CURRENT AFFAIRS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(20th to 26th April) of 2015
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1. When do we observe the Earth Day?
1) April 23
2) April 24
3) April 25
4) April 22
5) None
2. The World Malaria Day was celebrated on _____.
1) April 24
2) April 25
3) April 23
4) April 22
5) None
3. Amid controversy, name the country, which celebrated its “Centenary of Genocide” ?
1) Armenia
2) Turkey
3) Azerbaijan
4) Georgia
5) None
4. With Supreme Court intervention, _____ became the first woman to be enrolled as member of the “Mumbai Make-up Artists Association”.
1) Bhanu
2) Namrata Soni
3) Charu Khurana
4) Ojas Rajani
5) None
5. When do we observe “National Panchayati Raj Day”?
1) April 22
2) April 26
3) April 24
4) April 23
5) None
6. Where is the Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee?
1) Berlin
2) Lausanne
3) London
4) New York
5) None
7. Thomas Bach, who has visited India recently, is the President of _____.
1) BCCI
2) IOC
3) ICC
4) FIFA
5) None
8. Name the India’s first naval stealth destroyer of Project 15B Class, which was launched at Mazagon Docks Ltd., recently?
1) Visakhapatnam
2) Kochi
3) Kolkata
4) Delhi
5) None
9. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) publishes “Red List” every year. By the end of 2014, the number in the Red List
increased from 973 to _____.
1) 983
2) 993
3) 998
4) 988
5) None
10. At AAP Rally, Gajendra Singh, a farmer committed suicide. He is from ____.
1) Rajasthan
2) Punjab
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) None
11. Name the two naval ships, which evacuated Indians from Yemen?
1) INS Tarkash, INS Mumbai
2) INS Vikramaditya, INS Kochi
3) INS Visakhapatnam, INS Mumbai
4) INS Kochi, INS Mumbai
5) None
12. The World Book and Copyright Day was observed on
1) 22nd April
2) 25th April
3) 23rd April
4) 21st April
5) None
13. India plans to give three Cheetal helicopters manufactured by HAL to ____.
1) Iran
2) Afghanistan
3) Iraq
4) Yemen
5) None
14. Rise of Gold imports is the major cause of concern for India. In March 2015, what is the value of gold imports?
1) $ 4.92 billion
2) $ 4.89 billion
3) $ 4.58 billion
4) $ 4.98 billion
5) None
15. During 2015-16, IRFC plans to borrow a total of Rs. ____ crore from domestic and offshore markets.
1) 17,655
2) 15,655
3) 16,665
4) 18,685
5) None
16. Name the country, where 8 foreign drug convicts are about to be
executed?
1) Nigeria
2) Australia
3) Indonesia
4) Brazil
5) None
17. Sesa Sterlite Ltd. changed its name. What is the new name?
1) Vedanta Limited
2) Sesa India Ltd.
3) Sesa Metals Ltd.
4) Reliance Industries Ltd.
5) None
18. Recently, we completed 25 years of launch of “Hubble Space Telescope”. This was the joint venture of ESA and _____.
1) ISRO
2) BARC
3) RSA
4) NASA
5) None
19. Tax notices up to Rs 40,000 crore were slapped on FPI’s for payment of MAT. What is MAT?
1) Minimum Alternate Tax
2) Maximum Affected Tax
3) Minimum Affected Tax
4) Maximum Alternate Tax
5) None
20. Indian Railways launched a mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets. Started on a pilot basis, it will cover 15 stations of suburban
section in ____.
1) Mumbai
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) Delhi
5) None
21. What is the annual allocation under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme?
1) Rs 6 crore
2) Rs 8 crore
3) Rs 5 crore
4) Rs 10 crore
5) None
22. Centre stated that 4 Nuclear Reactors of 2x700 MW at Kakrapar and 2x700 MW at Rawatbhata will be ready by 2019. Kakrapar is in Gujarat
and Rawatbhata is in ____.
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) MP
4) Rajasthan
5) None
23. Name the International news channel, which was ordered to go off air for 5 days as it showed the incorrect map of India repeatedly?
1) Al Jazeera English
2) CNN
3) BBC
4) RT
5) None
24. United Nations sponsored climate change meet is going to be held in Dec 2015. Name the city?
1) Paris
2) London
3) Washington
4) New York
5) None
25. Name the bank, which claimed that it launched an application on their smart watches, which facilitates account related information ?
1) HDFC Bank
2) Yes Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) None
26. Name the country, that clocked a speed of 603 kmph for maglev trains?
1) Japan
2) China
3) South Korea
4) Germany
5) None
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27. Which of the following announced investigation into the claims of unfair trade practices resorted to by Google?
1) USA
2) European Commission
3) China
4) India
5) None
28. Who resigned as the Chief Editor of Indian Historical Review?
1) Vivek Goenka
2) Rajesh Ramachandran
3) Sabyasachi Bhattacharya 4) Prannoy Roy
5) None
29. Name the country, which is requesting India for allotment of cricket ground in India, for practice of their players?
1) Zimbabwe
2) UAE
3) Bangladesh
4) Afghanistan
5) None
30. NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) has recently given final approval to convert Rajaji National Park and Kudremukh National
Park into tiger reserves. Kudremukh National Park is in _______.
1) West Bengal
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None
31. 24th Yudhvir Memorial Foundation Award was given to Sunitha Krishnan for “Rescue Restoration and Rehabilitation of Victims of
Trafficking”. Name the organisation she is heading?
1) Prajwala
2) Saving Face
3) Ford Foundation
4) Greenpeace
5) None
32. ADB will provide loans worth $ ____ billion to construct or upgrade 31000 kms of rural roads in five states to support PMGSY.
1) 8
2) 7
3) 3
4) 2
5) None
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