QUIZ 5 FEBRUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 The Counter-Terrorism Conference 2016 was held recently in
1) Jaipur
2) Mumbai
3) Amritsar
4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad
Answer:- 1) Jaipur

Ques. : 2 _________ has been appointed as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).
1) Jai Shanker Menon
2) Bikram Singh
3) VK Singh
4) Deepak Kapoor
5) Purna Chandra Thapa
Answer:- 1) Jai Shanker Menon

Ques. : 3 The venue of the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 of the Indian Navy is
1) Tuticorin
2) Coimbatore
3) Kochi
4) Karwar
5) Visakhapatnam
Answer:- 5) Visakhapatnam

Ques. : 4 The World Cancer Day 2016, with the theme ‘We can,’ was observed on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Jan
3) 28 Jan
4) 4 Feb
5) 5 Feb
Answer:- 4) 4 Feb

Ques. : 5 Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women’s
1) tennis
2) badminton
3) squash
4) table tennis
5) billiards
Answer:- 1) tennis

Ques. : 6 The 12 Pacific Rim countries recently signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Auckland, New Zealand. Which of the following is NOT a member country of TPP as of now?
1) China
2) Canada
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 7 Pandit Ram Narayan has been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi classical music award for 2015-2016. He is a _________ maestro.
1) Flute
2) Santoor
3) Sarangi
4) Violin
5) Sarod
Answer:- 3) Sarangi

Ques. : 8 India has confirmed its participate in Cobra Gold 2016, a multilateral amphibious exercise, which will take place in
1) Philippines
2) Brunei
3) Thailand
4) Cambodia
5) Singapore
Answer:- 3) Thailand

Ques. : 9 Name the Indian who has been appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
1) Chanda Kochhar
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) Aditya Puri
4) DJ Pandian
5) Duvvuri Subbarao
Answer:- 4) DJ Pandian

Ques. : 10 The govt has appointed who among the following as the new Secretary of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department?
1) Parameshwaran Iyer
2) Ravi Kanbur
3) Kaushik Basu
4) Jagdish Bhagwati
5) Syed Akbaruddin
Answer:- 1) Parameshwaran Iyer