International Current Affairs Quiz - July 2016

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1. 7th edition of Mountain Echoes literary festival 2016 will be held in __________ (Bhutan) in August 2016. It is an initiative of India-Bhutan Foundation in association with Siyahi, a literary organization ?

Thimpu
Punakha
Phuntsholing
Samdrup Jongkhar
None of These


2. Bornean __________ species has been declared critically endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) ?

Guerilla
Penguin
Orangutan
Monkey
None of These


3. A Coup Attempt by Military neutralized in ___________, aimed at dethroning current president Tayyip Erdogan ?

Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Turkey
None of These


4.According to a survey conducted by Skytrax, Top 5 best airlines in world are - ______________ (1st), Qatar Airways (2nd), Singapore Airlines (3rd), Cathay Pacific (4th), ANA All Nippon Airways (5th).?

Poland air
Air France
Lufthansa
Air India
Emirates


5. _________ and India signed agreement for construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power plant near Sundarbans. India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was selected under an open international tender for constructing this super thermal ?

Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Pakistan
None of These


6. __________ scientists identified Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito as another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito. It was identified by researchers from the public laboratory Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) ?

Brazilian
German
Latvian
French
None of These


7. ________ inducted its largest indigenously-built transport aircraft named as Y-20 ?

Japan
China
Russia
UK
None of These


8. __________ showcased world’s largest amphibious aircraft -‚ AG 600. ?

China
Japan
Vietnam
South Korea
None of These


9.___________s internet regulator has put a ban on major online companies, to stop original news reporting ?

China
Japan
USA
UK
None of These


10. _______ electronics firm LeEco announced to buy American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion. ?

South Korean
Vietnamese
Japanese
Chinese
None of These


11. Facebooks Internet drone named ‚Ëœ__________ passed first full-scale test. The flight test was undertaken in Arizona (US) went for 96 minutes. Aquila is solar solar-powered internet drone being designed to beam the Internet service to remote areas of the world. It is developed by Facebooks Connectivity Lab. ?

ConnectAll
NetZilla
Antilla
Aquila
None of These


12. First direct bus service between Pokhara (________) and New Delhi (India) launched ?

Pakistan
Nepal
Myanmar
Bangladesh
None of These


13. First international film, arts and animal welfare festival Animal-Human-Nature Continuum started in _________ (India). It will highlight relationship among animals, humans and nature ?

Chennai
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Delhi
Mumbai


14. Forbes list of worlds highest paid celebrities has listed Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar at 86th and 94th place respectively. _________ is at top of list with $170 million USD yearly earnings. ?

Taylor Swift
James Patterson
Phil McGraw
Cristiano Ronaldo
None of These


15. Government approved Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with _________. The Treaty promotes and protects investments from either country in territory of other country, with objective of increasing bilateral investment flows ?

Vietnam
China
Laos
Cambodia
None of These


16. Government approved MoU with __________ for strengthening cooperation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Digital Economy ?

Lithunia
UK
Tunisia
Russia
None of These


17. Government approved Revised Cost Estimate of ongoing 1020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP) in __________, that seeks provide surplus power to India ?

Nepal
Bhutan
Pakistan
Myanmar
None of These


18. Government approved signing Air Services Agreement with _________, To promote air connectivity between two countries. India also approved MoU in Drug demand reduction and prevention of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and import of pulses ?

Mauritius
Mozambique
Lithunia
Seychelles
None of These


19. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and ________ firm Safran Helicopter Engines will establish a support centre in India for rotorcraft customers ?

Polish
Lithunia
German
French
None of These


20. India and __________ revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), under which capital gains tax will be levied on the sale of shares of investments made after April 1, 2017 ?

Cyprus
Germany
France
Poland
None of These

 

21. India approved MOU with ________ in field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation ?

Mauritius
Mozambique
Poland
Lithunia
None of These


22. India approved MOU with ______ in field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy ?

Trinidad and Tobago
Tanzania
Sudan
Brazil
None of These


23. India contributed __________ USD to United Nations Trust Fund in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers. With this India became the first country to make a contribution to the fund and to start UN fund for sex abuse victims. The Trust Fund was established in March 2016 under United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS) ?

200,000
100,00000
100,0000
100,000
None of These


24. India will be Partner Country of INNOPROM 2016 (largest annual international industrial trade fair of ___________). Commerce Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman will Lead Indian Delegation Of 110 Companies To ______ ?

Switzerland
Poland
Germany
France
Russia


25. Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) launched second phase of ____________ Triangular Training Programme, bringing specialized agriculture training to 1,500 agricultural professional across Africa and Asia ?

For the Future India
Fuel the Future India
Feed the Future India
From the Future India
None of These


26. International Monetary Fund announced $5.34 billion program for ________ to help strengthen its finances, that are hit by crash in oil prices and fight against the Islamic State group ?

Iraq
Iran
Kuwait
Qatar
None of These


27. Karnataka Region Economic and Trade Organisation (KRETO) and Sanya People Municipal Government (China) signed MoU to foster trade between ________ (China) and Karnataka ?

Shanghai
Sanya City
Beijing
Tianjin
None of These


28. With this, _________ becomes first Indian company to receive a direct manufacturing contract from Airbus as a Tier 1 supplier, will supply airframe parts for Airbus AS565 MBe Panther helicopter ?

