Current Affairs Quiz 16 May 2017

Current Affairs Quiz 16 May 2017. This Quiz is divided into two parts. First part contains questions from Current Affairs of  15 May 2017. The Second Part contains Current Affairs Questions from various newspaper of today i.e 16 May 2017. Read our Current Affairs and Newspaper daily to excel in General Awareness section of competitive exams.

Quiz from Current Affairs 15 May 2017 of A2Z – Click Here to Read Current Affairs of May 15, 2017

1. As per Economic Outlook Survey of FICCI, what will be the growth rate of Indian economy in 2017-18?
   A) 7.2%
   B) 7.4%
   C) 7.8%
   D) 8.4%
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: In the Economic Outlook Survey brought out by industry body Ficci, it is announced that India’s economy is set to grow by a robust 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal. The industry and services sector are also expected to grow by 6.9 per cent and 8.4 per cent respectively in 2017-18.
2. Which city hosted the ‘Videsh Sampark’ Conference?
   A) TIrupati
   B) Vishakhapatnam
   C) Hyderabad
   D) Vijaywada
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Hyderabad, Telangana
3. Who has been awarded with the Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Award?
   A) Pawan Kumar Chamling
   B) Manik Sarkar
   C) Sarbananda Sonowal
   D) Mukul Sangma
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has been conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee.
4. Which airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities?
   A) Delhi Airport
   B) Mumbai Airport
   C) Hyderabad Airport
   D) Kempegowda Airport
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2017
5. Gatwick airport is located in which country?
   A) China
   B) USA
   C) UK
   D) UAE
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: London, UK. Mumbai airport replaced Gatwick airport as the busiest airport.
6. Which of the following education institution has signed up with British Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into smart city?
   A) Banaras Hindu University
   B) IIT Delhi
   C) IIT Kanpur
   D) IIT Kharagpur
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has collaborated with the British Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into a smart city. Three dimensional geological modelling of the geology under Varanasi will be prepared to help improve the building of new transport and service infrastructure
7. Recently NASA and ISRO teamed up to inspect ‘oldest civilisation’ site in which Indian state?
   A) Punjab
   B) Haryana
   C) Uttar Pradesh
   D) Bihar
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Teams of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana’s Fatehabad district to verify claims of it being the oldest civilisation in the world.
8. Which Indian racer became the first Indian driver to win a GP3 race?
   A) Sanjeev Sharma
   B) Vipin Mittal
   C) Arjun Maini
   D) Praveen Joshi
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Jenzer Motorsports’ Indian driver Arjun Maini, who is supported by JK Racing and TVS, created history as he became the first Indian to win a race in the GP3 Series with a dominant victory.
9. Who has won the Mutua Madrid Tennis Open 2017?
   A) Rafael Nadal
   B) Lukasz Kubot
   C) Marcelo Melo
   D) Dominic Thiem
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem to win his fifth Madrid Open title held in Spain
10. Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy who passed away recently (May 2017) was a/an _____
    A) author
    B) classical singer
    C) politician
    D) economist
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: Indian politician who was the fourth Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry
11. Who has been named the new Prime Minister of France?
    A) Emmanuel Macron
    B) Bernard Cazeneuve
    C) Michel Frank
    D) Edouard Philippe
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: Newly sworn-in French President Emmanuel Macron has named Edouard Philippe, the 46-year-old Mayor of Le Havre city, as his Prime Minister.
12. When is International Day of Families observed?
    A) May 13
    B) May 14
    C) May 15
    D) May 16
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: 15 May. Theme of International Day of Family 2017 is “Families, education and well-being”.

Current Affairs Quiz from Today’s Newspaper (16 May 2017) – The Indian Express

13. 2^nd National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) Meet was held in which city?
    A) Mumbai
    B) Delhi
    C) Gurugram
    D) Bengaluru
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: New Delhi
14. Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has changed the base year of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) from 2004-05 to _________ .
    A) 2008-09
    B) 2011-12
    C) 2012-13
    D) 2013-14
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: from 2004-05 to 2011-12.
15. After GST comes into effect, PAN will be must for companies with turnover above ____ while filling the Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum for registration.
    A) Rs 10 lakh
    B) Rs 20 lakh
    C) Rs 30 lakh
    D) Rs 50 lakh
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Rs 20 lakh