Current Affairs Quiz: 24 September 2016

1.    Name the long range air-to-air missile that was successfully test fired by Indian Air Force from Mirage-2000 Upgrade combat aircraft. a)    Novator K-100 b)    Barack-8 c)    MICA d)    Astra 2.    Name the state/union territory that increased the retirement age of doctors working in its hospitals to 65 years. a)    Pondicherry b)    Delhi c)    West Bengal d)    Punjab 3.    Name the Sangeet Natak Akademi winning Hindi and Urdu writer and television personality who died in September 2016. a)    Reoti Saran Sharma b)    Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya c)    Gobind Tez d)    TA Rasaq 4.    Name the country with which India started a Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’? a)    Nepal b)    Russia c)    Sri Lanka d)    China 5.    Staffan de Mistura, the UN Special Envoy to a country called the countries crisis as the worst humanitarian tragedy since the Second World War. Name the country. a)    Iraq b)    North Korea c)    Syria d)    Ukraine 6.    Name the venue from where Asia’s oldest and world’s 3rd toughest mountain biking (MTB) race kicked off. a)    Shimla b)    Nainital c)    Mussoorie d)    Manali 7.    By what percent, the Union Government cut import duty on wheat and potato to boost supplies and check prices of the commodities during the upcoming festival season? a)    5 percent b)    10 percent c)    15 percent d)    20 percent 8.    Name the state that adopted the resolution to use Cauvery water only for drinking needs. a)    Tamil Nadu b)    Pondicherry c)    Kerala d)    Karnataka 9.    Name the person for whose birth centenary commemoration the Union Government approved the constitution of two committees. a)    Bal Gangadhar Tilak b)    MS Golwalkar c)    Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay d)    Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 10.    Name the state that quashed all notifications regarding 10 percent quota for EBC Economically Backward Classes. a)    Haryana b)    Gujarat c)    Goa d)    Maharashtra 11.    Name the Pakistani cricketer who became the first Pakistani to receive Test mace from ICC. a)    Mohammad Hafeez b)    Shahid Afridi c)    Misbah-ul-Haq d)    Younis Khan 12.    Who of the following was appointed as the Indian ambassador to the United States of America? a)    Pavan Kapoor b)    Navtej Sarna c)    Pankaj Saran d)    Ronen Sen 13.    Who of the following topped in the 2016 Forbes list of 100 Richest Indians? a)    Azim Premji b)    Acharya Balkrishna c)    Anil Ambani d)    Mukesh Ambani 14.    In what number of high focus districts the Union Government will soon launch Mission Parivar Vikas for improved family planning services? a)    120 b)    136 c)    145 d)    162 15.    Who of the following was appointed as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court? a)    Girish Chandra Gupta b)    Mohan M. Shantanagoudar c)    Chittatosh Mookerjee d)    Ashok Bhushan Answer. 1. (c) MICA 2. (b) Delhi 3. (a) Reoti Saran Sharma 4. (b) Russia 5. (c) Syria 6. (a) Shimla 7. (b) 10 percent 8. (d) Karnataka 9. (c) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay 10. (b) Gujarat 11. (c) Misbah-ul-Haq 12. (b) Navtej Sarna 13. (d) Mukesh Ambani 14. (c) 145 15. (b) Mohan M. Shantanagoudar