Current Affairs Quiz for 5 February 2016

Current Affairs Quiz
Q1. Recently, DJ Pandian has been appointed as vice - president and chief investment officer of the newly created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He was former Chief Secretary of:
a) Haryana
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Tamil Nadu 
e) None of The Above

Q2. Recently, CSIR launched the country's anti - diabetic ayurvedic drug for type two Diabetes mellitus. CSIR stands for:
a) Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research
b) Council for Science Research in India
c) Committee for Scientific Industrial Research
d) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 
e) None of The Above

Q3. World Cancer Day observed on:
a) 1st February 
b) 3rd February 
c) 4th February 
d) 9th February
e) None of The Above

Q4. Who has been selected for the prestigious 'Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for 2015 - 2016?
a) Abdul Karim Khan
b) Gafffar Abdullah Ataulah Khan
c) Pandit Ram Narayan
d) Arjun Pandit Shankar
e) None of The Above

Q5. Pandit Ram Narayan is a:
a) Sarangi Maestro
b) Tabla Maestro 
c) Flutist
d) Xylophone
e) None of The Above 

Q6. Who became the first woman to took over charge as the head of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICOAS)?
a) Aditi Singhal
b) Aruna Sethi
c) Archana Sharma
d) Deepika Chaudhary 
e) None of The Above

Q7. "Phum Shang" won the coveted Golden Conch Award for the best documentary at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). It is _______documentary film:
a) Himachali 
b) Manipuri
c) Bengali
d) Kannada 
e) None of The Above 

Q8. Capital of 'Cuba' is:
a) Nicosia 
b) Prague 
c) Havana 
d) Roseau 
e) None of The Above 

Q9. "Budapest" is the Capital of:
a) Israel 
b) Portugal
c) Hungary 
d) Mali
e) None of The Above 

Q10. The author of the book "Jyoti Punj" is:
a) Khushwant Singh 
b) L. K. Advani
c) Narendra Modi 
d) Abul Pakeer Janulaabdeen Abdul Kalaam
e) None of The Above 

Answers 

1. Gujarat 
2. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 
3. 4th February 
4. Pandit Ram Narayan
5. Sarangi Maestro
6. Aruna Sethi
7. Manipuri
8. Havana 
9. Hungary 
10. Narendra Modi   
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