Current Affairs Quiz

 

 

1. Indian Navy on 9 Feb conducted a mega drill named Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) to test its readiness for handling tsunamis. The venue of the drill was ________.

1) Odisha 

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Lakshadweep 

4) Andaman and Nicobar

5) Goa 

2. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project was launched in which of the following states recently?

1) Uttarakhand 

2) Punjab

3) Haryana 

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Maharashtra 

3. The senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was on 14 Apr given a three-month extension as the chairman of the ________.

1) TRAI 

2) SEBI

3) FMC 

4) IRDAI

5) PFRDA 

4. Who among the following is the present chairman of the telecom regulator TRAI? The race for the next TRAI chief is on as the incumbent chairman retires in May.

1) UK Sinha 

2) Rahul Khullar

3) Nripendra Misra 

4) Shashi Kant Sharma

5) Pulok Chatterji 

5. India and Canada have inked 13 agreements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada recently. Who is the present PM of Canada?

1) Peter MacKay 

2) Stephen Harper

3) Elizabeth May 

4) Thomas Mulcair

5) None of these 

6. As per news published in financial newspapers, the Finnish network gear maker Nokia is in process to acquire Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is based in

1) France 

2) US

3) Germany 

4) Sweden

5) None of these 

7. The 30 first responder bike ambulances were launched in which of the following cities on 14 Apr as a part of much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances?

1) Chennai 

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai 

4) Bhopal

5) Ahmedabad 

8. India has inked a deal with which of the following countries recently through which Cameco Corporation will supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for $254 mn?

1) France 

2) Germany

3) Canada 

4) Japan

5) None of these 

9. Name the batsman who hit the first century of the eighth edition of IPL recently.

1) Dwayne Smith 

2) Dwayne Bravo

3) Michael Hussey 

4) Brendon McCullum

5) Chris Gayle 

10. Which of the following banks in India acquired the diamond/jewellery financing business of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently?

1) Yes Bank 

2) Kotak Mahindra Bank

3) ICICI Bank 

4) IndusInd Bank

5) None of these 

11. According to the World Bank, which of the following countries has topped the global remittances in 2014 receiving USD 70 bn?

1) Nigeria 

2) Mexico

3) China 

4) Philippines

5) India 

12. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of India in FY 2015-16?

1) 7 per cent 

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 8 per cent 

4) 8.5 per cent

5) 9 per cent 

13. India to be world’s third largest economy by 2030 is projected by the US Department of Agriculture. As per the current macroeconomic projections for 2015, India stands at ______spot in the world.

1) fourth 

2) fifth

3) sixth 

4) seventh

5) eighth 

14. Uttar Pradesh govt on 8 Apr 2015 conferred Sahitya Shiromani Samman on

1) Uday Pratap Singh 

2) Vibhuti Narain Rai

3) Gopaldas Neeraj 

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3) 

15. Jitu Rai is associated with which of the following games. He won a bronze in the World Cup of the game in Changwon (Korea) recently?

1) Archery 

2) Shooting

3) Boxing 

4) Wrestling

5) Weightlifting 

ANSWERS
1	3	11	5
2	4	12	2
3	3	13	5
4	2	14	5
5	2	15	2
6	1
7	2
8	3
9	4
10	4