Quiz Questions Current Affairs: 22 March 2015

1) Name the Indian pancreatic cancer researcher who has been named as the New South Wales (NSW) Woman of the year 2015, in Australia recently?

(A) Gautami Sharma

(B) Devyani Khobragade

(C) Minoti Apate

(D) Shikha Sharma

2) Which Bank on 17 March 2015 announced the launch of a mobile app named 'Chillr',which allows users to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phone book?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) Axis Bank

(C) State Bank of India

(D) HDFC Bank

3) Name the political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which scored an unexpected victory in country’s Parliamentary election held on 18 March 2015?

(A) Knesst party

(B) Likud party

(C) Zionist Union

(D) Democratic party

4) Gunmen wearing military uniforms on 18 March 2015 stormed which country's national museum named Barbo Museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians?

(A) Canada

(B) Iraq

(C) Algeria

(D) Tunisia 

5) Which South African all-rounder recently became the 9th player to claim a hat-trick in the history of the World Cup?

(A) JP Duminy

(B) AB de Villers

(C) Faf du Plessis

(D) Imran Tahir

6) Electronic Voting Machines will have photographs of candidates from which date onwards, as announced by Election Commission of India recently?

(A) 1 April 2015

(B) 1 January 2016

(C) 1 May 2015

(D) 1 July 2016

7) Kavinder Gupta was on 18 March 2015 unanimously elected as Speaker of the 12th Assembly of which state?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Bihar

(D) Delhi

8) National Green Tribunal on 18 March 2015 announced a fine of Rs _____ on individuals spotted littering or throwing waste on the platforms and tracks?

(A) Rs.1000

(B) Rs. 5,000

(C) Rs.500

(D) Rs.100

9) Sohail Aman was on 18 March 2015 appointed as Chief of Air Force of which country?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Nepal

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Pakistan

10) Which Union Minister was on 17 March 2015 named Young Global Leader from India by the World Economic Forum (WEF)?

(A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(B) Smriti Irani

(C) Nitin Gadkarai

(D) Suresh Prabhu

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Minoti Apate

2) Ans. (D) HDFC Bank

3) Ans. (B) Likud party

4) Ans.  (D) Tunisia

5) Ans. (A) JP Duminy

6) Ans. (C) 1 May 2015

7) Ans. (A) Jammu and Kashmir

8) Ans. (B) Rs. 5,000

9) Ans. (D) Pakistan

10) Ans. (B) Smriti Irani

Read More

February 2015 Current Affairs PDF: Last Week

Download as PDF: Click Here

1) Chris Gayle on 24 February 2015 became the first person to make double century in any Cricket World Cup. He achieved this record against which country? - Zimbabwe

2) Who was sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 1 March 2015? - Mufti Mohammed Sayeed

3) AB de Villiers on 26 February 2015 hit the fastest-ever 150 runs in one-day internationals (ODIs) against which country? - West Indies

4) National Science Day was observed in India on 28 February 2015. The theme for the National Science Day 2015 was? - Science for Nation Building

5) Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri on 24 February 2015 stepped down as Chairperson of? - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

6) Who was on 23 February 2015 unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly? - Ram Niwas Goel

7) Who was sworn in as the 34th Chief Minister of Bihar on 22 February 2015? - Nitish Kumar

8) Which team on 23 February 2015 crowned champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015 (HHIL) by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors? - Ranchi Rays

9) Name the former Chief Justice of Odisha High Court who was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court on 27 February 2015? - Justice Amitava Roy

10) Name the Eighth India-Nepal Battalion level Combined Military Training which commenced on 23 February 2015 at Integrated Army Training Centre, Saljhandi, Nepal? - Surya Kiran-VIII

11) Former India captain Anil Kumble and which Australian legend were on 22 February 2015 inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia? - Betty Wilson

12) Name the former New Zealand cricket captain who was on 28 February 2015 inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame? - Martin David Crowe

13) Researchers from which country on 26 February 2015 unveiled the world's first 3D-printed jet engine? – Australia

14) Name the former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and present leading Russian opposition politician who was shot dead on 27 February 2015? - Boris Nemtsov

15) 3rd Tortoise Festival was organised at Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of which state on 21 February 2015? – Assam

 Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

16) Name the former acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan died on 23 February 2015 in Karachi, Pakistan? - Rana Bhagwandas

Note: Bhagwandas was the first Hindu and second non-Muslim to head the Supreme Court of Pakistan. First non-Muslim Chief Justice was Alvin Robert Cornelius (a Christian).

17) Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers on 25 February 2015 declared the year 2015 as? - Year of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

18) Indian Army and which bank on 23 February 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary Package? - State Bank of India (SBI)

19) Forbes on 26 February 2015 released Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen 2015 list. The list features six Indian women CEO and Managing Director (MD). Name theme? -

1) Arundhati Bhattacharya, CMD, State Bank of India

2) Chanda Kochchar, CEO, ICICI Bank,

3) Akhila Srinivasan, MD/Non-Executive Director, Shriram Life Insurance/Shriram Capital

4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Founder, Chairman and MD, Biocon

5) Shikha Sharma, CEO and MD, Axis Bank

6) Usha Sangwan, MD, Life Insurance Corp. of India

20) Which player on 22 February 2015 won the Indian Open title at the Delhi Golf Club? - Anirban Lahiri

21) Which words were added to Oxford dictionary on 27 February 2015? - Ride-share and unboxing

22) Indian-origin lawyer Kannan Ramesh was on 27 February 2015 appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Supreme Court bench of which country with effect from 22 May 2015? – Singapore

23) Which state government on 24 February 2015 launched a mobile application mLiquorSaleCheck for the benefit of the customers and to put a cap on sale of illicit liquor? – Delhi

24) Who was on 23 February 2015 appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. Limited? - Takahiro Hachigo

25) International Rare Disease Day 2015 was observed on? - 28 February 2015

26) Who was on 27 February 2015 appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)? - Kshatrapati Shivaji

27) Who won the Delhi Open Tennis title on 22 February 2015? - Somdev Devvarman

Read More

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 20 March 2015

1) Karnataka won Irani Trophy 2015:

-->  Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka retained the Irani Cup by defeating Rest of India by 246 runs on the fourth and penultimate day on 20 March 2015.

--> A fine unbeaten 123 by Man-of-the-Match Manish Pandey, who spent 287 minutes in the middle, helped Karnataka set ROI a stiff target of 403.

--> Chasing a victory target of 403, Rest of India were bowled out for 156 after opening bowler Abhimanyu Mithun ripped through the top order.

--> This was the first time that Karnataka successfully defended their Irani Cup title while they also became only the third team after ROI and Mumbai to win the trophy in two successive years.

2) France to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019:

--> France will host the 2019 women's World Cup and the Under-20 women's tournament in 2018 after beating off competition from South Korea for the hosting rights, FIFA said on 19 March 2015.

--> Five countries had originally declared an interest in staging the events but England, New Zealand and South Africa fell by the wayside last year leaving France and South Korea to battle it out.

3) Justice Uma Nath Singh sworn in as new Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court:

--> Justice Uma Nath Singh was sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court at the Raj Bhavan in Shillong on 19 March 2015.

--> Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Singh at a ceremony.

--> Justice Singh had earlier served at the High Court in Shillong as acting Chief Justice replacing Justice PC Pant.

--> He is the third Chief Justice of the state's High Court set up in 2013.

4) Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana:

--> Union Cabinet on 20 March 2015 approved the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an outlay of Rs 1,500 crore to provide skills training to youth, including Class 10 and 12 drop outs.

--> The flagship scheme, which will cover 24 lakh persons, will be implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

5) Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Rae Bareli:

--> Two coaches and engine of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express were derailed at Bachhrawan railway station near Rae Bareli on 20 March 2015 morning.

--> At least 36 people were killed and over 150 were injured in the accident. 

--> Brake failure was reported to be the cause of the accident.

6) World Sparrow Day observed:

--> March 20 is observed as World Sparrow Day every year since 2009, to create awareness of the house sparrows and other birds to the rapidly changing environments, and of threats to their populations.

--> The theme for WORLD SPARROW DAY 2015 was I LOVE Sparrows.

--> The Sparrow Day is an international initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation (France) and numerous other national and international organisations across the world.

7) Union Cabinet approved 33% women reservation in police forces of all Union Territories:

--> Union Cabinet on 20 March 2015 approved 33 per cent reservation for women in police forces of all union territories, including the Delhi Police, through direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts.

--> The move aims at increasing representation of women in police and to make the force gender sensitive.

