Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz Section. Here I am presenting all the current happenings of the day in the form of Quiz with detailed explanation. This will be helpful for your upcoming exams as well to boost your general knowledge!!!
1. PM Modi holds talks with South African President in Pretoria to
boost bilateral ties. Who is the President of South Africa?
a) Salva Kirr
Mayardit
b) James
Michel
c) Macky Sall
d) Jacob Juma
e) None of
these
2. Which is the capital of Mozambique?
a) Maputo
b) Warsaw
c) Madrid
d) Ramallah
e) None of
these
3. Name the largest annual international industrial trade fair of
Russia.
a) RNNOPROM
b) ANNOPROM
c) INNOPROM
d) PNNOPROM
e) None of
these
4. India has set up an apparel training centre in which among the
following countries to support textiles industry of the West African country?
a) Niger
b) Nigeria
c) Ghana
d) Burkina
Faso
e) Liberia
5. Under the 'Clean UP, Green UP' initiative, which state government
has announced to plant a record five crore saplings across the state on July
11.
a) Andhra
Pradesh
b) Arunachal
Pradesh
c) Himachal
Pradesh
d) Madhya
Pradesh
e) Uttar
Pradesh
6. Haritha Haram a flagship programme to increase the present 24%
tree cover in the State to 33% of the total geographical area of which among the
following states?
a) Andhra
Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka
e) Kerala
7. India’s first Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things is set
to launch in which among the following Indian cities?
a) Mumbai
b) Pune
c) New Delhi
d) Bangalore
e) Hyderabad
8. Which of the following Indian state conduct a ‘Smart Pulse
Survey’ for collecting socio-economic data of 1.48 crore households in the
state on July 8?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra
Pradesh
d) Telangana
e) Karnataka
9. Which among the following Indian states has emerged the surprise
leader of the ease of doing business ranking as per the position on the last
day of submission of evidences of reforms by states?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Telangana
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
e) West Bengal
10. Who inaugurates the second anti-drug working group meeting of
heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS countries?
a) Pranab
Mukarjee
b) Narendra
Modi
c) Arun
Jaitely
d) Prakash
Javadekar
e) Rajnath
Singh
11. Maharashtra government inducted 10 ministers into the state
Council while promoting one existing minister to the Cabinet rank. Who is the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
a) Shri
Sivaraj Singh Chouhan
b) Devendra
Fernandes
c) Okaram
Ibobi Singh
d) Mukul
Sangam
e) Lal
Thanthawla
12. NATO Summit begins in
a) Vienna,
Austria
b) Budapest,
Hungary
c) Milan,
Italy
d) Warsaw,
Poland
e) None of
these
13. Which countries President signed the controversial
“anti-terrorist” legislation dubbed “Big Brother”?
a) Poland
b) USA
c)
Turkmenistan
d) Paraguay
e) Russia
14. Which countries government pays a grant of about $120 to every
student in the age group 16-20 years to attend secondary school classes?
a) Hungary
b) Iceland
c) Sweden
d) Netherlands
e) Austria
15. Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar re-elected unopposed as the chairman of
______ Legislative Council.
a) Maharashtra
b) Mizoram
c) Madhya
Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
e) Manipur
16. Home First Finance Company is looking to sell 30% stake for Rs
250 crore to fund operations. The company provides loans of upto ____ lakh rupees,
to firsthome buyers.
a) Rs.25 lakh
b) Rs.30 lakh
c) Rs.35 lakh
d) Rs.40 lakh
e) None of
these
17. Name the private sector lender bank that has launched an SME
Bank.
a) ICICI Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) Kotak
Mahindra Bank
e) None of
these
18. Which among the following companies has topped the initial
public offering (IPO) league table in the first half of 2016?
a) Kotak
Securities
b) HDFC
Securities
c) Reliance
Securities
d) ICICI
Securities
e) None of
these
19. Lidudumalingani Mqombothi won the 17th edition of prestigious
Caine Prize 2016 for his short story Memories We Lost. He belongs to which
nation?
a) Liberia
b) South
Africa
c) Zimbabwe
d) Kenya
e) South Korea
20. Name the Veteran music director who had passed away at the age
of 77 on July 7, 2016.
a) Ravindra
Jain
b) V.
Dakshinamoorthy
c) Master
Sonik
d) Om Prakash
Sonik
e) None of
these
Answers and Explanations:
1. D) Explanation: The
one to one talk between the Prime Minister NarendraModi and South African
President Jacob Juma is being held in the Union Building, the Presidential
Office of South Africa in Pretoria. Agreements on economic ties, Technology
transfer and civil aviation are likely to be signed.
