Current Affairs Quiz: 1 May 2016

1. Identify the state in which National LED programme UJALA was launched by Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on 30 April 2016

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Jammu & Kashmir





2. Name the first south Indian Metro Rail to inaugurate underground corridor on 30 April 2016.

a) Hyderabad Metro

b) Namma Metro

c) Kochi Metro

d) Amravati Metro



3. Identify the endangered asiatic species which were spotted in the nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province ant stood in news in the last week of April 2016.

a) Wild Bore

b) White Peocock

c) Wild dogs

d) None of these



4. For which special programme did NABARD entered into collaboration with German government in April 2016?

a) Hybrid Variety Yeilding

b) Food Processing and Supply

c) Soil Erosion and Food Production

d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security



5. With which country’s three state- owned firms did Reliance Defence sign a strategic partnership agreement on 29 April 2016?

a) Ukranian

b) Russia

c) Moldova

d) Maldives



6. Who is a women’s rights activist who won the prestigious Mandela - Graça Machel Innovation Award 2016 on 28 April 2016?



a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Tabassum Adnan

c) Rosa Parks

d) None of these



7. Identify the two Indian Naval Ships  which were decommissioned by Indian Navy in the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 28 April 2016.

a) Veer and Vishal

b) Nipat and Vikut

c) Veer and Nipat

d) Vishal and Vikut



8. Who was named as the India’s ambassador in Rio Olympics 2016 along with Salman Khan on 29 April 2016?

a) Sachin tendulkar

b) AR Rahman

c) Milka Singh

d) Abhinav Bindra



9. Which Cricket ground was decided by IPL team Mumbai Indians as their Home ground on 28 April 2016?

a) Visakhapatnam

b) Kochi

c) Rajkot

d) Gawhati



10. Identify her, who was born in Telangana and upon migration to UK in 1970, elected as Mayor of Lambeth city, South London on 27 April 2016.

a) Ameera Khan

b) Saleha Jaffer

c) Anirudhi Kher

d) None of these





Answers:

1- a) Madhya Pradesh  

2- b) Namma Metro

3- c) Wild dogs

4- d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security

5- a) Ukranian 

6- b) Tabassum Adnan

7- c) Veer and Nipat   

8- d) Abhinav Bindra

9- a) Visakhapatnam

10-b) Saleha Jaffer