Current Affairs Quiz based on "The Hindu"




1) The CCS cleared a massive infrastructure project which also includes around 200 km of fencing along the India and its neighbor country border. Name the country for which this project was cleared.
Answer.  Bangladesh 

2) The Supreme Courtasked the Centre to respond on a plea by an NGO challenging the publishing of which constitutional post person’s photograph in government advertisements?
Answer. Prime Minister
3) Name the Eminent poet of Bengalwho received SahityaAkademi in 2004 but she returned her award recently as a protest against “growing communalism and the attacks on rationalists.”
Answer. Mandakranta Sen

4) Name the famous cricketers who recently teamed up to launch a campaign, highlighting the importance of hygiene and sanitation in Sri Lanka, at an event organised by the UNICEF.
Answer. Sachin Tendulkar&MuttiahMuralidharan
5) Who won the Man Booker Prize for 2015 and the book for which he received the honour?
Answer. Jamaican writer Marlon Jamesfor his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
6) Name the trade unionist-cum-politician of Sri Lanka and former State Minister for Plantation Industries who passed away.
Answer.  K. Velayudam
7) The Taliban declared that they are withdrawing from a strategic northern city that briefly fell to the insurgents in September. Name the city.
Answer. Kunduz,Afghanistan
8) Who is the composer of the movie "Pele", which is a biopic of theBrazilian football legend Pele?
Answer. Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman
9) State Bank of India (SBI) will divest how much percent stake in SBI Life Insurance Company to joint venture partner, BNP Paribas Cardif of France?
Answer. 10 Percent
10) Who became thefirst Indian music curator for Apple Music?
Answer. MTV India
11) Name the company which is acquired by Holiday and education travel company Cox & Kings Group recently in October 2015?
Answer. LateRooms Ltd
12) Which airlines will launch the flight services between the U.S. and Singapore, making it the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight service?
Answer. Singapore Airlines (SIA)
13) Nippon Life Insurance of Japan has signed definitive agreements to increase its stake in which company in tranches from 35 per cent to 49 per cent for Rs.1,196crore ($184 million)?
Answer. Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM)

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