1. Who won the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship?
a) Tejaswini Sagar
b) Mridula Rani
c) Mittal Bhat
d) Priyanka Tiwari
2. Who won the Tholkappiyar Award for lifetime achievement in Classical Tamil recently?
a) SV Shanmugam and R Krishnamurthi
b) K Kathirvelan and M Karikalan
c) J Muthu Krishnan and U Santhana Bharathy
d) NT Natarajan and R Shanmugha Pandiyan
3. Riley B. King, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Sports
b) Journalism
c) Music
d) Historian
4. Islamic clothing company East Essence tied up
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Amazon
d) ebay
5. What is India’s rank on Human Capital Index?
a) 110
b) 105
c) 100
d) 103
6. Who won the National Geographic Bee Championship?
a) Karthik Pillai
b) Jeevan Naidu
c) Karan Menon
d) Chandra Reddy
7. ________ has announced a $250 million investment with property developer Nitesh Estates, to form a joint venture.
a) Goldman Sachs
b) Thomson Reuters
c) Moody and Co
d) Axis and Axels
8. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Syndicate Bank?
a) Akhilesh Gupta
b) Anuragh Chander
c) Arun Shrivastava
d) Ashok Mishra
9. Which company has ranked at the 57th position in the United States by Brand Finance in its II annual Top 500 US Brands survey?
a) Infosys
b) Reuters
c) TCS
d) IBM
10. Orange-finned Mahseer Fish, which is on the verge of becoming extinct, in endemic to
a) Godavari basin
b) Cauvery basin
c) Ganga basin
d) Yamuna basin
11. Which Internet firm has acquired BestatLowest.com for $10 Million?
a) Big Bazaar
b) AskMe
c) CallU
d) BazaarMart
12. Johann N Schneider Ammann, who is on visit to India, is the Economic Affairs Minister of
a) Germany
b) France
c) Switzerland
d) Russia
13. Who is the Minister for Petroleum and natural gas?
a) Dharmendra Pradhan
b) Alok Mishra
c) Pranav Gupta
d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
14. The International Day of Families is observed on
a) May 11
b) May 13
c) May 15
d) May 17
15. What is the theme of 2015 International Day of Families?
a) Family is all about Bonding
b) Men in Charge?
c) Family never fail you
d) Family First