CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Google?
a) Satya Nadella
b) Vickram Pillai
c) Sundar Pichai
d) Narasimhan
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Answer c) Sundar Pichai. Tamil Nadu born Sundar Pichai has been named as the CEO of Google. He has been with Google for 11 years. Mr. Pichai started at Google in 2004, where he was known as a “low-key manager” who worked on the Google toolbar and then led the launch of the market-beating Chrome browser in 2008.
2. Which bank has recently launched Saral-Rural Housing Loan Scheme?
a) Axis Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) SBI
d) HDFC Bank
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Answer b) ICICI Bank. India’s largest private sector bank, the ICICI Bank has launched scheme called ICICI Bank Saral-Rural Housing Loan scheme, with a special interest rate. Customers can avail of loans to purchase or construct or renovate a home in the rural areas.
3. POSCO has signed a deal to set up a plant in
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
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Answer d) Maharashtra. South Korean steelmaker POSCO has signed an agreement with Shree Uttam Steel and Power to set up a 3 million tonne-per-year integrated steel plant in Maharashtra.
4. Name the Indian Professor who has been elected as one of the fellows of The Royal Society?
a) Akil Gupta
b) Prakash Manji
c) Ajay Sood
d) Alok Jain
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Answer c) Ajay Sood. Professor Ajay Sood from the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been elected as one of the fellows of The Royal Society.
5. Name the sportsperson to be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Saina Nehwal
c) Sania Mirza
d) Deepika Palligal
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Answer c) Sania Mirza. Indian tennis queen Sania Mirza’s name has been approved for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by a 12-member selection committee. It should be noted that the sports ministry had earlier recommended to forward her name to the committee.
6. As per the recent research, Indian Smart Phone market will overtake US by
a) 2016
b) 2017
c) 2018
d) 2019
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Answer b) 2017. According to the report by a research firm IDC, smartphone market in India grew 44% to 26.5 million units in the June quarter. By 2017, it is expected that India will overtake USA to be the second largest smartphone market globally.
7. Bhalchandra Pendharkar, who passed away recently, was a
a) Novelist
b) Politician
c) Historian
d) Stage Actor
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Answer d) Stage Actor. Veteran Marathi stage actor, singer and drama producer Bhalchandra Pendharkar has died at the age of 94 due to prolonged illness. Pendharkar was affectionately known as Anna and gained immense popularity through his play Duritanche Timir Javo.
8. Who has been conferred with Saraswati Samman Award 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee?
a) Kalyan Das
b) Aashish Vidhyarthi
c) Veerappa Moily
d) Achudhananthan
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Answer c) Veerappa Moily. President Pranab Mukherjee has presented the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014 to Congress leader M.Veerappa Moily for his epic “Sri RamayanaMahanveshanam” written in Kannada.
9. Aricent has recently acquired ___________ for Rs 1100 crore.
a) Qualcomm
b) Foxcomm
c) SmartPlay
d) DigiPlay
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Answer c) SmartPlay. US product engineering firm Aricent has acquired Bengaluru-based chip design services company SmartPlay for Rs 1,100 crore ($180 million), one of the biggest acquisitions in the semiconductor space in India. It’s also Aricent’s fifth and the biggest ever acquisition in India.
10. The US based daily deals company Groupon Inc has been rebranded as
a) Nearbuy
b) Quickbuy
c) Dailybuy
d) Daybuy
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Answer a) Nearbuy. The US-based daily deals company Groupon Inc. is ceding control in its Indian arm to promoters led by local top executives and private equity investor Sequoia. The unit will be renamed Nearbuy.
11. Bronte Campbell is associated with which of the following game?
a) Tennis
b) Hockey
c) Swimming
d) Ice Skating
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Answer c) Swimming. Australia’s Bronte Campbell won the women’s 50m freestyle final at the world swimming championships (Kazan, Russia) and completed the sprint double as Australia finished the meet with seven gold medals.
12. Which country has recently restarted its nuclear reactor after 4 years?
a) Germany
b) France
c) Italy
d) Japan
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Answer d) Japan. A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
