Current Affairs Quiz : July 06 2016 MCQ Question And Answers

Ans:- C – 19 – Explanation – Nineteen new Minister’s of State (MoS) were inducted in the Union Council of Ministers in a major expansion. These new ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Ans:- A – Susmita Pande – Explanation – The union government has appointed Susmita Pande as the chairperson of National Monument Authority (NMA). She wiil succed Himanshu Prabha Ray and shall fill the post which was lying vacant for five months after demission of Ray from office.

Ans:- B – Sushila Karki – Explanation – The Constitutional Council of Nepal has selected Justice Sushila Karki(63) for the post of Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Court of the country. With this selection she will become 26^th chief justice of the apex court and the first female CJ in Nepal’s history.

Ans:- D – Vishwananathan Anand – Explanation –Five time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand (46) was honoured with the 2016 Hridaynath Mangeskar award.

Ans:- B – Lee Chon g Wei – Explanation – Malaysia’s badminton star Lee Chong Wei has won 2016 Malaysian Open title in the men’s single category.  In the final held at Kuala Lumpur, Lee defeated Chen Long of Chaina in straight games 21-13 , 21-8 in match that lasted 42 minutes.

Ans:- C -Rajasthan – Explanation –Rajasthan state assembly passed the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bills, 2016 for providing statutory backing to land records. With this Rajasthan has become the first state to pass land title bill.

Ans:- A – Imphal – Explanation – The first-ever North East -ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit kicked off in Imphal, Manipur with the focus on road connectivity, trade and tourism.

Ans:- D – Odisha – Explanation – Odisha Government has launched Adarsh Vidyalaya (AV) project to provide modern schools facilities on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas in the underdeveloped rural areas of the state.

Ans:- C -India – Explanation – Indian men have won the 2016 Asian Nations  Cup Chess tournament by defeating Vietnam in final round by 3-1 score played in Abu Dhabi.

Ans:- B – Sharad Agarwal – Explanation – Lamborgini India Pvt. Ltd. Has appointed Sharad Agarwal as its country head with immediate effect. In his new role , Agarwal will oversee the functions of sales , marketing, after sales and network development of the company.

Ans:- A -KELT-4Ab – Explanation – Scientists have discovered a rare triple-star system named KELT-4Ab with a gas giant planet similar in size to Jupiter. It was discovered by the researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the United States.

Ans:- D – Aditi Krishnakumar – Explanation – Indian author Aditi Krishnakumar has won the prestigious 2016 Scholastics Asian Book Award. She has won the award for her 32,000-word manuscript titled Codex. The Lost Treasure Of The Indus.

Ans:- C- Ahmedabad – Explanation – Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has decided to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In this regard, IDB and its private sector arm, Islamic corporation for the development of the Private Sector (ICD) , already have met with top officials of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) , EXIM Bank and India’s other nationalized banks.

Ans: – A – Real Madrid FC – Explanation: Recently club football team won UEFA Champion League in 2016.Real Madrid have maintained 100% success rate in UEFA Champion league finals, winning five out of five.

Ans: – D – Alastair Cook – Explanation: Alastair Cook has become England’s leading Test run scorer by passing Graham Gooch. He achieved this feat while scoring 32 on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand.

Ans: – B – Mohun Bagan – Explanation: Mohun Bagan football club has won 2016 Indian Federation Cup. Mohun Bagan perfected a spectacular second-half resurgence to floor Aizawl FC by a record 5-0 margin and regain the Federation Cup football title after eight years, at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.

Ans: – C – F.C Barcelona – Explanation: Barcelona FC has retained the Spanish league title La Liga with 3-0 score against Granada in the final match. Luis Suarez finished as top scorer, being the first player apart from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to do so since the 2008-09 seasons.

Ans: – A – Anthony Joshua – Explanation: Anthony Joshua won International boxing Federation heavy weight title in London with a second-round knockout of Charles Martin.

Ans: – C – Sergey Karjakin – Explanation: Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin challenge for the world chess championship in 2016. Sergey Karjakin won the world chess candidates tournament.

Ans: – D – Hyundai – Explanation: Hyundai Motor India Ltd has entered into a four-year partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as an associate sponsor for all international matches at home.

Ans: – B – Patna Pirates – Explanation: The Patna Pirates were crowned champions of the Pro Kabaddi League season 3 after they defeated defending champions and heavy favourites U Mumba in a memorable encounter.

Ans: – C – V. Kohli – Explanation: Virat Kohli was rewarded for his stupendous performance in India’s clean sweep against Australia in the T-20 international as he replaced Aaron Finch as the top ranked batsman in the ICC list.

Ans: – D – India – Explanation: India became the number one side in the ICC T 20 rankings after white washing Australia in the three match series.

Ans: – A – Sunil Mittal – Explanation: International Chamber of Commerce said it has elected founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal, as its chairman in a voting held in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Ans: – A – Supriya Sahu – Explanation: Senior IAS officer Supriya Sahu has been appointed as Doordarshan Director General, a post lying vacant for nearly two years. A 1991 batch IAS officer, Sahu is currently working in her state Tamil Nadu.

