Current Affairs Quiz Questions – September 23 2015

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India penalized ______ of Rs 7,269 crore.
a) L & T
b) PACL
c) UBC
d) NALCO

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Answer b) PACL. The PACL Group is popularly known with its brand name “Pearls”.

2. Who has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India?
a) R Bharath Raj
b) K Srinivaasan
c) Zayn Khan
d) Radha Krishnan

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Answer c) Zayn Khan. Khan was elected to replace R Bharath Raj, who passed away while serving as president on August 15.

3. India and ______ have signed MoUs in energy security, climate change and clean energy?
a) UK
b) USA
c) Cambodia
d) Nepal

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Answer b) USA.

4. Who is Yogi Berra?
a) Famous Photographer
b) Former Governor of Mizoram
c) New York Yankees catcher
d) NBA Star Player

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Answer c) New York Yankees catcher. New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, an athlete has died at the age of 90.

5. _________ will provide support for Arunachal Vision 2020?
a) UNICEF
b) World Bank
c) UNDP
d) IMF

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Answer c) UNDP.

6. Who has been appointed as the Head of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?
a) Shruthi Kumar
b) Suganya Thomas
c) Stuti Narain Kacker
d) Vaishnavi Kannan

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Answer c) Stuti Narain Kacker

7. Who has been shifted as Additional Secretary in Niti Aayog from FSSAI?
a) Yudhvir Singh Malik
b) Ramesh Gupta
c) Rajesh Tripathi
d) Balvinder Singh

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Answer a) Yudhvir Singh Malik

8. Dairy exporters 0f __________ have asked the Indian government for a free trade agreement.
a) Canada
b) China
c) New Zealand
d) Australia

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Answer d) Australia

9. The High Court of _____ has said that 2 helmets to be given at the time of vehicle purchase?
a) Bombay
b) Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) Madras

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Answer d) Madras

10. 24th Vyaas Samman conferred on eminent Hindi writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka. The award is given by
a) Government of Maharashtra
b) KK Birla Foundation
c) Reliance Group
d) Indian Literature Society

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Answer b) KK Birla Foundation.

11. Korea-Andhra Pradesh Friendship Forum was organized in
a) Hyderabad
b) Srikakulam
c) Guntur
d) Vishakapatnam

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Answer d) Vishakapatnam

12. ________ has partnered with Google and Tata Trusts to Enter India with its Nano-Degrees Programs?
a) Accenture
b) COursera
c) Udacity
d) Edueasy

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Answer c) Udacity. Udacity is a four year old, US-based online education startup. There are seven nano degree programs of Udacity namely front-end Web developer, Android developer, data analyst, iOS developer, intro to programming, full stack developer and tech entrepreneur.

13. What is the Capital of Ireland?
a) Dundrum
b) Dublin
c) Leinster
d) Munster

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Answer b) Dublin

14. Telangana Government has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with ____________ for purchasing 1000 mw of power.
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh

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Answer d) Chhattisgarh. The PPA would be in force for the next 12 years.

15. Haryana government has declared that it will develop ________ as a smart city with its own resources.
a) Karnal
b) Gurgaon
c) Hisar
d) Fariadabad

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Answer b) Gurgaon.