Current Affair Quiz For Upcoming Exam

Q. : 1   The senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was on 14 Apr given a three-month extension as the chairman of the

1) TRAI

2) SEBI

3) FMC

4) IRDAI

5) PFRDA

Q. : 2   Who among the following is the present chairman of the telecom regulator TRAI? The race for the next TRAI chief is on as the incumbent chairman retires in May.

1) UK Sinha

2) Rahul Khullar

3) Nripendra Misra

4) Shashi Kant Sharma

5) Pulok Chatterji

Q. : 3   India and Canada have inked 13 agreements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada recently. Who is the present PM of Canada?

1) Peter MacKay

2) Stephen Harper

3) Elizabeth May

4) Thomas Mulcair

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Julie Bishop, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?

1) England

2) Canada

3) Australia

4) Spain

5) Italy

Q. : 5   The central govt is moving towards sealing a land boundary agreement (LBA) with which of the following neighbouring countries at present?

1) Myanmar

2) Nepal

3) Bhutan

4) China

5) Bangladesh

Q. : 6   As per news published in financial newspapers, the Finnish network gear maker Nokia is in process to acquire Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is based in

1) France

2) US

3) Germany

4) Sweden

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The 30 first responder bike ambulances were launched in which of the following cities on 14 Apr as a part of much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances?

1) Chennai

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai

4) Bhopal

5) Ahmedabad

Q. : 8   India has inked a deal with which of the following countries recently through which Cameco Corporation will supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for $254 mn?

1) France

2) Germany

3) Canada

4) Japan

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Saina Nehwal on 28 Mar became the first woman badminton player from the country to be ranked number one in the world. She is the second Indian player to achieve this feat, after legendary

1) Prakash Padukone

2) Vijay Amritraj

3) Syed Modi

4) U Vimal Kumar

5) Pullela Gopichand

Q. : 10   Name the batsman who hit the first century of the eighth edition of IPL recently.

1) Dwayne Smith

2) Dwayne Bravo

3) Michael Hussey

4) Brendon McCullum

5) Chris Gayle

Answer:-

1. (3) FMC
2. (2) Rahul Khullar
3. (2) Stephen Harper
4. (3) Australia
5. (5) Bangladesh
6. (1) France
7. (2) Bengaluru
8. (3) Canada
9. (1) Prakash Padukone
10. (4) Brendon McCullum