8) Lata Mangeshkar won the 'Laadli Voice of the Century' award:

--> Singer Lata Mangeshkar was on 20 March 2015 presented the ‘Laadli Voice of the Century’ award in Mumbai during the sixth edition of the national Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity.

--> Queen won the best movie award, while advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather won the “Laadli Grand Prix” for its Titan Raga — ‘tum nahi badle’ advertisement.

--> Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was the chief guest at the awards ceremony.

9) Bard of Maharashtra Shahir Krishnarao Sable passed away:

--> Bard and Marathi folk legend Krishnarao Sable, popularly known as Shahir Sable, who brought Maharashtra’s folk singing and theatre traditions to the centre stage, passed away at his central Mumbai residence on 19 March 2015.

10) 4th National Photography Awards conferred on 13 noted photojournalists:

--> The fourth National Photography Awards were conferred on 13 eminent photojournalists in New Delhi on 20 March 2015.

--> The award were conferred by Secretary (Information & Broadcasting) Bimal Julka.

--> The theme for 4th edition Professional Photographer category was “Hamara Bharat Swachh Bharat” and for the Amateur Category was “Mother and Child”.

--> The jury for this edition of awards was headed by well-known photographer Anil Risal Singh.

Read More

Today's (21 March 2015) LIC AAO Exam Questions: Morning Shift

Friends.. Here are the GA questions asked in today's (21 March 2015) morning shift LIC AAO exam. These questions were shared by Yedu Krishna and Mukesh Kumar. This will be useful for those having exam in coming days. If anybody would like to share more questions, kindly mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. We will publish them here. 

1) Name the Union Health Minister? - Jagat Prakash Nadda

2) Gangaur is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of? - Rajasthan

3) Whose birthday is observed as National Youth Day? - Swami Vivekananda

4) Economic Survey 2015-16 prepared by? - Aravind Subramanian (Chief Economic Adviser) and team

5) T-20 world cup 2016 will be held at? - India

6) Capital of Iraq? - Baghdad

7) Latest Euro member? - Lithuania

8) AB de villers hit the fastest 150 in ODI against which country? - West Indies

9) Which Tax was abolished in Budget 2015? - Wealth Tax

10) NATO headquarters? - Brussels, Belgium

11) Madan Mohan Malviya was the Chairman of which newspaper from 1924 to 1946? - Hindustan Times

12) Gyan Sangam or Bankers' Retreat in January 2015 was held at? - Pune

13) World Health Day? - April 7
14) Apart from Rewari-Rohtak section India's first CNG train runs between which other section? - Rewari and Bikaner 
15) NITI Aayog vice-chairman? - Arvind Panagriya
16) First chairman of in BRICS New Development Bank will be from? - India

17) Currency of Finland? - Euro

Read More

GK Daily Updates for March 20, 2015

1) Gahir Matha Turtle sanctuary is situated at? - Odisha

2) The only state in India to have both coastline and Himalayan ranges is? - West Bengal

3) Pyridoxine is the chemical name of the vitamin? - Vitamin B6 

4) First city in India to have a metro railway? - Kolkata

5) Neset is the parliament of which country? - Israel

6) Marine National Park is situated in which state? - Gujarat

7) Smallest country in Africa? - Seychelles

8) Largest country in Africa? - Algeria

9) Iceland is located in which ocean? -  Juncture of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans

10) The book 'The Life of Mahatma Gandhi' is written by? - Louis Fischer

Read More

Current Affairs Quiz: 20 March 2015

1) Name the chief of the International Monetary Fund who was on a two day visit to India recently?

(A) Christine Lagarde

(B) Jim Yong Kim

(C) Takehiko Nakao

(D) Oprah Winfrey

2) Paul van Ass on 16 March 2015 took charge as the chief coach of?

(A) Indian men’s football team

(B) Indian men’s hockey team

(C) Indian men’s kabbadi team

(D) None of these

3) Which company recently appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala as group president and chief operating officer?

(A) Infosys

(B) TCS

(C) Google

(D) Wipro

4) Which state government recently passed 'Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan' Bill, under which cow slaughter and the sale of beef have been banned in the state?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Haryana

(D) Gujarat

5) Veteran singer and music composer Bombay S. Kamal who passed away recently was famous in which language?

(A) Hindi

(B) Malayalam

(C) Kannada

(D) Tamil

6) Who recently took over as CEO of Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL)?

