Current Affairs Quiz

16. Who among the following was awarded with honorary life membership of Marylebone cricket club?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Saurav Ganguly
c) Rahul Dravid
d) VVS Laxman
Ans: - B

17. Recently a French actor passed away. Name him.
a) Booth Colman
b) John Robert Cocker
c) Louis Jourdan
d) Billie Whitelaw
Ans: - C
18. Who among the following has been appointed as CEO of Deloitte’s Global Operations?
a) Amit Renjen
b) Sumit Renjen
c) Romit Renjen
d) Punit Renjen
Ans: - D
19. Alibaba has signed an agreement to acquire ......... % stake in One97 Communications
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
Ans: - D
20. First World Ocean Science Congress was held in which city?
a) Kochi
b) Tiruvananthpuram
c) Bangalore
d) Chennai
Ans: - A
21. Which edition of British Academy Films Awards (BAFTA) was held in London?
a) 65
b) 66
c) 67
d) 68
Ans: - D
22. Who among the following eminent journalist died recently?
a) Poorabi Mukerjee
b) Diptosh Majumdar
c) Savita Bhattacharya
d) Nandita Chatterjee
Ans: - B
23. Who among the following has won gold in 800 metre race in National Games?
a) Mahesh Reddy
b) Rosa Kutty
c) Tintu Luka
d) Ravindran Swami
Ans: - C
24. Recently Telugu novelist passed away. Name him.
a) AS Kiran Kumar
b) Kesava Reddy
c) J.P. Nadda
d) S Swaminathan
Ans: - B
25. Nagesh Kukunoor’s film....................has grabbed two awards at 65th Berlin international film festival?
a) Rakasa
b) Mehak
c) Dhanak
d) Roopak
Ans: - C
26. Who among the following has been appointed as MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange?
a) Paladugu Venkata Rao
b) Arundhathi Subramaniam
c) Balasubramaniam Venkataramani
d) Manoj Vaish
Ans: - C
27. India has inked bilateral agreements with which country on civil nuclear cooperation, cultural cooperation and agriculture cooperation?
a) South Africa
b) Australia
c) Pakistan
d) Sri Lanka
Ans: - D
28. Which edition of Grammy award was held in Los Angeles, California?
a) 55
b) 56
c) 57
d) 58
Ans: - C
29. Which among the following bank has inked up with UAE exchange to offer fast bank transfer service?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) Axis Bank
Ans: - A
30. Malaysia’s opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party spiritual leader died recently. Name him.
a) Zafaryab Jilani Saleem
b) Muqr Abdullah Mohammad
c) Salman bin Abdulaziz
d) Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Ans: - D