Current Affair Quiz - 29th April 2015

Q. : 1   Who won the women's singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships in China on 26 Apr?

1) Li Xuerui

2) Ratchanok Intanon

3) Zhao Yunlei

4) Wang Shixian

5) Wang Yihan

Q. : 2   India’s rescue operation in quake-hit Nepal has been named as

1) Operation Rahat

2) Operation Maitri

3) Operation Madad

4) Operation Sath-Sath

5) None of these

Q. : 3   Kosala (cocoon) is a novel authored by who among the following? He was awarded a prestigious literary prize recently.

1) Bhalchandra Nemade

2) Kedarnath Singh

3) Vinda Karandikar

4) Salman Rushdie

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Which of the following public sector banks has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer an instant cash transfer facility to NRI customers? The bank has a network of more than 5,000 branches abroad.

1) State Bank of India

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Punjab National Bank

4) Indian Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 5   An Indian 155 millimetre, 45-calibre artillery gun successfully cleared Indian Army's tests recently. This gun has been named

1) Arjun

2) Dhanush

3) Tarkas

4) Prahar

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Who among the following won the Shamkir Chess tournament on 26 Apr?

1) Rauf Mamedov

2) Magnus Carlsen

3) Vishwanathan Anand

4) Fabiano Caruana

5) None of these

Q. : 7   ____________ on 23 Apr 2015 won the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015. It was awarded for Technology Implementation in the category of Best Outsourcing Project (New Bank).

1) ICICI Bank

2) Axis Bank

3) Bank of India

4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The Indian Army on 26 Apr conducted a major exercise, 'Akraman-II', in which of the following states recently?

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Rajasthan

4) Gujarat

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The French Govt has honoured who among the following with the Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), the highest French civilian distinction?

1) Manmohan Singh

2) Yashwant Sinha

3) Salman Khurshid

4) Jaswant Singh

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Which of the following sports bodies of India has been suspended by the govt of India with immediate effect? Earlier the international body of the game had suspended the same sports body.

1) Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)

2) All India Tennis Association (AITA)

3) Badminton Association of India (BAI)

4) Archery Association of India (AAI)

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (2) Ratchanok Intanon
2. (2) Operation Maitri
3. (1) Bhalchandra Nemade
4. (2) Bank of Baroda
5. (2) Dhanush
6. (2) Magnus Carlsen
7. (4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
8. (3) Rajasthan
9. (2) Yashwant Sinha
10. (1) Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)