Current Affairs Quiz for the year 2015
SET-1
1. According Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill 1995 up to how many years a person can be jailed for possessing or selling beef?
(a) 3 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 3.5 years
(e) 5 years
2. Name the station(s) where IRCTC has launched concierge services.
(a) Howrah Railway Station
(b) Chennai Railway Station
(c) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
(d) New Delhi Railway Station
(e) All of the above
3. Name the country of which a university professor rejected application of Indian student citing Rape Culture in India.
(a) Denmark
(b) Belgium
(c) USA
(d) Switzerland
(e) Germany
4. In which Indian state did Ranbir Kapoor unfurled the largest and tallest Indian National Flag?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Telengana
5. Defence Acquisition Council approved buying of 38 Pilatus trainer aircraft for Indian Air Force. Which country manufactures the Pilatus trainer aircrafts?
(a) France
(b) Israel
(c) Switzerland
(d) Russia
(e) USA
6. Who is the richest Indian in Forbes Billionaire List of 2014?
(a) Dilip Shanghvi
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Savitri Jindal
(d) Gautam Adani
(e) Kishore Biyani
7. Name the Minister of State who recently resigned from the council of ministers over the principle of One Man One Post.
(a) Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
(b) Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan
(d) Vishnu Deo Sai
(e) Sudarshan Bhagat
8. Which of the following SAARC member country was NOT visited by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar during his SAARC Yatra?
(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Bhutan
9. Delhi’s famous Connaught Place was ranked ___ most expensive office location in the world.
(a) 1st
(b) 12nd
(c) 4th
(d) 5th
(e) 7th
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 2 600mw units in Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant.Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is located in which state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Telengana
(e) Rajasthan
11. Which Bollywood actress was awarded by National Institute of Gender Justice for representing the cause of women?
(a) Madhuri Dixit
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Rani Mukerji
(d) Deepika Padukone
(e) Kajol
12. Who named PM Narendra Modi among the 30 most influential people on the internet?
(a) Strait Magazine
(b) Forbes Magazine
(c) Fortune
(d) New York Times
(e) None of them
13. On the occasion of International Women’s Day which multi-national food chain opened an all-women franchise in Mumbai?
(a) McDonalds
(b) KFC
(c) Barista
(d) Domino’s Pizza
(e) Subway
14. Former PM Manmohan Singh was summoned by a special court for the case pertains to theallocation of Talabira-II coal block. In which state Talabira-II coal block is situated?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Odisha
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) Telengana
15. Which Bollywood actor was roped in to promote Bollywood Britain campaign?
(a) Dia Mirza
(b) Shah Rukh Khan
(c) Saif Ali Khan
(d) Kareena Kapoor Khan
(e) Both (c) & (d)
16. Who received the Saraswati Sanman 2014?
(a) Veerappa Moily
(b) Govind Mishra
(c) Vijay Seshadri
(d) Bhalchandra Nemade
(e) Pratibha Ray
17. Who among the following won the silver prize of Golden Gate award at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2015?
(a) Konkan Railways
(b) Goa Tourism
(c) North East Tourism
(d) Kerala Tourism
(e) Incredible India
18. Union Govt to recruit women officers in which force(s) for the first time?
(a) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
(b) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
(c) Sashastra Seema Bal
(d) Border Security Force
(e) All of the above
19. Vinod Mehta, who recently passed away founded which Indian Newspaper?
(a) Outlook
(b) Times of India
(c) Hindusthan Times
(d) The Financial Express
(e) Both (b) and (c)
20. Arun Singh who has been appointed as Indian Ambassador to US was previously an Indian Ambassador to which country?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) Japan
(c) France
(d) Germany
(e) Pakistan
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