International Current Affairs Quiz - March 2016

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1. 1st direct container vessel between India and _______ sent off from Krishnapatnam port, carrying cotton set. It is part of coastal shipping agreement between two countries to facilitate easy trade.?

Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
Myanmar
None of These


2. 4th United Nations World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016 (published by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)) ranked Denmark at top and India at _______ place ?

108th
138th
128th
118th
None of These


3. Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment report of UN Environment Programme (UNEP) - India and _______ are at two top places in developing countries in investments made in renewable energy in 2015 ?

Nigeria
China
Tunisia
Brazil
None of These


4. According to WaterAid report - Water: At what cost ?, _________ has highest number of 7.6 crore people in world without access to safe water supply, followed by China and Nigeria ?

India
Brazil
USA
UK
Russia


5. After delay of over 20 years, ________s stock exchange opened for its first day of business with trading of a single company ?

Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Nepal
Myanmar


6. Agreement between European Union (EU) and _______ to tackle migrant crisis came into effect. Under this agreement, migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back to ______ if their asylum claim is rejected ?

France
Spain
UK
Turkey
Russia


7. ________ successfully flew World’s longest all-woman operated flight from New Delhi to San Francisco (United States). Flight was operated as part of International Women's Day celebrations and travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometres in 17 hours. ?

Jet Airways
Air India
Air France
Air Asia
None of These


8. Akamai's State of the Internet report stated that _______ has fastest average connection speed in the world at 26.7 Mbps. India is at 114th position with an average internet speed of 2.8 Mbps ?

France
Russia
UK
USA
South Korea


9. American company ______ will invest over $100 million in India over next 2 years to support India's plan to connect thousands of its villages to the internet and create jobs. Around 250,000 students will be trained by 2020 ?

Google
Microsoft
Cisco
Facebook
None of These


10. As per security solutions firm Symantec, India ranked _____ in number of financial Trojan infections where cybercriminals defraud customers of online banking services. Global detections have dropped by 73% ?

3rd
2nd
1st
4th
None of These


11. Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for development of solar parks in India. It will facilitate ______ US dollars in funding to develop solar parks across India, with initiall focus on state of Rajasthan ?

248 million
1848 million
848 million
2848 million
3848 million


12.________'s supreme court rejected a 28-year-old petition to remove Islam as official religion of country. Islam was introduced as state religion in the Bangladeshi constitution in 1988 and a group of 15 Individuals filed a Petition against it ?

Pakistan
Bangladesh
Libya
Afghanistan
None of These


13. _____ announced to set up its own International Maritime Judicial Centre (IMJC) to handle territorial disputes and protect its sea rights ?

China s
USA
South Korea
Japan
None of These


14. ______ launched its first cyber security public organization aimed at better safeguarding national cyber security and guiding Internet companies ?

Russia
UK
USA
China
None of These


15. _____ successfully launched 22nd new generation satellite as part of its domestic BeiDou Navigation System (BDS) as a rival to the US’s Global Positioning System (GPS). Launched using Long March-3A carrier rocket ?

UK
Russia
Vietnam
Japan
China


16. EIUs Worldwide Cost of Living survey has ranked _____ as remains worlds most expensive city for third year in a row. India's Bangalore and Mumbai are rated among the cheapest ?

New York
Singapore
Cheapest
Beijing
None of These


17. Forbes 30th annual billionaires list 2016 ranked _______ as worlds richest person for 17th time in last 23 years, with a net worth of $75 billion. Mukesh Ambani (38th ranks with $20.6 billion) is India's Richest again ?

Bill Gates
Warren Buffett
Carlos Slim
Mark Zuckerberg
None of These


18. _____ announced to end its Operation Sangaris in Central African Republic in 2016. ?

USA
UK
Russia
France
None of These


19. ______ will help developing Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) as smart cities ?

Spain
Russia
UK
USA
Germany


20. Global Energy Architecture Performance Index (GEAPI) Report by World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at ______ out of 126 countries on the basis of their ability to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy. Switzerland is at top ?

85th
90th
75th
65th
None of These

 

21. Government approved MoU with _____ on Technical Cooperation in Combating Cyber-Crime and mobilizing long-term investment in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) ?

United Arab Emirates
USA
UK
Russia
None of These


22. Government approved 2 development projects with ______. These projects are 100 MW power export via transmission lines and India’s 3rd Internet Gateway optical fibre connection between Cox Bazaar in _______ and Agartala (Tripura). ?

Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nepal
Myanmar
None of These


23. Government approved _______ Agreement, an international transport and transit corridor established in 2011. It establishes transport corridor between Central Asia and Persian Gulf countries with Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Oman and Kazakhstan as founding members ?

