[14/07 8:53 am] +91 91223 20965: Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 13 July 2016
The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like INS Karna, World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 and ICC Test rankings among others.
• Raj Babbar was recently appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of - Uttar Pradesh
• Navy Chief recently commissioned INS Karna, which is a dedicated base for - Marine Commandos
• India and Bangladesh recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant named - Rampal Power Station
• The State Bank of India signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to - promote fintech start-ups
• The author of the book titled Ringside With Vijender that was released recently is - Rudraneil Sengupta
• The Indian celebrities who are included the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes are – Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar
• The celebrity who topped the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes is - Taylor Swift
• The nations party to the dispute in South China Sea are – China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei
• The rank of Indian cricket team in the recently released ICC test rankings – Second
• This Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings – Ravichanndran Ashwin
• He was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma Hepatullah – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
• She will become the second woman to become the Prime Minister of Britain following the resignation of incumbent David Cameron – Theresa May
• Targeting 25 per cent rail share in automobile traffic, railways on launched time-tabled Auto Express to ensure faster delivery of cargo from - Gurgaon to Nidvanda
• The country's industrial production grew at this percentage rate in may 2016- 1.2
Current Affairs Quiz: 13 July 2016
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1. The biography ‘Ringside with Vijender’ has been authored by
a) Rudraneil Sengupta
b) Tarana Khan
c) Amal Singh
d) Aruna Dhir
2. Permanent Court of Arbitration gave the judgment in favour of the Philippines in the ongoing South China Sea dispute. In this context, which one of the following countries is not party to the dispute?
a) Vietnam
b) Cambodia
c) Myanmar
d) Indonesia
3. Which bank acquired the Tamil Nadu-based micro finance company Grama Vidiyal which is touted to be the first such acquisition of a micro finance company by a bank?
a) Bandhan Bank
b) IDFC Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) ICICI Bank
4. What is the rank of India in the recently released ICC Test rankings?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
5. Which Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings?
a) Ravindra Jadeja
b) Hardik Pandya
c) Ravichandran Ashwin
d) Yuvraj Singh
6. Which celebrity topped the list of the World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes?
a) Taylor Swift
b) Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
c) James Patterson
d) Adele
7. Which of the following Indian celebrities is included in the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes?
a) Salman Khan
b) Akshay Kumar
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Shekhar Kapur
8. The State Bank of India signed a MoU with which of the following IITs to promote fintech start-ups?
a) IIT Lucknow
b) IIT Kharagpur
c) IIT Delhi
d) IIT Bombay
9. India and Bangladesh has recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant. What is the name of the proposed plant?
a) Rampal Power Station
b) Kuakata Power Station
c) Khulna Power Station
d) None of the above
10. INS Karna was recently commissioned in Vishakhapatnam. INS Karna is a dedicated base for which of the following Special Operation Forces of India?
a) Garud Commando Force
b) MARCOS
c) Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
d) Special Frontier Force
11. Who recently was appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Sheila Dikshit
b) Priyanka Vadra
c) Raj Babbar
d) Ghulam Nabi Azad
12. What is the percentage growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in May 2016 over the period May 2015?
a) 1.3
b) 1.4
c) 1.0
d) 1.2
13. The Supreme Court ordered the restoration of former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki's Congress government in which state?
a) Meghalaya
b) Sikkim
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Nagaland
14. Who was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma Hepatullah?
a) Asifa Khan
b) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
c) MJ Akbar
d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
15. The Centre recently set up a task force comprising senior officers of Border States and paramilitary forces to identify cross border crimes along which internation border?
a) Indo-Bangladesh border
b) Indo-Pakistan border
c) India-Sri Lanka border
d) India-Burma border
Answers
1- (a) Rudraneil Sengupta
2- (c) Myanmar
3-(b) IDFC Bank
4-(b) Second
5- (c) Ravichandran Ashwin
6- (a) Taylor Swift
7- (b) Akshay Kumar
8- (d) IIT Bombay
9- (a) Rampal Power Station
10- (b) MARCOS
11- (c) Raj Babbar
12- (d) 1.2
13-(c) Arunachal Pradesh
14-(d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
15-(a) Indo-Bangladesh border
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