Current Affairs Quiz: 30 July 2016

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1.    Which campaign was launched on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons that was observed recently?
a)    #IGiveHope
b)    #GiveHope
c)    #We’reAgainstHumanTrafficking
d)    None of the above

2.    Joint military exercise between India and Thailand that culminated at Krabi was
a)    Hand-in-Hand
b)    AUSINDEX
c)    EKUVERIN
d)    MAITREE

3.    Which of the state has launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana?
a)    Bihar
b)    Haryana
c)    Goa
d)    Gujarat

4.    The oldest serving aircraft carrier of the world that arrived at Kochi on its last sailing prior to decommissioning later in 2016 is
a)    INS Viraat
b)    INS Vikramaditya
c)    INS Vikrant
d)    INS Vishal
 
5.    Who of the following will head the expert committee that was constituted to possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons?
a)    Atul Karwal
b)    Rajeev Krishna
c)    Tushar Tripathy
d)    TVSN Prasad

6.    Who of the following was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court by Bihar Governor Ramnath Kovind at a function in Raj Bhawan in Patna?
a)    Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh
b)    Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari
c)    Justice Hemant Gupta
d)    Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha

7.    Name the state that has decided to form a separate cell for the Primitive Tribes Group (PTG) in the Welfare Department.
a)    Chhattisgarh
b)    Jharkhand
c)    Madhya Pradesh
d)    Andhra Pradesh

8.    Who of the following was reappointed as the Chairman Railway Board?
a)    AK Mital
b)    AK Kapoor
c)    Mohd Jamshed
d)    MAHESH MANGAL

9.    Name the country whose 8-member team was formally suspended from next month's Rio Olympics due to doping offences by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
a)    Ukraine
b)    Russia
c)    India
d)    North Korea

10.    Name the former head of Guatemala's football federation who has pleaded guilty in a US court to racketeering and wire fraud.
a)    Brayan Jimenez
b)    Rafael Callejas     
c)    Reynaldo Vasquez
d)    None of the above

11.    Who of the following was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Berhampur University by Governor and Chancellor Dr SC Jamir?
a)    Lingaraj Panigrahi
b)    Raghunath Prasad Padhi
c)    Rajendra Prasad Das
d)    Deepak Kumar Behera

12.    Name the state that has decided to regularise unauthorised constructions till December 2015 on a mass scale in the state's urban belts.
a)    Maharashtra
b)    Delhi
c)    Karnataka
d)    Tamil Nadu

13.    Who of the following is the author of the book, Do You Know Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
a)    MK Rasgotra
b)    Amitav Ghosh
c)    Margaret Alva
d)    Unnat Pandit

14.    BRICS Employment Working Group (BEWG) first-ever meet was held in which city?
a)    Moscow
b)    Hyderabad
c)    Beijing
d)    Cape Town

15.    Name the bollywood film that was banned from release in Pakistan in last week of July 2016?
a)    Rustom
b)    Nonsense
c)    Mohenjo Daro
d)    Dishoom

ANSWER.
1. (a) #IGiveHope
2. (d) MAITREE
3. (b) Haryana
4. (a) INS Viraat
5. (d) TVSN Prasad
6. (b) Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari
7. (b) Jharkhand
8. (a) AK Mital
9. (b) Russia
10. (a) Brayan Jimenez
11. (c) Rajendra Prasad Das
12. (a) Maharashtra
13. (d) Unnat Pandit
14. (b) Hyderabad
15. (d) Dishoom