Kabul
Uzbekistan
Tashkant
Ashgabat
Istanbul


24. Government approved signing of BIMSTEC (_______) Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters ?

Bay of Bengal Initiative on Mutual Sectoral Technical and Ecological Cooperation
Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi Sectoral Technical and Ecological Cooperation
Bay of Bengal Initiative on Mutual Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi Social Technical and Economic Cooperation
Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation


25. Hinduja brothers (GP Hinduja and SP Hinduja) named richest Asian-origin entrepreneurs in ________ for 4th consecutive year with personal fortune of 16.5 billion pounds ?

USA
Russia
UK
Spain
None of These


26. India and ______ signed Memorandum of Understanding for construction of 6 nuclear reactors at Jaitapur nuclear park in Maharashtra.?

France
Spain
Russia
Germany
None of These


27. India and _______ launched‚ Fulbright Kalam Climate Fellowship‚ , enabling Indian research scholars to work with American institutions in field of climate change ?

UK
USA
Russia
Spain
France


28. ______ became first nation to formally adopt United Nations’ (UN) agenda for the world’s sustainable development and 17 goals identified for its implementation, during 11th National Convention on Sustainable Development Goal (NCSDG) organized by Global Compact Network in Mumbai ?

USA
UK
India
Russia
Afghanistan


29. India became 56th nation to sign‚ ______MoU, Memorandum of Understanding on conservation of birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia ?

Caretaker
Preserver
Conservator
Creator
Raptor


30. India distributed scholarships to over 800 _______ students under 'Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme', started in 2006 ?

Nepali
Sri Lankan
Bangladeshi
Pakistani
None of These


31. India filed complaint against ______ in World Trade Organisation, accusing it of high fees on L-1 and H-1B categories of temporary working visas ?

Spain
UK
Germany
USA
Russia


32. India signed MoU with _______ for building a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) project for research on gravitational waves. The Project is called IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations) ?

UK
USA
Russia
Spain
France


33. India signed second line of credit (LOC) agreement for providing 2 billion dollars in development financing to ______ for various development projects. It will be provided through Export Import Bank of India ?

Bangladesh
Nepal
Sri Lankan
Pakistan
None of These


34. India will supply 100 megawatt of electricity to ______ in return for 10 gigabits per second internet bandwidth. Aim is to provide internet connectivity to North-Eastern states ?

China
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Nepal
Bangladesh


35. Indian IT Firm ________ is recognized as Global Top Employer by Top Employers Institute. The assessment was done among 1,072 companies worldwide across 9 core HR areas ?

HCL
Tata Consultancy Services
Infosys
M icrosoft
Wipro


36. Indian Medicine Maker Biocon Ltd got ______'s approval for selling its biosimilar Insulin Glargine ?

Japan
China
USA
UK
None of These


37. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved 2.3 million euro initiative to help Latin American and Caribbean countries fight against ______ virus ?

Dengue
HIV
SAARS
Ebola
Zika


38. ______ released report Women at Work: Trends 2016 as a picture of womens position in labour markets and stated that gender equality in workplace remains questionable. ?

International Labour Organization
World Bank
Asian Development Bank
New Development Bank
None of These


39. ______ and Pakistan mutually agreed to boost bilateral cooperation on regional security and trade ?

India
Iran
Iraq
Syria
China


40. Iran signed an oil agreement with ______ to develope South Azadegan oil field shared by Iran and Iraq ?

Spain
Turkey
Iraq
Russia
France


41. _____ test-fired several ballistic missiles and breached United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions that compel it to refrain from any work on ballistic missiles for 8 years ?

China
Iran
North Korea
Pakistan
None of These


42.________'s NTT Data has acquired Dell's IT Services arm for over 20000 Crores ?

China
Japan
Vietnam
Russia
None of These


43. ______ will give Assistance loan of an amount of Rs.14,251 Crores for Transmission System Strengthening in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project, Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, North East Road Network Connectivity Improvement Project and Jharkhand Horticulture Intensification by Micro Drip Irrigation Project ?

Japan
Russia
China
USA
UK


44. _________ government stipulated long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 % by 2050 ?

French
Spanish
Russia
Chinese
Japanese


45. _______ investment bank SoftBank Group has announced to separate its profitable domestic mobile business from its international business. Both subsidiaries will be completely owned by SoftBank ?

Chinese
Japanese
Russian
Vietnamese
None of These


46. London & Partners, official promotional company for London announced that India has became ________ biggest investor in London, with 117 % increase in Indian companies investing in London since 2005 ?

2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th


47. ______ Government and UNICEF successfully tested use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs / drones) to explore cost effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV testing of infants ?

Congo
Nigeria
Chile
Chad
Malawi


48. ______ joined Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a dialogue partner. SCO is a Beijing-based regional security grouping with 8 Members ?

Nepal
USA
UK
Myanmar
India


49. Nepal signed an agreement with _____ to build a strategic railway link between two countries through Tibet. ?

Russia
China
India
Bangladesh
Myanmar


50. _______ ratified 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) that expands its scope to cover atomic facilities and material in peaceful use and storage ?

