Current Affairs Quiz3 - August 2015

1.    One of the Primary functions of IMF is to provide short term capital assistance to member countries through SDR (Special Drawing Rights). What is NOT true about SDR?
A. Currency code of SDR is XDR
B. SDR is the Unit of Account of IMF
C. Asian Development Bank (ADB) also uses SDR as its Currency
D. None of the above

2.    Which is the fastest orbiting planet in the solar system?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Saturn

3.    Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the –
A. Eyes
B. Brain
C. Liver
D. Immunity system

4.    Which of the following instrument is used for measuring the velocity and the direction of the wind?
A. Manometer
B. Anemometer
C. Viscometer
D. None of these

5.    Recently released’The First Muslim’book is authored by-
A. Jitendra Gianchandani
B. Lasley Hazleton
C. Amartya Sen
D. Arundhati Roy

6.    Pancheshwar Dam is situated in which state?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Tamilnadu
C. Andra Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

7.     National Spot Exchange (NSEL) is the news for defaulting payments to investors. Who is the founder promoter of FT?
A. Jignesh Shah
B. Harshad Mehta
C. Ketan Parekh
D. A K Telgi       

8.    US of America has world’s largest road network of 6.58mn km. Which country 
comes 2nd after US having 4.80 mn km road network?
A. China
B. Russia
C. India
D. UK

9.    Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development deals with five ‘p’s. Which of the following is not among those five ‘p’s?
A. Patnership
B. Project
C. Planet
D. People

10.   Find the 'odd man out' of the following?
A. Walmart
B. Tesco
C. Carrefour
D. Big Bazar

11.  Which Country going to host BRICS Business forum for the first time?
A. Dubai
B. Brazil
C. India
D. China

12.  Which global advertising agency network has been assigned for INCREDIBLE 
INDIA advertising campaign?
A. McCann
B. McGarryBowen
C. Omnicom Group
D. Dentsu