on their PF savings for 2016-17 to
a) 8.65
percent
b) 7.65 percent
c) 5.65 percent
d) 6.65
percent
ANS : A