Ans: – B – Salman Khan – Explanation: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been named Contingent’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Rio Olympics. This is a first time that a bollywood superstar will be a goodwill ambassador.

Ans:- A -Mauritius – Explanation – The Union Cabinet has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Mauritius in the field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation.

Ans:- C – Rafael Nadal – Explanation – Ace tennis player Rafael Nadal (World No 5) from Spain has won the 2016 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title of Tennis. In the final match he defeated Gael Monfils of France by 7-5, 5-7 , 6-0 score.

Ans:- B – Nico Rosberg – Explanation – Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix held at the Shanghai International Circuit. Chinese Grand Prix title race was the third race of the 2016 season of Formula One in which total 11 teams had participated.

Ans:- D – Jharkhand – Explanation – Jharkhand Government has launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows to create equality and harmony in society , ensuring all round development enshrined in the Constitution.

Ans:- B – 44^{th  –} Explanation – India ranked 44^th with total score of 30 among 50 different countries in the Connectivity Index (GCI) report compiled by Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

Ans:- A – Anthony Joshua – Explanation – British professional boxer Anthony Joshua has won the 2016 international Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title. To win this title , he defeated Charles Martin (US) in the second round at the O2 Arena in London , United Kingdom.

Ans:- B – West Indies – Explanation – West Indies has won their maiden Women’s World T-20 title by defeating champions Australia by 8 wickets at the Eden Garden in Kolkata. Batting first Australia had score of 148 runs for 5 wickets. West Indies in reply scored 149 runs in 19.3 over at the loss of 2 wickets.

Ans:- C – Sunil Mittal – Explanation – Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal (58) was bestowed with 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. Sunil Mittal is Indian telecom tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Ans:- D – Mohun Bagan – Explanation – Mohun Bagan FC has won the 2016 Indian Federation Cup football tournament title for the 14^th time. They have won the tournament after a gap of 8 years and last was won in 2008.

Ans:- C – Kiran Bedi – Explanation – President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Puducherry as per Article 239 of the Constitution.

Ans:- A – Pawan Chamling – Explanation – Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was conferred with the Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award, one of the Nepal’s prestigious literary award. The award was bestowed upon him by Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oil for his commendable contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India.

Ans:- B – Beijing – Explanation – The first World Conference on Tourism for development (WCTD) was held in Beijing, China from May 18 to 21, 2016. It was held under the theme ‘Tourism for peace and Development’ to advance the contribution of tourism to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Ans:- D – Han kang – Explanation – South Korean author , han Kang, has won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her noval ‘The Vegetarian’. With this han becomes the first South Korean to win this prestigious literary prize. The writer and her British translator Deborah Smith will share the 72,000 dollars prize money.

Ans:- B – Serena Williams – Explanation – Serena Williams (World No 1) from United States has won the 2016 Italian Open Tennis in the women’s singles category. In the final match, she defeated Madison Keys by 7-6, 6-3 score. It was Serena Williams fourth Italian Open title after she won in 2002, 2013 and 2014.

Ans:- D – ICICI – Explanation – India’s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has launched country’s first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Ans: – B – Axis Bank – Explanation: Axis Bank has raised $ 500 million at the London Stock Exchange after it launched India’s first internationally-listed certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world.

Ans: – A – United States – Explanation: The world’s largest rocket has successfully blasted into space from Florida’s Cape Canaveral for all to see, but the exact details of its intelligence agency cargo are something that the US government is keeping a closely guarded secret.

Ans: – C – Gujarat – Explanation: Gujarat government has announced that 6,000 of around 18,000 villages in Gujarat have become open defecation free (ODF) and the rest would be ODF much before the 2019 deadline, set by the Centre under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Ans: – D – Nandini Bhandaru – Explanation: Nandini Bhandaru of IIT-Kharagpur wins honour for her outstanding contribution. A doctoral researcher at IIT-Kharagpur has bagged the European Materials Research Society’s Young Scientist Award for contribution to materials science.

Ans: – A – 25^th April – Explanation: On April 25^th people across the globe take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day. The day is an international observance commemorated every year on 25^th April and recognizes global efforts to control malaria.

Ans: – B – Radhika Apte – Explanation: Bollywood actress Radhika Apte has bagged the best actress in an international narrative feature honour at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in anthology film “Madly”.

Ans: – D – Gatimaan Express – Explanation: India has launched its “fastest train” capable of running at a maximum speed of 160 km an hour. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the Gatimaan Express, which connects Nizamuddin station in the capital, Delhi, with the northern town of Agra.

Ans: – C – Maharashtra – Explanation:  Maharashtra is a first state to join national cancer grid. Maharashtra tied up with the Tara Trusts to link all government colleges and medical colleges to the national cancer grid for uniform cancer profiling and quality treatment.

Ans: – A – March 10^th  – Explanation:  World Kidney day observed annually on the March 10^th. World Kidney Day is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).