Current Affairs Set 1

Current Affairs today Quiz & Answer
1. Malayalam actor and comedian died recently. Name him.
a) Nedanuri Krishnamurthy
b) Mala Aravindan
c) Narayanan Lakshmi Balakrishnan
d) Uppalapu Srinivas

2. Who among the following will be President and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s?
a) Steve Easterbrook
b) Don Thompson
c) Pete Bensen
d) Kevin Ozan

3. Who among the following Australian former golfer died recently?
a) Kelvin David George Nagle
b) Don Thompson
c) Pete Bensen
d) Kevin Ozan

4. International Cricket Council announced that.................will host the Twenty-20 World Cup in 2016.
a) India
b) Australia
c) England
d) West Indies

5. Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy & Mather India?
a) Hufrish Birdy
b) Hephzibah Pathak
c) Kunal Jeswani
d) Kawal Shoor

6. Who among the following has been honoured with Padma Vibhushan 2015?
a) Lal Krishna Advani
b) Jahnu Barua
c) Bill Gates
d) Melinda Gates

7. How many Padma Vibhushan were announced for 2015?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

8. How many Padma Shri were announced for 2015?
a) 73
b) 74
c) 75
d) 76

9. How many Padma Bhushan were announced for 2015?
a) 20
b) 21
c) 22
d) 23

10. How many women received Padma awards for 2015?
a) 103
b) 104
c) 105
d) 106

Answers :
1-B, 2-A, 3-A, 4-A, 5-C, 6-A,7-D,8-C,9-A,10-B

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GK & Current Affairs: February 13, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers for February 13, 2015 with latest MCQs on Current Affairs with explanations for competitive examinations

1. Which of the following banks has launched ‘Pocket’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phones?
[A]Axis Bank
[B]HDFC Bank
[C]ICICI Bank
[D]Corporation Bank 

Answer ICICI Bank

2. Which among the following cities is the venue for the first national tribal festival “VANAJ”?
[A]Kolkata
[B]Dispur
[C]Guwahati
[D]New Delhi 

Answer New Delhi

3. Which one of the following committees has recently submitted its interim report on the corporate bankruptcy legal framework in India?
[A]Shashidharan Committee
[B]T K Vishwanathan Committee
[C]Shyam Sundar Committee
[D]Mukesh Verma Committee 

Answer T K Vishwanathan Committee

4. In which of the following years Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Puraskar scheme was launched?
[A]2005
[B]2009
[C]2008
[D]2011
Answer 2009

5. Recently, Facebook and which one of the following mobile operators have partnered to start internet.org that provide free internet to mobile users in India?
[A]Bharati Airtel
[B] Reliance
[C] Vodafone
[D] Idea
Answer Reliance

6. The bald eagle is found predominantly in __?
[A]North America
[B] South America
[C] Australia
[D] Asia
Answer North America

7. Who is the head of the panel constituted to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities?
[A]Kiran Karnik
[B]Deepak Nayyar
[C]Anil Bajaj
[D]Onkar S Kanwar 

Answer Anil Bajaj

8. The Vembanad Kol Lake which is South India’s largest wetland ecosystem, is located in which of the following states?
[A]Kerala
[B] Goa
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Andhra Pradesh
Answer Kerala

9. What is India’s ranking in the recently released international intellectual property (IP) index?
[A] 24
[B] 29
[C] 30
[D] 28
Answer 29

10. The Wohlwill process is an electrolytic process used to refine ____?
[A]Silver
[B] Copper
[C] Gold
[D]Iron 

Answer Gold

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