G.K Quiz (Current Affairs) 8 September, 2016

Shall we start the quiz

Q.1) The recently published book "She Walk, She Leads" is written by -
1) Gunjan Jain
2) Nita Ambani
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Mala Sen

Ans: 1) Gunjan Jain
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Q.2) Who is among the following recently appointed as the Director General BIS(Bureau of Indian Standards)

1) Smt Bharati S Sihag
2) Smt Seema Bahuguna
3) Smt Sanjeevanee Kutty
4) Smt Alka Panda

Ans: 4) Smt Alka Panda
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Q.3) India has recently signed an agreement with which country in the area of Maritime Transport?
[A]Egypt
[B]Tunisia
[C]Morocco
[D]Afghanistan

Ans: [A]Egypt
India has recently signed an agreement with Egypt in the area of Maritime Transport in New Delhi to step up co-operation on the seas.
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Q.4) The book “Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir” has been authored by whom?
[A]K. Srilata
[B]Swati Chaturvedi
[C]Mahesh Shantaram
[D]Malik Sajad

Ans: [D]Malik Sajad
This book is a poignant, heart-stopping account of what it means to be a young boy growing up in a conflict-ridden land.
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Q.5) Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of SBI Mutual Fund?
[A]Sunila Galappatti
[B]Anuradha Rao
[C]P.K. Parakkadavu
[D]Dinesh Kumar Khara

Ans: [B]Anuradha Rao
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Q.6) Which committee has recently submitted report on border protection to Union Government?
[A]H R Nagendra committee
[B]N K Singh committee
[C]Madhukar Gupta committee
[D]Shailesh Nagar committee

Ans: Madhukar Gupta committee
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Q.7) Who has been awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015?
[A]Govind Mishra
[B]Padma Sachdev
[C]Sugatha kumari
[D]A. A. Manavalan

Ans: [B]Padma Sachdev
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Q.8) India’s first military heritage website has launched by which organisation?
[A]Magic Bus India Foundation
[B]Glory Foundation
[C]Sports Coaching Foundation
[D]Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society

Ans: [B]Glory Foundation
India’s first military heritage website “coloursofglory.org” has recently launched by Glory Foundation.
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Q.9) Which high-level committee has been constituted by the Union Government to promote card payments?
[A]Amit Mitra committee
[B]Shankar Acharya committee
[C]Ratan P Watal committee
[D]Arvind Subramanian committee

Ans: Ratan P Watal committee
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Q.10) Who has won the 2016 Belgian Formula One Grand Prix?
[A]Sebastian Vettel
[B]Daniel Ricciardo
[C]Lewis Hamilton
[D]Nico Rosberg

Ans: [D]Nico Rosberg
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Q.11) The National Sports Day is celebrated on which day in India?
[A]August 28
[B]August 29
[C]August 27
[D]August 26

Ans: [B]August 29
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Q.12) Which high-level committee has been constituted by the Indian Navy to find out extent of Scorpene Submarine data leak?
[A]Robin Dhowan committee
[B]Ashok Kumar committee
[C]Girish Luthar committee
[D]Sunil Lanba committee

Ans: [B]Ashok Kumar committee
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Q.13) Who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of TERI(The Energy and Resources Institute)?
a. Ashok Chawla
b. Ashok Singh
c. Ashok Mehta
d. Ashok Malik

Ans: Ashok Chawla
Explanation:
The Energy and Resources Institute on 31st August 2016 appointed former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla as the new Chancellor of TERI University.
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Q.14) Where has the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) set up a Electropreneur Park?
a. University of Delhi South Campus
b. University of Delhi North Campus
c. Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi
d. None of the above

Ans: a. University of Delhi South Campus
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Q.15) Which company and its IT arm have joined German component maker Bosch and telecom operator Vodafone to develop unique cloud based connected vehicle platform
a. Mahindra and Mahindra
b. Infosys
c. TATA
d. Reliance

Ans: Mahindra and Mahindra
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Result time

Again Congratulations to Sharp Shooters - 2 

                                                 Tremendous performance: Rajeev Jain
       I think other teams really needs to work hard if they want to beat Sharp Shooters-2: Subhash