2. A) Explanation: India
and Mozambique signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in areas of drug
trafficking, pulse trading and sports. These MoUs were signed between two
countries at Maputo, Mozambique.
3. C) Explanation: Commerce
and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead a delegation of over 110
Indian companies that will showcase their engineering prowess at a trade fair “INNOPROM
2016” of Russia.
4. B) Explanation: India
has set up an apparel training centre in Nigeria to support textiles industry
of the West African country. This is a first of its kind centre in Nigeria, set
up in partnership with their government. Nigeria is an important trading
partner of India.
5. E) Explanation: Of
these, 6.7 lakh saplings will be planted in Agra alone. Last year, the state
had entered the Guinness Book of World Records for planting 10 lakh saplings
within a span of eight hours.
6. B) Explanation: The
second phase of Haritha Haram programme of Telangana government was launched in
the state. Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao participated in the plantation
programme at Gundrampalli near Chityal in Nalgonda district by planting a Neem
sapling.
7. D) Explanation: The
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) unveiled
India’s first Centre of Excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at
its Startup Warehouse in Bengaluru.
8. C) Explanation: Andhra
Pradesh government will conduct a 'Smart Pulse Survey' for collecting
socio-economic data of 1.48 crore households in the state. The State Cabinet
decided to conduct the survey to determine the socio-economic status and
collect all other relevant details of each household in the state.
9. A) Explanation: Uttarakhand
has emerged the surprise leader of the ease of doing business ranking as per
the position on the last day of submission of evidences of reforms by states.
10. E) Explanation: Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the second anti-drug working group
meeting of heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS countries. The meeting is
being organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India. India will host
the 8th BRICS summit in October 2016 in Goa
11. B) Explanation: DevendraFadnavis-led
Maharashtra government inducted 10 ministers into the state Council while
promoting one existing minister to the Cabinet rank. Of the 10, six belonged to
the ruling BJP, two to ally Shiv Sena, and one each to the
12. D) Explanation: The
NATO summit begins today in Warsaw, Poland. In the two day Summit, the leaders
of the 28 NATO Allies and many partner nations will deliberate and take
decisions to enhance the Alliance’s security by strengthening its deterrence
and defence, and projecting stability beyond its borders.
13. E) Explanation: Russian
President Vladimir Putin signed the “anti-terrorist” legislation adopted by the
lower and upper houses of parliament in June 2016. This anti-terror amendment
is dubbed as Big Brother by US intelligence contractor turned privacy activist
Edward Snowden.
14. C) The Swedish government pays a grant of about $120 to every
student in the age group 16-20 years to attend secondary school classes.
15. A) Explanation: Current
Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council and NCP leader, Ramraje Naik
Nimbalkar was re-elected unopposed as the chairman of Maharashtra Legislative
Council ,during a special one-day session convened at the VidhanBhavan.
16. B) Explanation: Mumbai-based
private lender Home First Finance Company is looking to sell 30% stake for Rs
250 crore to fund operations, valuing the company at Rs 850 crore. Founded by
former Mphasis chairman JaithirthRao and Bank of Baroda managing director PS
Jayakumar, the Mumbai-based company provides loans of Rs 1-30 lakh, mostly to
firsthome buyers.
17. C) The private sector lender HDFC Bank has launched an SME Bank
which will provide full-fledged digital banking service to small and medium
sector enterprises. There are over 3.6 crore SMEs in the country which
contribute over 8% to India’s GDP.
18. D) Explanation: ICICI
Securities has topped the initial public offering (IPO) league table in the
first half of 2016. Kotak Investment Banking, which was in pole position last
year, is currently second, with four deals worth Rs 1,036 crore.
19. B) Explanation: South
African writer, filmmaker and photographer LidudumalinganiMqombothi won the
17th edition of prestigious Caine Prize 2016 for his short story Memories We
Lost. With this, Lidudumalingani was awarded with 10000 Euros and a month at
Georgetown University in the US as a writer-in-residence.
20. D) Explanation: Noted
music director Om PrakashSonik, also known as Omi, part of the Sonik-Omi duo,
died in Mumbai. He was 77. Sonik–Omi was an Indian composer working in duo
consisting of Master Sonik (a blind music director) and his nephew Omi.
