Current Affairs Quiz – April 24’2015

1. NASA has created a first full scale 3-d printed combustion chamber made up of
a) Iron
b) Nickel
c) Copper
d) Aluminium

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Answer c) Copper

2. Who has taken oath as the US Surgeon General recently?
a) Rama Krishnan
b) Vivek Murthy
c) Narendra Kumar
d) Viswanathan Krishnan

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Answer b) Vivek Murthy

3. The first Indian to play for top European Football Club is
a) Kesavnath Tripati
b) Ashok Gupta
c) Vijay Sinha
d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

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Answer d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

4. The Reserve Bank of India has included which of the following in Priority Sector Lending?
a) Renewable Energy
b) Medium Enterprises
c) Social Infrastructure
d) All the above

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Answer d) All the above

5. Who has been honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015?
a) Aamir Khan
b) Shah Rukh Khan
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Ajay Devgan

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Answer b) Shah Rukh Khan

6. Which of the following is to be listed in American Stock Exchange soon?
a) Axis Bank
b) Oriental Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) None of the above

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Answer c) Yes Bank

7. GOI has decided to launch a toll free helpline for people affected with
a) Tuberculosis
b) Hepatitis
c) Dengue
d) Swine Flu

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Answer a) Tuberculosis

8. Monte L Merrick, who passed away recently, was related to
a) Sports
b) Writing
c) Politics
d) Science

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Answer b) Writing

9. Varuna is the naval exercise between India and
a) Russia
b) France
c) Italy
d) Germany

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Answer b) France

10. The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology has signed an Mou with
a) Flipkart
b) Amazon
c) E-Bay
d) Snapdeal

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Answer d) Snapdeal

11. Russia and ______ have signed agreement on Economic and Energy Cooperation.
a) Germany
b) Brazil
c) Cuba
d) Argentina

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Answer d) Argentina

12. The Calboco volcano has erupted in
a) Brazil
b) Japan
c) Chile
d) Laos

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Answer c) Chile

13. The Stock Market that closes above 20000 for the first time in 15 years is
a) Shenzhen
b) OMX Nordic
c) Nikkei 225
d) TMX Group

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Answer c) Nikkei 225

14. Zomato has acquired US based online table reservation platform called
a) Kingso
b) JusTable
c) NexTable
d) ChairUrs

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Answer c) NexTable

15. Which company launched Hepatitis C Drug MyHep in India?
a) Biocon
b) Sun Pharma
c) Mylan
d) Pfizer

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Answer c) Mylan