LIC AAO | CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ - 20

1.World Health Organisation(WHO) recently declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne __________ virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas. This virus first seen in which of the following countries?
1. Zika
2. Swine Flue
3. Ebola
4. Japanese encephalitis
5. None of these.


2.Who became the first woman to head a paramilitaryforce (SashastraSeemaBal (SSB)) that guards India's frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan?
1.KanchanChaudhary Bhattacharya
2.KanwaljeetDeol
3.ArchanaRamasundram
4.MeeraBorwankar
5.None of these

3.Which company became thehighest valued company in the world after overtaking rivals Apple recently?

1. TCS

2. Wipro

3. Alphabet Inc.

4. HCL

5. None of these

4.The 'vision conclave’ of the Global Ayurveda Fest recently held at which places?

1. Agra, Uttar Pradesh

2. Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Bangalore, Karnataka

4. Kozhikode, Kerala

5. None of these

5.Who has recently been appointed as director of the coal India Ltd. (CIL) after succeeding B K Saxena, who has retired?

1. S N Prasad

2. PK Singh

3. Raghu Prasad

4. RP Goenka

5. None of these

6.The government has set up two new committees -- Tax Policy Research Unit and Tax Policy Council in order to bring coherence and streamline the direct and indirect tax policy and administration.The committee on Tax Policy Council headed by ______ that would suggest broad policy measures for taxation based on inputs from the Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU)?

1. Governor of the RBI

2. Finance Minister

3. Sport Minister

4. HRD Minister

5. None of these

7.Global investors meet recently held at which of the following places?

1. Patna

2. Jaipur

3. Hyderabad

4. Bangalore

5. None of these

8.Vice President Hamid Ansari recently on a three-day visit during which he will hold discussions on a range of issues with which country?

1. Japan

2. Slovakia

3. Hungary

4. Thailand

5. None of these

9.S.S. Tarapore recently passed away he was a former _________?

1. LokSabha Speaker

2. Governor of the RBI

3. Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 

4. Vice President 

5. None of these

10.Titli recently bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC).This film is directed by?

1.KunalBahl

2.KalpnaBehl

3.RishabhBahl

4.KanuBehl

5.None of these

ANSWERS :-

 Zika
Archana Ramasundram
Alphabet Inc.
Kozhikode, Kerala
S N Prasad
Finance Minister
Bangalore
Bangalore
Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Kanu Behl