Current Affairs Quiz – May 02′ 2015

1. Who is appointed as the head of a panel to fix data issues?
a) Raghuram Rajan
b) Arvind Mayaram
c) R Gandhi
d) Arvind Subramanian

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Answer d) Arvind Subramanian

2. Who won the Raymond Crossbook Award under Fiction Category?
a) Samanth Subramanian
b) Anees Salim
c) Ravi Subramanian
d) Shals Mahajan

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Answer b) Anees Salim

3. The Book “Bankerupt” won the Popular Prize in recently announced Raymond Crossbook Award. Who is the author?
a) Lakshmi Holmstrom
b) Ravi Subramanian
c) Shals Mahajan
d) Kumar Dwivedi

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Answer b) Ravi Subramanian

4. The Reserve Bank of India has allocated Rs 10000 crore to __________ as Venture Capital.
a) SEBI
b) SIDBI
c) SBI
d) LIC

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Answer b) SIDBI

5. What is “Theera Vetta”?
a) A Controversial Film (Banned)
b) A journal
c) Coastal Security Exercise
d) Traditional Game played in South India

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Answer c) Coastal Security Exercise

6. The Department of Telecommunication has extended MNP deadline for 2 more months. What is MNP?
a) Multiple Number Port
b) Mega Number Portable
c) Mobile Number Portability
d) Mixed Number Portability

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Answer c) Mobile Number Portability

7. Ben E King, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Literature
b) Chemistry
c) Music
d) Sports

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Answer c) Music

8. India is ahead of which country on deals related to Venture Capitals?
a) China
b) Russia
c) USA
d) UK

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Answer a) China

9. Who received a gold medal from Spanish Prime Minister recently?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Andy Murray
c) Roger Federer
d) Novak Djokovic

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Answer a) Rafael Nadal

10. Fortis Healthcare Ltd has decided to sell its unit RadLink-Asia Pte Ltd to Fullerton Healthcare group Pte Ltd. Radlink-Asia is in
a) Malaysia
b) Singapore
c) Vietnam
d) Brunei

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Answer b) Singapore

11. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Central Industrial Security Forces?
a) Harinder Singh
b) Sukhwinder Singh
c) Surender Singh
d) Ranwinder Singh

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Answer c) Surender Singh

12. India and _________ have agreed to renew pact on Agricultural Co-operation.
a) Japan
b) Israel
c) United States
d) Germany

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Answer c) United States

13. NASA’s spacecraft that has ended a four-year mission to Mercury by crashing into Mercury recently is
a) Mariner 135
b) Messenger
c) Sputnik
d) Drainer

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Answer b) Messenger

14. What is Dynamic Mangoose?
a) Upcoming Science Fiction Movie
b) Term associated with God Particle
c) Operation to rescue people in Yemen
d) Anti-submarine warfare exercise

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Answer d) Anti-submarine warfare exercise

15. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Navigation?
a) Sateesh Reddy
b) Dhruva Kumar
c) Sangeetha Naidu
d) Deepak Reddy

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Answer a) Sateesh Reddy