Current Affairs Quiz : 2/26/15

1. Who was the guest of India during its 66th Republic Day on 26 January?
a) Rambaran Yadav
b) Yingluck Shinwatra
c) Barack Obama
d) Sheikh Hasina

2. Who among the following took charge as Foreign Secretary?
a) J Ravikant
b) M Ravishankar
c) S Jaishankar
d) Sujatha Singh
3. The ICC has ended ban over Pakistan fast bowler.................. for involvement in spot-fixing.
a) Injamam Ul Haq
b) Mohammad Amir
c) Mohammad Asif
d) Salman Butt
4. National Martyrs’ Day was observed nationwide on..................to mark the 67th death anniversary of the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
a) 28 January
b) 29 January
c) 30 January
d) 31 January
5. IIT.........................has launched Mass Open Online Courses.
a) Kharagpur
b) Bombay
c) Delhi
d) BHU
6. Who among the following Nobel Prize winner physicist died recently?
a) Charles Townes
b) Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
c) Nicolai G. Basov
d) Nicolai Prokhorov
7. Who among the following has been appointed Private Secretary to Minister of State for Home Affairs?
a) Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary
b) Jaipal Singh
c) Vikrant Verma
d) Snehsheel Kumar
8. Which country overtook China as the world’s biggest gold consumer?
a) India
b) Russia
c) US
d) UK
9. Who among the following has been appointed as additional charge of Department of Defence Research and Development?
a) Vikas Jhaa
b) Avinash Chander
c) Reena Ray
d) RK Mathur
10. Who among the following has been appointed as Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi?
a) Shekhar Sen
b) Leela Samson
c) Leena Samson
d) Vijay Chatterjee

Answers :
1-C, 2-C,3-B,4-C,5-B,6-A,7-B,8-A,9-D,10-A