Current Affairs Quiz: 27th May 2017

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1. PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated India's longest bridge- Dhola-Sadiya. Where is the bridge located?
a)    Kolkata
b)    Assam
c)    Mandi
d)    Uttarakhand

2. Which mission of NASA recently revealed the deep secrets of planet Jupiter?
a)    Apollo-Soyuz Mission
b)    Juno Mission
c)    Psyche Mission
d)    Apollo Mission

3. Who was appointed as the Secretary of CBSE recently?
a)    Anurag Tripathy
b)    Rajan Anandan
c)    Subho Ray
d)    Kunal Shah

4. Name the former Director General of Police for the state of Punjab who passed away recently.
a)    Suresh Arora
b)    Mohammad Mustafa
c)    Kuldeep Singh
d)    Kanwar Pal Singh Gill

5. Who of the following was recently appointed as the Chairman of International Fertiliser Association?
a)    Esin Mete
b)    Rakesh Kapur
c)    Ajay S. Shriram
d)    None of the above

6. Which State Government recently launched Japanese Encephalitis vaccination drive for the people of the state?
a)    Kerala
b)    Telangana
c)    Bihar
d)    Uttar Pradesh

7. Which of the following cities is declared as the world's most densely populated city by the UN Habitat?
a)    Mumbai
b)    Tokyo
c)    Dhaka
d)    Jakarta

8. Which Indian state will host the 2017 Asian Junior Tennis Championship?
a)    Maharashtra
b)    Uttar Pradesh
c)    Assam
d)    Tamil Nadu

9. India’s longest bridge Dhola-Sadia has been built over which tributary of the Brahmaputra River?
a)    Teesta River
b)    Subansiri River
c)    Manas River
d)    Lohit River

10. Scientists of which university have recently found a new layer of tectonic plates in Earth mantle?
a)    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b)    Iowa State University
c)    University of Chicago
d)    University of Houston

11. Who of the following was presented with the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year Award?
a)    Ravindra Jadeja
b)    Ravichandran Ashwin
c)    Virat Kohli
d)    Rohit Sharma

12. Construction for the world's largest optical telescope recently began in which of the following countries?
a)    Peru
b)    USA
c)    Chile
d)    Bolivia

13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Changsari in the Kamrup District. The district falls in which state?
a)    West Bengal
b)    Andhra Pradesh
c)    Assam
d)    Maharashtra

14. How old should be a Start-up to qualify for benefits under the Startup India Action Plan?
a)    3 Years
b)    2 Years
c)    5 Years
d)    7 Years

15. Who of the following recently became the most followed world leader on Facebook?
a)    Donald Trump
b)    Justin Trudeau
c)    Narendra Modi
d)    Vladimir Putin

ANSWERS

1. (b) Assam
2. (b) Juno Mission
3. (a) Anurag Tripathy
4. (d) Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
5. (b) Rakesh Kapur
6. (d) Uttar Pradesh
7. (c) Dhaka
8. (a) Maharashtra
9. (d) Lohit River
10. (d) University of Houston
11. (b) Ravichandran Ashwin
12. (c) Chile
13. (c) Assam
14. (d) 7 Years
15. (c) Narendra Modi