Current Affair Quiz - 23rd June 2015

Q. : 1   Who among the following won the US Open golf championship on 21 Jun?

1) Jordan Spieth

2) Rory Mcllroy

3) Dustin Johnson

4) Anirban Lahiri

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The winner of the men’s singles title of the Queen’s Club final tennis tournament is

1) Kevin Anderson

2) Viktor Troicki

3) Novak Djokovik

4) Andy Murray

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The Retirement fund body EPFO on 22 Jun notified an order to make UAN mandatory for all employers covered under its purview. Expand the term UAN

1) Unique Account Number

2) Unique Access Number

3) Universal Account Number

4) Universal Access Number

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Which of the following countries, recently, lifted ban on dancing after midnight in dance clubs? The law, which dated from 1948, during the US occupation, was put in place to prevent foreigner’s lifestyle from corrupting the countrymen.

1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) Germany

4) Vietnam

5) None of these

Q. : 5   Which of the following countries has confirmed the test of a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, dubbed the Wu-14, recently? It was assessed as travelling up to 10 times the speed of sound, or around 7,680 miles per hour.

1) The US

2) Israel

3) North Korea

4) Russia

5) China

Q. : 6   Japanese giant SoftBank, along with Bharti Enterprises and Taiwanese Foxconn, have decided to invest USD 20 bn in ___________ projects in India.

1) mobile manufacturing

2) tech-start up

3) wind energy

4) solar energy

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) has set up a _________ ‘Make in India’ fund to create a world-class manufacturing hub of MSMEs.

1) Rs 100 cr

2) Rs 5000 cr

3) Rs 1,000 cr

4) Rs 10,000 cr

5) None of these

Q. : 8   _________ has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil producer in 2014. It produced 11.6 mn barrels of oil per day in 2014.

1) Russia

2) Mexico

3) The US

4) Iraq

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The UK celebrated the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The then King John was forced “at the point of the sword” to agree to Magna Carta on 15 Jun

1) 1215

2) 1760

3) 1820

4) 1840

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Which of the following states on 19 Jun imposed a ban on the sale of thermocol plates with the move aimed at the promotion of leaf plates in the state?

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Assam

3) Jharkhand

4) West Bengal

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (1) Jordan Spieth
2. (4) Andy Murray
3. (3) Universal Account Number
4. (1) Japan
5. (5) China
6. (4) solar energy
7. (3) Rs 1,000 cr
8. (3) The US
9. (1) 1215
10. (3) Jharkhand