Quiz on Some Recent Current Affairs

Q1. Recently, Ray Tomilson was in news for his death. He is
a) Inventor of Raytube
b) Inventor of LED
c) Inventor of Excel
d) Inventor of Email
Answer: 4

Q2. Statement 1: Economic Survey is mandated by the Constitution of India.

Statement 2: Budget word is clearly defined and mentioned in Article 112.
a) Only 1 correct
b) Only 2 correct
c) Both are correct
d) Both are wrong
Answer: 3

Q3. Consider the following:

1: The time of Budget introduction was changed from 5pm to 11am in 2001 (i.e. 2001-02 budget)
2: The word 'Interim Budget' was first time introduced by Morarji Desai in 1968 budget
3: 1st Republic of India budget was presented on 26th February 1950
4: R. Venkataraman is the only Finance Minister who later served as President of India

a) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct
b) Only 1 and 4 are correct
c) Only 1 and 3 are correct
d) All are correct
Answer: 2
Interim Budget used in 1948-49 budget. 1st Republic Budget of India 28th February 1950.
Q4. Which of the following are correct regarding Mufti Mohammed Sayyed, who recently passed away

1: He is from Jammu & Kashmir
2: He acted as Governor of J&K
3: He was Chief Minister of J&K
4: Founder of J&K People's Democratic Party
5: Former Home Minister of India

a) Only 1, 2 and 5 are correct
b) Only 1, 3, 4 and 5 are correct
c) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct
d) All are correct
Answer: 2

Q5. Recently, Russia signed Country by Country Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CbC MCAA), it is a
a) Foreign relations agreement
b) Tax co-operation agreement
c) Mutual support / partnership agreement
d) All of these
Answer: 2

Q6. Sparsh Leprsoy Awareness Campaign is done by
a) UNO
b) WHO
c) India
d) All of these
Answer: 3

Q7. Pitamber was in news, it is
a) new Ginger species discovered in Andaman & Nicobar islands
b) new Turmeric variety developed by CSIR
c) new drug for treating Cancer
d) None of these
Answer: 2

Q8. Which bank is going to install ATM on board for INS Vikramaditya ?
a) Canara
b) Syndicate
c) SBI
d) ICICI
Answer: 3

Q9. Recently, ISCon's "Govardhan Ecovillage" won UNWTO Award for innovation in category of NGO, the Head Quarter of ISCON is at
a) Madrid
b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
c) Pune, Maharashtra
d) Naypur, West Bengal
Answer: 4

Q10. Which is the 1st Indian Public Stock Exchange to be listed through IPO ?
a) BSE
b) HSE
c) NSE
d) ASE
Answer: 1