Current Affairs Questions

Q1. Name the author of the book “Seal of the Surya”?
A. Sri Amritanshu
B. Amrita Pritam
C. Sri Lal Shukla
D. Surendra Verma
ANSWER: A. Sri Amritanshu
Q2. Name the author of the book ‘China – Confucius in the Shadows’ released by the Vice President of India on 1st May’15?
A. Smt. Roopa Kumari
B. Smt. Poonam Surie
C. Sri Anand Kumar
D. Sri Amritanshu
ANSWER: B. Smt. Poonam Surie
Q3. Which country became the 161st Member of World Trade Organization (WTO)?
A. Tajikistan
B. Yemen
C. Seychelles
D. Vanuatu
ANSWER: C. Seychelles
Q4. Name the person appointed as the new chairman of Children’s Film Society of India?
A. Amole Gupte
B. Amitabh Bachchan
C. Anil Kapoor
D. Mukesh Khanna
ANSWER: D. Mukesh Khanna
Q5. Name the country that won the Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015 held in China?
A. Georgia
B. Russia
C. China
D. Japan
ANSWER: A. Georgia
Q6. Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for using innovative communication systems to enable human-elephant coexistence in southern India?
A. Dr. Pramod Patil
B. Dr. Nagesh Kunoor
C. Dr. Ananda Kumar
D. None of these
ANSWER: C. Dr. Ananda Kumar
Q7. Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for his work to protect the iconic Great Indian Bustard in the Thar Desert?
A. Dr. Yash Kumar
B. Dr. Pramod Patil
C. Dr. Ananda Kumar
D. None of these
ANSWER: B. Dr. Pramod Patil
Q8. Name the new system to access TV viewership that has replaced the 15 year old Television Audience Measurement (TAM)?
A. Broadcast Audience Recantation Council
B. Broadcast Advance Research Committee
C. Broadcast Audience Research Council
D. Broadcast Advance Renewal Committee
ANSWER: C. Broadcast Audience Research Council
Q9. Name the NASA’s spacecraft that ended a four-year mission to Mercury by crashing into Mercury after running out of fuel?
A. Messenger
B. Progress 59
C. Columbia
D. Mercury Craft
ANSWER: A. Messenger
Q10. In which country, up to 5,000 NATO troops would take part in anti-submarine warfare exercises off its coast amid growing regional tension over alleged submarine sightings?
A. Finland
B. Norway
C. France
D. New Zealand
ANSWER: B. Norway