SBI & IBPS : Current Affairs Quiz - 1

1. Which university has revealed the world's first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real leg, even feeling pain?
  • A. Australian University
  • B. Howard University
  • C. German University
  • D. Austrian University
ANSWER: D. 

2. Who has been appointed as the Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission?
  • A. Sudhir Bhargava
  • B. Sushil Sharma
  • C. Swapnil Gupta
  • D. Ajit Doval
ANSWER: A. 

3. Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner?
  • A. T S Bhasin
  • B. Raj Sharma
  • C. K V Chowdhary
  • D. Vijai Sharma
ANSWER: C. 

4. Who has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission? 
  • A. Vijai Sharma
  • B. K V Chowdhary
  • C. Sudhir Bhargava
  • D. T M Bhasin
ANSWER: D. 

5. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner?
  • A. Arun Shorie
  • B. Vijai Sharma
  • C. K V Thomas
  • D. None of these
ANSWER: B. 

6. Name the cyclone storm which remained practically stationary over east central Arabian Sea and now lay centered about 670 km west of Mumbai and 480 km southwest of Veraval in Gujarat?
  • A. SHOBHAA
  • B. ASHOBAA
  • C. FAALIN
  • D. KATRINA
ANSWER: B.

7. With which institute Railways has signed Memorandum of Understanding for research and development work for up gradation of Railway tracks for High speed trains?
  • A. ISRO 
  • B. DRDO
  • C. IIT-BHU
  • D. IIT-Bombay
ANSWER: C

8. Who has been announced as the Chief Ministerial candidate of JD(U) - RJD alliance in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar?
  • A. Nitish Kumar
  • B. Lalu Prasad
  • C. Sharad Yadav
  • D. Mulayam Singh Yadav
ANSWER: A. 

9. Which Union Territory has received permission for the first ever Medical College on 8th June’15?
  • A. Lakshadweep 
  • B. Andaman & Nicobar
  • C. Chandigarh
  • D. Daman & Diu
ANSWER: B. 

10. Who has been appointed as new Director General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG) on 7th June’15?
  • A. R C Tayal
  • B. R R Bhatnagar
  • C. Rahul Kumar
  • D. J N Chowdhary
ANSWER: A.

11.What position did India secure in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships that concluded in Wuhan (China) on 7 June 2015? 
  • A. First 
  • B. Second 
  • C. Third
  • D. Fourth
ANSWER: C. 

12. At which place the President of India on 9th June’15 will inaugurate the first ever sewage treatment plant enabling to meet 80% of its requirements for horticulture through recycled waste water?
  • A. Embassy
  • B. Supreme Court Campus
  • C. Parliament House
  • D. President’s Estate
ANSWER: D. 

13. In which language the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of ‘Yogikasparsh’, a Yoga Manual written by Smt. Nivedita Joshi on 8th June’15?
  • A. Hindi
  • B. Sanskrit
  • C. Braille
  • D. English
ANSWER: C.