Current Affair Quiz | 24th April 2015

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                       We are posting some important question and answer for SBI PO Mains and Insurance Exam NICL Assistant 2015.

Q. : 1   Which of the following films has won the best foreign language film Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) Wild Tales

2) Timbuktu

3) Tangerines

4) Leviathan

5) Ida

Q. : 2   Honda Motor has named who among the following as its new President and CEO who will take over in late Jun?

1) Takahiro Hachigo

2) Takanobu Ito

3) Soichiro Honda

4) Takeo Fukui

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The govnt has launched a new portal to redress consular grievances of Indian citizens living abroad. Name the portal.

1) Helping Hand

2) Sahayata

3) Madad

4) Suvidha

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Name the Indian-American who has won 2015 J Calvin Giddings Award in the field of chemistry in the US.

1) Jamshed Bharucha

2) Rakesh Khurana

3) Geeta Menon

4) Purnendu Dasgupta

5) None of these

Q. : 5   Which of the following countries has adopted a witness protection law, recently, ahead of an investigation into suspected human rights abuses in a 26-year civil war in the country?

1) Bangladesh

2) Thailand

3) Myanmar

4) Sri Lanka

5) Egypt

Q. : 6   Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has won Oscar for best direction at the 87th Academy Awards for which of the following films?

1) The Imitation Game

2) Birdman

3) The Grand Budapest Hotel

4) Foxcatcher

5) Boyhood

Q. : 7   The parliament of which of the following countries on 19 Feb passed legislation banning commercial surrogacy?

1) Thailand

2) Philippines

3) Finland

4) Myanmar

5) China

Q. : 8   Kotak Mahindra Bank obtains CCI nod for Kotak-ING Vysya Bank merger was the news in financial newspapers recently. Here the term CCI stands for

1) Central Commission of India

2) Clearance Commission of India

3) Certification Commission of India

4) Competition Commission of India

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Who among the following was on 20 Feb appointed as the new Sri Lankan Army Chief by President Maithripala Sirisena?

1) Daya Ratnayake

2) Sarath Fonseka

3) Chrishantha de Silva

4) Jagath Jayasuriya

5) None of these

Q. : 10   The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 23 Feb signed a $50 million loan agreement to boost power generation capacity in

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Sikkim

3) Manipur

4) Tripura

5) Assam

Answer:- 

1. (5) Ida
2. (1) Takahiro Hachigo
   
3. (3) Madad
4. (4) Purnendu Dasgupta
5. (4) Sri Lanka
6. (2) Birdman
7. (1) Thailand
8. (4) Competition Commission of India
9. (3) Chrishantha de Silva
10. (5) Assam