Current Affairs Questions for Competitive Exam

1. The World Meteorological Day is annually held on
  • 1) 23 Mar 
  • 2) 21 Mar
  • 3) 27 Mar 
  • 4) 28 Mar
  • 5) 31 Mar
Ans: (1) 

2. PM Narendra Modi launched MUDRA bank on 8 Apr. The govt plans to set up the bank as a ___________body.
  • 1) statutory 
  • 2) advisory
  • 3) voluntary 
  • 4) private
  • 5) None of these
Ans: (1) 

3. In a recent operation named ‘Operation Rahat,’ India evacuated around 5,600 people including foreign nationals from which of the following countries?
  • 1) Libya 
  • 2) Syria
  • 3) Nigeria 
  • 4) Yemen
  • 5) Kenya
Ans: (4)

4. ____________will assume charge as the new Chief Election Commission on 19 Apr and will serve until Jul 2017.
  • 1) Nasim Zaidi 
  • 2) Shashi Kant Sharma
  • 3) TK Viswanathan 
  • 4) SY Quraishi
  • 5) VS Sampath
Ans: (1) 

5. Murty S Kambhampati, who has been chosen for the prestigious US presidential award for excellence in the field of science, mathematics and engineering mentoring, is a professor of
  • 1) physics 
  • 2) chemistry
  • 3) biology 
  • 4) mathematics
  • 5) None of these
Ans: (3) 

6. The Greek govt, recently, claimed nearly USD 303 bn from which of the following countries in war reparation for atrocities and looting during the World War II?
  • 1) France 
  • 2) UK
  • 3) Germany 
  • 4) Japan
  • 5) None of these
Ans: (3) 

7. The concept of a Bank Investment Company (BIC) that would dislodge the govt’s ownership in public sector, was suggested by
  • 1) PJ Nayak Committee 
  • 2) Deepak Mohanty Committee
  • 3) Rakesh Mohan Committee 
  • 4) A Vaidyanathan Committee
  • 5) Usha Thorat Committee 
Ans: (1) 

8. The Govt barred foreign funds for which of the following NGOs and has frozen its bank accounts for alleged norms violation and anti-national activities recently?
  • 1) Justice and Care 
  • 2) The Hope Foundation
  • 3) Digital Green 
  • 4) Greenpeace
  • 5) None of these
Ans: (4)

9. The Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Forum presented international award for women's empowerment in the South and Southeast Asia category to __________in its summit in Addis Ababa.
  • 1) Sri Lanka 
  • 2) Bangladesh
  • 3) Nepal 
  • 4) India
  • 5) Maldives
Ans: (2)

10. Name the women shuttler from India who created history, becomes first Indian woman player to become World No. 1 recently.
  • 1) Jwala Gutta 
  • 2) PV Sindhu
  • 3) Saina Nehwal 
  • 4) Ashwini Ponnappa
  • 5) None of these
Ans: (3)