Current Affairs Quiz – September 14 2015

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September 15, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Lee Hsien Loong has won the election and become the Prime Minister of
a) North Korea
b) Laos
c) Singapore
d) Vietnam

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Answer c) Singapore. Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong return to power again in a massive victory for the 12th time since independence. It has won every elections since 1965.

2. Narsingh Pancham Yadav is associated with
a) Weight Lifting
b) Archery
c) Wrestling
d) Swimming

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Answer c) Wrestling. Narsingh Pancham Yadav secured an Olympic quota place for India after bagging a bronze medal in the Men’s 74 kg Freestyle category.

3. Indian corporate Embee International is planning to acquire 33,000 acres of land on lease in ______ to do agriculture.
a) Iran
b) UAE
c) Egypt
d) Armenia

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Answer c) Egypt.

4. The Shanghai ATP challenger Title 2015 has won by
a) Pancham Yadav
b) Vinesh Phogat
c) Yuki Bhambri
d) Amit Kumar

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Answer c) Yuki Bhambri. Indian Tennis Player Yuki Bhambri clinched his first challenger level singles title of the season by defeating Di Wu in the Shanghai ATP challenger Finals.

5. What is A in FSSAI?
a) Association
b) Agreement
c) Authority
d) Acquisition

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Answer c) Authority. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a draft notification for regulating norms such as mis-labelling of ‘health supplements’.

6. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Bharatanatyan
b) Kalariyapattu
c) Kathakali
d) Mohiniyattam

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Answer d) Mohiniyattam. Mohiniyattam dancer, teacher and choreographer Kalamandalam Sathyabhama has passed away at the age of 77.

7. Who was crowned 2016 Miss America recently?
a) Kira Kazantsev
b) Monica Bellucci
c) Betty Cantrell
d) Salma Hayek

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Answer c) Betty Cantrell.

8. Novak Djokovic jas defeated ___________ and won the US Open Singles Title?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Andy Murray
c) Roger Federer
d) None of the above

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Answer c) Roger Federer

9. Flavia Penetta defeated Roberta Vinci and wont the US Open Single Title (Woman). She is from _________.
a) Sweden
b) Serbia
c) Italy
d) Germany

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Answer c) Italy.

10. Who took over as the Managing Director and CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd, India’s biggest liquefied natural gas importer?
a) Satheesh Kumar
b) Prabhat Kumar Singh
c) AL Balyan
d) Shanmuga Sundaram

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Answer b) Prabhat Kumar Singh.

11. Hindi Diwas is observed on
a) September 13
b) September 14
c) September 15
d) September 16

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Answer b) September 14. September 14 is considered as Hindi Diwas to propogate the language and its cultural heritage