1. The Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015 was won by ______ Airport.
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Kolkata
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Answer c) Delhi. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has bagged the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015. The award will be presented to DIAL by the UAE Minister for culture, youth and development Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan at a specially organized presentation ceremony to be held in Dubai on April 20.
2. PM Narednra Modi launched Air Quality Index in
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Varanasi
d) Gujarat
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Answer b) New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a national Air Quality Index (AQI) in New Delhi. The index will give details of air quality and information on its likely health implications for city dwellers. The other countries which have implemented such alert system includes United States, France, China and Mexico.
3. Dronavalli Harika is associated with which of the following sports?
a) Badminton
b) Archery
c) Shooting
d) Chess
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Answer d) Chess. Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika won Bronze medal along with Grandmaster Pia Cramling of Sweden and pocketed 20000 US dollars in the World Women’s chess championships held at Sochi, Russia. Harika lost to Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine in the semifinals.
4. Who has been selected for the prestigious Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry?
a) Ghulam Nabi
b) Adonis
c) Sukantis
d) None of the above
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Answer b) Adonis. The Paris-based Syrian-Lebanese Arab poet Adonis has been selected for the prestigious Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry. The award is presented by the Kumaran Asan Memorial Association in memory of the distinguished Malayalam poet. The Kumaran Asan prize comprises a prize amount of 3 lakh rupees.
5. Novak Djokovic defeated _________ to win the 2015 Miami Singles Title?
a) Bob Bryan
b) Andy Murray
c) Jack Sock
d) Rafael Nadal
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Answer b) Andy Murray. Novak Djokovic has defeated Britain’s Andy Murray to win his fifth Miami title.
6. Sania Mirza partnered with _______ to win the 2015 Miami Women’s Double title?
a) Carla Suarez
b) Martina Hingis
c) Elena Vesnina
d) Ekaterina Makarova
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Answer b) Martina Hingis. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair have defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia.
7. Who won the Institute of Physics Prize in the United Kingdom?
a) Kumar Singh
b) Ajay Gupta
c) Pratap Singh
d) Sonal Jain
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Answer c) Pratap Singh. An Indian-origin schoolboy named Pratap Singh, aged 15, has been conferred with the Institute of Physics Prize in the United Kingdom. He was awarded for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
8. The National Green Tribunal banned Diesel Vehicles older than 10 years in
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) All of the above
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Answer a) Delhi. The National Green Tribunal has put a ban on all diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old in the Capital city New Delhi to improve the ambient air quality. Diesel is prime source of air pollution in Delhi. The tribunal has directed the transport department of Delhi government and other concerned authorities to prepare a collective data of registration of all such vehicles which are 10 or more years old.
9. Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of IPL Governing Council?
a) Lalith Modi
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) Rajeev Shukla
d) Karan Gupta
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Answer c) Rajeev Shukla. Rajeev Shukla has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the highly influential Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). His appointment has put an end to the month-long suspense over the selection of the top position of the Cricket league.
10. The recently undocked Scorpene Submarine was built under a venture called Project 75, in collaboration with a firm called DCNS of
a) Germany
b) Italy
c) France
d) Norway
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Answer c) France. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has undocked the India’s first Scorpene submarine at Mazagon Dock Limited. This is built under a venture called Project 75, in collaboration with a French firm called DCNS. Under this collaboration, Indian Navy will get a total of six submarines.
