Current Affairs Quiz July 07 2016 Question And Answers

Ans:- A – West Indies – Explanation – West Indies has won the ICC Cricket World Men’s T-20 Cup 2016 by defeating England wickets in the final match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Ans:- B – Nico Roseberg – Explanation – Mercedes driver Nico Rosebsrg from germany has won the 2016 Gulf Air Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix held at Bahrain International Circuit in Manama. Bahrain Grand Prix title race was the second race of the 2016 season of Formula One in which total 11 teams had participated.

Ans:- C – Gujarat – Explanation – Gujarat Government has launched Smart Village program to improve public facilities in the villages. It was launched by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on the occasion of completion of two years of her Government.

Ans:- D – Andy Murray – Explanation – Andy Murray (World No. 3) from Britain has won the 2016 Italian Open title of Tennis in the singles category. It was Murray’s first Italian Open title. In the final match played in Rome, Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic (World No. 1) for the first time on the clay court by 6-3 , 6-3 score.

Ans:-A – Atma Ram Nadkarni – Explanation –The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Senior advocate of Bombay High Court Atma Ram Nadkarni as Additional Solicitor General. He will have tenure of three years and an order in this regard was issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Ans:- B – Novak Djokovic – Explanation – Serbian tennis player Novac Djokovic (World no. 1) won the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open the men’s single category. In the final match played in Madrid, Spain he defeated Andy Murray from Great Britain by 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 score.

Ans:- C – Chetan Bhagat – Explanation – Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor’s autobiography titled ‘ Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star was released recently. The biography has been authored by film journalist Aseem Chhabra and with forword by Karan Johar.

Ans:- D – Pakistan – Explanation – Pakistan has won the third edition of the Asian kabaddi Championship 2016 (Circle Style) by defeating India. In the final match held at Pakistan Ordinance Factory Sports Complex in Cantonment, Pakistan defeated India by 50-31 points.

Ans:- A – Mark Selby – Explanation – Ace snooker player Mark Selby (World no 1) from England has won the 2016 World Championship title of Snooker. In the final match played in Sheffield, Selby defeated China’s Ding Junhui by 18-14 score.

Ans:- B – Andhra Pradesh – Explanation – Andhra Pradesh Government has launched Chandranna Bima Yojana, an insurance scheme for working class people. The scheme was launched by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on the occasion of May Day in Vijayawada.

Ans:- C – Bengaluru – Explanation – South India’s first underground services flagged of in Bengaluru i.e. at East-West corridor (Purple Line) of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

Ans:- A – Varunastra – Explanation – Indigenously – built heavy weight anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra has been successfully inducted in the Indian Navy. With this India becomes one of the eight countries in the world to have the capability to design and build anti-submarine torpedo system.

Ans:- D – NS Vishwanathan – Explanation – The Union Government has appointed NS Vishwanathan as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Ans:- B – Vidyanjali Mobile App – Explanation – Vidyanjali initiative is in line with the Union HRD Ministry’s ongoing efforts under Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat.

Ans: – B – Randeep Hooda – Explanation: Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda was felicitated by Melbourne based South Asian community members in Australia. The members of a nonprofit organization South Asian public Affairs Council (SAPAC) honoured the visiting actor with an achievement award for making his mark in the film industry.

Ans: – A – Kanavu Variyam – Explanation:” Kanavu Variyam” a Tamil movie directed by a Chennai-based techie Arun Chidambaram, has gone to win the prestigious Remi Award in the US. The award will be handed over to Chidambaram during the 49^th world Fest Houston International Film Festival.

Ans: – D – Ottal – Explanation: National Award winning Malayalam film “Ottal” has been named as the Best Film by children’s jury at the 66^th Berlin International Film Festival. Ottal narrates the story of an old fisherman and his grandson.

Ans: – C – 21^st February – Explanation: International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February. The IMLD has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Ans: – B – Kerala – Explanation: Kerala has emerged champions in the 61^st National School Athletics Meet, which began on January 29 and concluded on February 2. Kerala emerged as the overall winner for the 19^th consecutive time. The national School Athletics championship was held at Olympian Rahman Stadium in Kozhikode, Kerala.

Ans: – C – Vietnam – Explanation: The world’s longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in Vietnam Lao Cai Province. With a total length of 6,292.5 metres, the system was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest three-rope cable car route, and also the world’s biggest height gap between its departure and arrival stations of 1,410 metres.

Ans: – B – India-Russia – Explanation: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised about signing of an agreement between India and Russia. The Agreement provides for competitive research grants to Indian and Russian researchers for joint implementation of research projects in areas of Basic Exploratory Sciences.

Ans: – D – January – Explanation: National girl child day is celebrated every year on 24^th January as a national observance day for the girl child. This celebration was started to offer more supports and new opportunities to the girls in the country. It is celebrated to increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by the girl child in the society.

Ans: – A – Rahul Thakkar – Explanation: Rahul Thakkar along with Richard Chuang has been chosen for Scientific and Technical achievement Award 2016 given by Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The duo has been picked for “groundbreaking design” of the Dream Works Animation Media Review System.