Afghanistan
UAE
Syria
Libya
Pakistan


51. _____ declared emergency for 3 weeks after a major oil (3000 Barrels) pipeline burst in northeast region affecting two rivers Chiriaco and Morona ?

Peru
Fiji
Mauritius
Thailand
Malaysia


52. Railways Firm RITES Limited signed contract to supply 18 Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives to ______ Railways ?

Nepal
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
None of These


53. Ratings agency ________ cut its outlook for China from stable to negative, based on expectations that fiscal strength of China would be sliding down and negative outlook comes on heels of fresh data suggesting economy of China is continuing to lose steam . ?

Fitch
Morgan Stanley
S&P
Moody's
None of These


54. Reliance Defence inked pact with _______'s Rafael Advanced Defence System to set up a JV in India for specialised areas including air- to-air missiles, with investment of USD 10 billion ?

Spain
Russia
UK
USA
Israel


55. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of __________ for exchange of information pertaining to banking supervision. ?

Nepal
USA
Israel
Bangladesh
None of These


56. _______'s own credit-ratings firm, ACRA started functioning after Moodys and Fitch Ratings decided to stop issuing local ratings for _____'s Companies ?

Russia
USA
UK
Spain
Lithunia


57. ______ passed its first anti-terror bill that was first proposed 15 years ago in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in US ?

North Korea
South Korea
USA
Japan
None of These


58. ____ Parliament adopted a resolution to convert itself into a Constitutional Assembly ?

Sri Lankan
Russian
Spanish
French
None of These


59. Syrian Army regained control of ancient city of _______ from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group ?

Palmyra
Aleppo
Hama
Aleppo
None of These


60. Taiwan's Foxconn Technology will acquire ______’s Sharp Corporation for 3.5 billion US dollars ?

Russia
UK
USA
Japan
India


61. Telangana and ______ Governments have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to set up an inter-state water board construct 5 barrages across Godavari and Pen Ganga rivers ?

Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh


62. ______ government will implement curfew during 2016 Songkran festival to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought. Songkran festival is Worlds biggest water festival, celebrated every year in _____ from 13 to 15 April. ?

Malaysia
Thailand
Indonesia
Myanmar
None of These


63. Time Magazine 2016 ranked Kanye West (US) as most Influential person web. Indian PM Narendra Modi ranked at _____ Place. ?

5th
10th
20th
25th
15th


64. UNICEF launched a series of animated films to help frame positive perceptions towards crores of Migrants globally, Called _____ ?

Unfairy Tales
Migrating Borders
Beyonfd Borders
Migration Tales
None of These


65. US and _____ began their largest ever military exercises. These bilateral exercises come just after UN passed sanctions against North Korea following its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. It will involve 300000 ______ and 15000 US personnel ?

Chile
Japan
China
South Korea
None of These


66. USA returned an ancient statue of Hindu god Rama stolen from _____ during civil war in 1970s. The statue stands 157 centimetres tall and is missing its head, arms and feet ?

Chile
Colombia
Cambodia
China
None of These


67. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have launched
_________ to boost protection for children and families on move across Europe ?

Red Dot hubs
Blue Dot hubs
Green Dot hubs
Pink Dot hubs
None of These


68. United Nations Security Council adopted toughest sanctions ever imposed on ______ in response to its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. ?

Pakistan
North Korea
China
South Korea
None of These


69. United Nations Security Council extended UN Assistance Mission in _____ till 31 March 2017. Resolution was approved to support a transparent electoral process in 2016 and universal elections by 2020 ?

Afghanistan
Syria
Congo
Somalia
None of These


70. World Bank Approved Loan of $100 Million for _____ to help create 100,000 jobs for Syrian refugees and its own citizen ?

Jordan
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Lebonan


71. World's most expensive train station opened in _____ (United States), named as World Trade Center Transportation Hub. It was constructed at cost of 3.85 billion USD and designed by the Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava ?

New York
Las Vegas
California
Dalas
None of These


72. World’s first fully electric-powered double-decker bus launched in ______ . It is built by Chinese manufactur BYD and will be able to travel 180 miles on a ‚ single charge ?

Beijing
London
New York
Manchester
None of These


73. PM Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel from Belgium Remotely Launched Asia’s largest optical telescope Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) at Devasthal in ______ District of Uttrakahnd. It has been located at a height of 2,500 metres at Devasthal in Nainital district and has mirror of 3.6 m diameter ?

Pauri Garhwal
Dehradun
Haridwar
Nainital
None of These


74. European Investment Bank will lend India _______ towards constructing a 23-km long Lucknow Metro rail line and a purchasing a fleet of new trains. European Investment Bank also approved to set up Its regional representation for South Asia in New Delhi ?

50 million
250 million
850 million
650 million
450 million


75. EU-India agreed to further negotiations on early conclusion of BTIA (__________) ?

Basic Trade and Investment Agreement
Broadband Trade and Investment Agreement
Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement
Broad-based Trivial and Investment Agreement
None of These


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