TATA Aerospace
Reliance Aerospace
Mahindra Aerostructures
HAL Aerospace
None of These


29. Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) will start from _______ in August 26 and will travel across world to mark canonisation of Mother Teresa on September 4, 2016 ?

Chennai
Mumbai
Ahmadabad
Delhi
Kolkata‚ 


30. Networked Readiness Index (NRI) Report by Geneva - based World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Top-5 countries - Singapore (1st) Finland (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Norway (4th), United States (5th). India was placed at ______ position in this list ?

23rd
101th
91st
45th
None of These


31. PM Narendra Modi and PM of ___________ Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated Petrapole Integrated Check Post (ICP), through video-conference. Petrapole ICP is located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal ?

Pakistan
Bhutan
Nepal
Bangladesh
None of These


32. PM Narendra Modi radio programme Mann Ki Baat will now also be telecast to ___________ , on All India Radio's upcoming Bangla language service channel Akashvani Maitree ?

Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nepal
Myanmar
None of These


33. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (__________) rejected Chinas claims to economic rights across large swathes of South China Sea, as part of case brought by Philippines. Ruling came from an arbitration tribunal under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China and Philippines have signed ?

Netherlands
Poland
Germany
France
None of These


34. ________ declared Zika Virus outbreak as a health emergency across northern half of country after 102 people were infected with the virus. ?

Mongolia
Mauritius
Mozambique
Vietnam
Peru


35. Researchers from Laval University in Quebec (________) will conduct worlds first Zika vaccine test on humans ?

France
Canada
USA
Russia
None of These


36. __________ approved a legislation consisting of a package of controversial anti-terror amendments, named as Big Brother law. The nick-name Big Brother law was coined by Edward Snowden (USA intelligence contractor turned privacy activist) ?

Russia
USA
France
Spain
None of These


37. Scimago Institutions Rankings 2016 has ranked India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) at _______ place in world among government institutions ?

19th
17th
15th
14th
12th


38. _______ Based oil energy explorer Cairn asked Indian Government to pay nearly $6 billion as compensation for hurting its business through a tax dispute of $1.6 billion raised by India. Cairn then took its case to international arbitration court in The Hague. ?

Scotland
Canada
USA
Russia
None of These


39. Search Giant Google acquired Moodstocks, a ________ based startup that develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for smartphones ?

Germany
France
Poland
Switzerland
None of These


40. Social Security agreement between India and ________ shall come into force from 1st October 2016. With this, number of India's operational Social Security Agreements (SSA) will be 16. SSA are concluded by Ministry of External Affairs along with Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). ?

France
UK
USA
Russia
Japan


41. Solar Impulse 2 become first aircraft to circle globe using solar energy after landing in Abu Dhabi. It travelled 26744 miles since starting from Abu Dhabi in March 2015. Solar Impulse 2 is a _______ long-range solar-powered aircraft project ?

Polish
Swiss
French
German
None of These


42. __________ rolled out Gemcitabine InfuSMART in Europe. InfuSMART is a technology in which oncology products are developed in a ready-to-administer (RTA) bag ?

GSK
Sun Pharma
Lupin
Cipla
None of These


43. Sustainable Development index (SDI) 2016 ranked India at _________ out of 149 countries. Top 5 Countries are Sweden (1st), Denmark (2nd), Norway (3rd), Finland (4th), Switzerland (5th). Bottom 5 Countries: Chad (145th), Niger (146th), Congo (147th), Liberia (148th) and Central African Republic (149th) ?

110th
120th
130th
140th
None of These


44. Tropical storm Typhoon Nepartak struck ______ Fujian Province. ?

British
American
Russian
Japanese
Chinese


45. _______ declared 3-month emergency across nation after a failed military coup to overthrow democratically elected government ?

Russia
Turkey
France
Germany
None of These


46. UN General Assembly approved agreement to make _____________ part of UN as a related organisation ?

International Organisation for Migration
IUCN
CERN
IUPAC
None of These


47. USA Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated top officials of __________ regime along with Leader Kim Jong-Un for abuses of human rights. This is the first time that USA has sanctioned North Korean leader over human rights abuses ?

French
German
Russian
South Korean
North Korean


48. World Health Organisation (WHO) declared _____________ free of measles, after no case of the disease was registered in 2015. Eradication of measles in __________ is conclusion of work of WHO and Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ?

Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Chad
None of These


49. World Health Organization (WHO) has certified _______ as Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free country ?

USA
India
UK
Russia
None of These


50. As per latest report by WaterAid - ‚ËœCaught Short‚œHow lack of toilets and clean water contribute to malnutrition, ________ has highest number of children suffering from stunting (less growth) in world, with 4.8 crore children suffering from stunted growth ?

Pakistan
China
Bangladesh
Russia
India


51. _______ acquired NetSuite (first cloud company), for 9.3 billion USD ?

Oracle
Yahoo
Microsoft
Google
None of These


52. _______ has developed a new online abuse detecting algorithmm, better than most existing products. It uses machine laerning and carries 90 % accuracy in recognizing unsuitable speeches ?

Microsoft
Google
Yahoo
TCS
None of These


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