Ans: – D – South Korea – Explanation: India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has opened its first branch in South Korea. The Seoul branch is expected to play an important role in strengthening economic partnership between the two nations, the bank Managing Director B. Sriram said in a statement.

Ans: – A – Shashank Manohar – Explanation: Veteran Cricket administrator Shashank Manohar has been elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent chairman, two days after he stepped down from the post of BCCI President.

Ans: – D – Mukesh Khanna – Explanation: Actor Mukesh Khanna who is well Known all over India as the country’s first Superhero, Shaktimaan has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI).

Ans: – B – Dr Mohan Kumar – Explanation: Senior diplomat Dr. Mohan Kumar has been appointed the India’s next Ambassador to France. He will Succeed Arun Kumar who was recently appointed Ambassador to the United States.

Ans:- C – Prakash Javdekar – Explanation – Prakash Javdekar was the new Union Cabinet Minister of Human Resource Development of India in place of Smriti zubin Irani.

Ans:- A – Rajasthan – Explanation – Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time workers. In this regard, the Labour Department has issued a notification. With this, part time workers in the state now come under the Minimum Wages Act 1948.

Ans:- D -MySpeed – Explanation – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched ‘MySpeed’ mobile application for measuring real time mobile Internet speed that consumers get. This is the first application to be launched under the Digital India initiative, which is directly trying to tackle the issue of poor data speeds.

Ans:- B -State Bank of India – Explanation –India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) recently had launched SBI Mingle, a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users.

Ans:- A – Emraan Hasmi – Explanation – The book narrates the story of Emraan’s life when his family dealt with the horrific struggle as his six-year-old son Ayaan battled his way through cancer.

Ans:-B – Ruskin Bond – Explanation – Apart from My Favourite Nature Stories, Bond also launched another book titled The World Outside My Window.

Ans:- D – Thithi – Explanation – The film won numerous honours so far including National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada, State Film Awards, Golden Leopard honour, etc.

Ans:- D – Duronto – Explanation – President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 May 2016 conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the 63rd National Film Awards Function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Ans:- A – Dum Laga ke Haisha – Explanation – President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 May 2016 conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the 63rd National Film Awards Function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Ans:- C -Amitabh Bachchan – Explanation – President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 May 2016 conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the 63rd National Film Awards Function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Amitabh Bachchan received the Best Actor honour for his role of a hypochondriac father in Piku.

Ans:- B – Bhutan – Explanation – The MoU will strengthen the existing relationship between Union Public Service Commission and Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan. It will also facilitate sharing of experience and expertise of both the parties in the area of recruitment.

Ans:- C – $201.50 million – Explanation – The objective of the project is to enhance quality and equity in participating engineering education institutes and improve the efficiency of the engineering education system in focus states.

Ans:- B – Russia

Explanation – Arktika, the most powerful nuclear icebreaker launched by Russia. With a length and breadth of 189.5 yards and 37.1 yards respectively, it is the world’s largest and most powerful vessel of its kind.

Ans:- D – Israel – Explanation – In the secret ballot election, Israel received 109 Yes votes. No votes were cast against Israel. However, there were 23 abstentions, 14 invalid ballots and 43 votes for other countries in the Western European.

Ans:- A – Angela Merkel – Explanation – Forbes on 6 June 2016 released the list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of 2016 showing women who impacted businesses, media, philanthropy, politics and more. The world’s most powerful woman in the list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel who fetched the first spot for the sixth consecutive year.

Ans:- C – Rodrigo Digong Duterte – Explanation –Rodrigo Digong Duterte on 30 May 2016 was officially declared to be the president-elect by the parliament of Philippine. He won a landslide victory in the presidential election in May 2016 , taking about six million votes more than his competitor.

Ans: – C – India – Explanation: India placed at 91^st position in the recently released 2016 Networked Readiness Index (NRI) by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). The Index was released as the part of the WEF’s Global Information Technology Report.

Ans: – A – Rajasthan – Explanation: Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time workers. With this, part time workers in the state now come under the Minimum Wages Act 1948.

Ans: – C – 28^th December – Explanation: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has hoisted the party flag at the party headquarters in New Delhi, marking the 130st congress Foundation Day on December 28.

Ans: – B – China – Explanation: China has started construction of its third largest hydropower station on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a project estimated to cost more than 100 billion Yuan (USD 15.4 billion). Is the world’s 7^th largest in operation or under construction.

Ans: – D – MK Rasgotra – Explanation:  The book provides a ringside view of the beginnings of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, the last years of the Cold War, Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the Bhopal gas disaster.

Ans: – A – Ashutosh Tiwari – Explanation: A team of scientist in US led by an Indian-Origin Ashutosh Tiwari has discovered Tin Monoxide (SnO) conductor to replace silicon. SnO is a new kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that opens the door for speedier computers and smart phones that consumes less power. 

Ans: – C – Jain Acharya Maharaj – Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2016 released a book title “MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT” Written by Jain Acharya Maharaj.