Current Affairs Quiz – May 23′ 2015

1. Bob Hewitt, who has been sentenced to six years for rape in South Africa is
a) Former US Judge
b) Former Tennis Player
c) Former UN President
d) Former Football Player

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Answer b) Former Tennis Player

2. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has signed an MoU with ________ to set up an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India.
a) POSCO
b) Baosteel
c) ArcelorMittal
d) Nippon Steel

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Answer c) ArcelorMittal

3. Who becomes first Sikh mayor in United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council?
a) Sukhwinder Singh
b) Parvinder Singh Batth
c) Kalyan Singh
d) Dhananjay Singh

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Answer b) Parvinder Singh Batth

4. Who has been roped in by Market Regulator SEBI to head the panel on start-ups?
a) Sam Pitroda
b) Narayana Murthy
c) Azim Premji
d) Nandan Nilekani

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Answer b) Narayana Murthy

5. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea?
a) Pawan Goenka
b) Mrithula Krishnan
c) Shankara Narayaan
d) Pawan Kumar Kalyan

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Answer a) Pawan Goenka

6. What is the name of IISc’s supercomputerthat has been added to Indian computing might?
a) PranaV
b) Dhruv
c) SahasraT
d) VistaraX

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Answer c) SahasraT

7. Who are the second largest migrant group in United Kingdom?
a) Australians
b) Indians
c) Japanese
d) Chinese

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Answer b) Indians

8. Bob Belden who passed away recently was a/an
a) Economist
b) Historian
c) Musician
d) Philosopher

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Answer c) Musician

9. Name the team which is going to face Mumbai Indians in the finals of IPL match 2015?
a) Kolkata Knight Riders
b) Chennai Super Kings
c) Royal Challengers Bangalore
d) Rajasthan Royals

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Answer b) Chennai Super Kings

10. NATO’s next summit will be held at
a) Geneva
b) Warsaw
c) Berlin
d) New York

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Answer b) Warsaw

11. Indian girls have won how many gold at World Junior Boxing Championship?
a) Five
b) Four
c) Three
d) Two

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Answer c) Three

12. Kamalpreet Singh is associated with which sport?
a) Cricket
b) Hammer Throwing
c) Archery
d) Shooting

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Answer b) Hammer Throwing

13. Name the first ever drug for radiation injury that has been approved by the US FDA?
a) Abitrexate
b) Arimidex
c) Neupogen
d) Carmustine

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Answer c) Neupogen

14. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction (BIFR)?
a) KV Kamath
b) JP Dua
c) SN Krishna
d) JU Sinha

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Answer b) JP Dua

15. Who has been recently accorded an international outdoor umpire status by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
a) Sukanya
b) Deepa Kumari
c) Guru Sindhuja
d) Soumya Nair

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Answer b) Deepa Kumari