Current Affairs Quiz – April 29′ 2015

1. Who has been conferred with Chaplin Award for 2015?
a) Liam Neesan
b) Clint Eastwood
c) Tom Hanks
d) Robert Redford

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Answer d) Robert Redford

2. The V Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship Title was won by
a) Services
b) Railways
c) Karnataka
d) Mumbai

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Answer b) Railways

3. The 2015 Common Wealth Short Story Prize in Asia region was won by
a) KL Gurunath
b) Siddhartha Gigoo
c) Yashwant Kumar
d) Chetan Bhagat

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Answer b) Siddhartha Gigoo

4. ISRO has successfully grounded tested its indigenously developed cryogenic engine at the Liquid Propulsion systems centre, which is in
a) Bengaluru
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Tiruvanandhapuram

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Answer c) Tamil Nadu

5. As per the estimate of World Bank, India’s economy would grow to _____% in 2015-16.
a) 6.5%
b) 7%
c) 7.5%
d) 8%

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Answer c) 7.5%

6. RBI has penalized 3 banks for not following the KYC Norms. Which of the following is not among them?
a) Bank of Maharashtra,
b) Dena Bank
c) Oriental Bank of Commerce
d) Vijaya Bank

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Answer d) Vijaya Bank

7. As per the recently passed Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2014, the authorised capital of each Regional Rural Bank has been increased to
a) 500 crore
b) 1000 crore
c) 1500 crore
d) 2000 crore

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Answer d) 2000 crore

8. Union Cabinet approved the 50,000 crore AMRUT Project. What is AMRUT?
a) Mission to eradicate hunger
b) Mission to eradicate poverty
c) City Development Mission
d) Mission to strengthen Indian Army

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Answer c) City Development Mission. AMRUT – Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

9. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 seeks to amend Prevention of Corruption Act, ______.
a) 1988
b) 1990
c) 1992
d) 1994

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Answer a) 1988

10. Who has been named as the World’s Sexiest Woman by the FHM Magazine?
a) Jennifer Lawrence
b) Kim Kardhasian
c) Michelle Keegan
d) Kate Upton

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Answer c) Michelle Keegan

11. Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad announced that the government is working towards pulling off a goal of 50 crore internet connections by
a) 2016
b) 2018
c) 2020
d) 2022

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Answer b) 2018

12. Reliance Power has decided to exit from the proposed Tilaiya power project in
a) Punjab
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Madhya Pradesh

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Answer c) Jharkhand

13. Flipkart has acquired mobile marketing start-up
a) Appiterate
b) Paytm
c) MobMark
d) MobAll

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Answer a) Appiterate

14. The GOI has decided to increase the validity of industrial licence for defence sector to
a) Five Years
b) Seven Years
c) Nine Years
d) Eleven Years

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Answer b) Seven Years. Revised to seven years, further extendable up to three years

15. To strengthen the National Disaster Response Force, the Cabinet has approved two additional battalions of the Sashastra Seema Bal for eastern Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and _________ during disaster.
a) Asom
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Odisha

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Answer c) Arunachal Pradesh