(A) Roopa Kudva

(B) Radhika Roy

(C) Jyotsna Suri

(D) Ashu Suyash

7) Which country has raced ahead of Germany to become the world's third largest arms exporter as per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recent report?

(A) India

(B) Saudi Arabia

(C) China

(D) Russia

8) Supreme Court on 17 March 2015 set aside the notification to include which community in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC)?

(A) Jats

(B) Jews

(C) Lodha

(D) Gorkha

9) Union government has recently approved setting up of an All India Institute of Ayurveda at?

(A) Palakkad

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bhubaneswar

(D) Visakhapatnam 

10) Which cricketer was recently voted as the greatest ODI player in the history of cricket in a voting conducted by ESPNcricinfo?

(A) Sachin Tendulkar

(B) Don Bradman

(C) Steve Waugh

(D) Viv Richard

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Christine Lagarde

2) Ans. (B) Indian men’s hockey team

3) Ans. (D) Wipro

4) Ans. (C) Haryana

5) Ans. (B) Malayalam

6) Ans. (D) Ashu Suyash

7) Ans. (C) China

8) Ans. (A) Jats

9) Ans. (B) New Delhi

10) Ans. (D) Viv Richard

Read More

19th March 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Ratan Tata to head railways' innovation council Kayakulp:

--> Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has been appointed as the head of an innovation council of Indian Railways called ‘Kayakalp’, the government said on 19 March 2015.

--> Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu constituted the council and appointed Tata to head it, an official statement said.

--> The purpose of the council will be to recommend innovative methods and processes for the improvement, betterment and transformation of Indian Railways.

2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes first Indian captain to register 100 ODI wins:

-->  Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 19 March 2015 became the first Indian captain to register 100 One Day International wins, after leading Men in Blue to a 109-run victory over Bangladesh in their 2015 ICC World Cup quarter-final match in Melbourne Cricket Ground.

--> He reached the milestone of 100 wins in 178th ODI.

--> The 33-year-old is also the first non-Australian to lead a national side to 100 wins in the 50 overs match.

--> Ricky Ponting with 165 ODI wins and Allan Border with 107 wins are ahead of Dhoni.

3) Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar’s book released:

--> Former Lok Sabha Meira Kumar’s book entitled “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy – Speaker’s Perspective” was released on 19 March 2015.

--> The book was released by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and its first copy was presented to the President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

--> The book features an account of the parliamentary diplomacy and its role in furthering foreign policy and strengthening international relations.

--> It is also a collection of select speeches and reports by Kumar during her stint as Lok Sabha speaker and as leader of Indian parliamentary delegations at several international fora.

4) International Conference on Counter Terrorism began at Jaipur:

--> Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a three-day international conference on counter terrorism that began in Jaipur on 19 March 2015.

--> During the three-day conference, issues like illegal migration and border security, Cyber space, social media and terrorism, terror trade weapons, narcotics and fake currency would be discussed in separate sessions. 

5) India entered Semis of WC 2015, beat Bangladesh by 109 runs:

--> India stormed their way into the Semi-Finals after beating Bangladesh by 109 runs in Melbourne on 19 March 2015.

--> Rohit Sharma's century and Suresh Raina's half century ensured India's victory over Bangladesh in their Quarter Finals.

--> Rohit Sharma was named man of the match.

6) Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to head Royal Society in UK:

--> India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.

--> His appointment was confirmed by the society’s council met on 19 March 2015 and will assume the charge on 1 December 2015.

--> He will succeed eminent geneticist Sir Paul Nurse who had taken on the role in 2010 and will step down after the customary 5-year term.

--> Ramakrishnan, who will be the first Indian-origin scientist to hold the post, was born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, and studied biology in the US.

7) India successfully test-fired air-to-air missile 'ASTRA':

--> India's Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile Astra was on 19 March 2015 successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft for the second day in a row.

--> The missile, which was fired off Odisha coast near the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Balasore, has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

--> The missile can reach up to 110 km when fired from an altitude of 15 km and 44 km when launched from an altitude of 8 km and 21 km when fired from sea level.

8) Maharashtra government to rename Mumbai's Girgaum Chowpatty as 'Swaraj Bhoomi':

-->  The BJP-led Maharashtra government on 18 March 2015 decided to rename the area at Girgaum Chowpatty in the city where veteran freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was cremated, as 'Swaraj Bhoomi'.

Read More