Current Affairs Questions - 7

1) An Asteroid numbered 316201 was recently named after?
  • (A) Viswanathan Anand
  • (B) Srinivasa Ramanujan
  • (C) Malala Yousafzai
  • (D) Bernard Shaw
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (C)

2) Which state government recently passed a law that bans the slaughter, trading and unauthorised transportation of camels?
  • (A) Rajasthan
  • (B) Maharashtra
  • (C) Himachal Pradesh
  • (D) Jammu and Kashmir
  • (E) None of these 
Ans: (A)

3) Who was recently honoured with Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award 2015?
  • (A) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
  • (B) Shashi Kapoor
  • (C) Amitabh Bachchan
  • (D) Yash Chopra
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (A)

4) National Safe Motherhood day was observed across India on?
  • (A) 11 April
  • (B) 12 April
  • (C) 13 April
  • (D) 14 April
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (A)

5) Richie Benaud who passed away on 10 April 2015 in Sydney was a famous?
  • (A) Cricket commentator
  • (B) Nuclear Scienthist
  • (C) Author
  • (D) Historian
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (A)

6) India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) recently became operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar district of which state?
  • (A) Kerala
  • (B) Maharashtra
  • (C) Karnataka
  • (D) Gujarat
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (D)

7) In a landmark development, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President ____ held a meeting on 11 April 2015, which marked the first summit between the two countries since the height of the Cold War?
  • (A) Raul Castro
  • (B) Michelle Bachelet
  • (C) Simpson Miller
  • (D) Enrique Peña Nieto
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (A)

8) Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, Gunter Grass who passed away on 12 April 2015 was from which country?
  • (A) Mexico
  • (B) France
  • (C) Germany
  • (D) Canada
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (C)

9) IFCI Ltd has recently become a state-owned firm (PSU) with the government increasing its stake in the infrastructure financing firm to ___ per cent?
  • (A) 51 %
  • (B) 75 %
  • (C) 100 %
  • (D) None of these
  • (E) 80%
Ans: (A)

10) Which city was recently awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015?
  • (A) Thane
  • (B) Sydney
  • (C) Ottawa
  • (D) Seoul
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (D)

11) Name the Social activist who recently resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party?
  • (A) Anna Hazare
  • (B) Medha Patkar
  • (C) MS Swaminathan
  • (D) Madav Gadgil
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (B)

12) Which Australian cricketer recently announced his retirement from ODIs?
  • (A) David Warner
  • (B) Mitchell Starc
  • (C) Shane Watson
  • (D) Michael Clarke
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (D)

13) ISRO launched India's 4th navigation satellite IRNSS 1D recently using?
  • (A) PSLV-C27
  • (B) PSLV-C29
  • (C) PSLV-D24
  • (D) PSLV-E21
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (A)

14) Who was crowned fbb Femina Miss India World 2015 recently?
  • (A) Koyal Rana
  • (B) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
  • (C) Vanya Mishra
  • (D) Aditi Arya
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (D)

15) Which city was named India’s Earth Hour Capital 2015?
  • (A) Rajkot
  • (B) Pune
  • (C) Thane
  • (D) Coimbatore
  • (E) None of these
Ans: (C)