Current Affairs Quiz With Explanation

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We present to you a current affairs quiz to keep you updated with the happenings around you with reference to the upcoming competitive exams.This quiz will be provided to with detailed solution, to add to your knowledge base.











1. Who has been appointed as the part time member of the Prasar Bharti Board? 
a) Rajnikanth 
b) Amitabh Bachhan 
c) Kajol 
d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

e) Manoj Kumar 

2. The Delhi police has tied up with which Indian organisation to track crime in the city? 
a) Defence Research and Development Organisation 
b) Indian Army 
c) Indian Space Research Organization 

d) National Cadet Corps Hide Answer
e) None of the above  


3. India’s first international arbitration centre will come up in which city? 
a) Kolkata 
b) Chennai 
c) Mumbai 
d) Bangalore
e) New Delhi 


4. What is India’s position in milk production in the world? 
a) 1st 
b) 2nd 
c) 3rd 
d) 4th 
e) 5th 

5. Which state has topped the 2016 Index of Internet Readiness of Indian States? 
a) Tamil Nadu 
b) Karnataka 

c) Maharashtra 
d) Gujarat
e) Kerala 

6. Brendon Barrie McCullum, who recently retired from all forms of cricket, hails from which country? 
a) Australia 
b) South Africa 
c) New Zealand 
d) Zimbabwe 
e) England 

7. Who has been conferred with the first world Sanskrit Award? 

a) Sheikh Hasina

b) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

c) Akihito

d) Abdul Halim

e) None of the above 
8. What is the India’s position in the USCC’s 2016 Intellectual Property Index?

a) 21

b) 32

c) 37

d) 41

e) 53 
9. The Sonadia Island is located in which country? 

a) India

b) Bangladesh

c) Myanmar

d) Sri Lanka



e) Japan 
10. The Noor Ouarzazate Solar complex is located in which country? 

a) Germany

b) Morocco

c) Egypt

d) Saudi Arabia

e) None of the above  
11. India observes the National Deworming Day on which date? 

a) January 9

b) February 10

c) February 16

d) March 12

e) March 22



12. Which state government has launched an initiative “School on wheels” for tribal children? 

a) Rajasthan

b) Haryana

c) Gujarat

d) Odisha

e) Punjab 
13. Who is the President of International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA)? 

a) Nilesh Mishra

b) Sanjeev Kumar

c) Vishal Mehta

d) Hridyal Shukla

e) None of the above



14. India’s first-ever Aviation Park will come up in which state? 

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Goa

d) Karnataka

e) Kerala