Current Affairs Quiz January 29 2015

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ello Aspirants. Welcome to Online Current Affairs Quiz January 29 2015 in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating quiz covering important news in Current Affairs, which is common for all the IBPS exams and other competitive exams. We have included Some GK questions that are repeatedly asked in many bank exams !!!

1. Who has been appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India?
   a) Karthikeyan Venkatraman
   b) Baranidharan Sundaram
   c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
   d) Velayutham Sabari
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   c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 
   
   
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2. According to the ICC’s announcement, the 2019 World Cup will be hosted by
   a) Australia and New Zealand
   b) India and Sri Lanka
   c) West Indies
   d) England
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   d) England 
   
   
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3. The host for 2016 Under-19 World Cup is
   a) India
   b) Pakistan
   c) England
   d) Bangladesh
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   d) Bangladesh 
   
   
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4. Who was the Ex-Foreign Secretary of India?
   a) Sindhuja Kapoor
   b) Sakthi Bhatt
   c) Deepika Chopra
   d) Sujatha Singh
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   d) Sujatha Singh 
   
   
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5. India will be hosting the ICC-T20 World Cup in
   a) 2016
   b) 2018
   c) 2020
   d) 2022
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   a) 2016 
   
   
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6. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi?
   a) Kumar Samson
   b) Karthikeyean Madabusi
   c) Shekhar Sen
   d) Arjun Kapoor
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   c) Shekhar Sen 
   
   
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7. In India, How many dances have “Classical Dance” status?
   a) Seven
   b) Eight
   c) Nine
   d) Ten
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   b) Eight 
   
   
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8. The only state which has two dances as Classical Dance is
   a) Tamilnadu
   b) Kashmir
   c) West Bengal
   d) Kerala
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   d) Kerala 
   
   
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9. India and United States have signed pacts to develop three smart cities. They are
   a) Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam
   b) Cochin, Gandhinagar, and Varanasi
   c) Hyderabad, Raipur, and Coimbatore
   d) Ajmer, Meerut, and Vadodara
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   a) Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam 
   
   
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10. Jaswant Singh Rajput, who passed away recently, is related to
    a) Football
    b) Cricket
    c) Badminton
    d) Hockey
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    d) Hockey 
    
    
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