Current Affair Quiz - 15 July 2015

Ques. : 1   Which of the following NASA spacecrafts passed by dwarf planet Pluto (within just 12,500 km of its surface) recently?

1) Discovery

2) Colombia

3) Path Finder

4) New Horizons

5) Rosetta

Ques. : 2   The act of a country voluntarily reducing the value of its currency vis-a-vis a basket of other international currencies is termed as

1) appreciation

2) devaluation

3) evaluation

4) liquidation

5) moratorium

Ques. : 3   The visiting Indian cricket team defeated which of the following teams 3-0 in the three-match one-day International series recently?

1) Bangladesh

2) Sri Lanka

3) Zimbabwe

4) New Zealand

5) South Africa

Ques. : 4   The three-member committee of the Supreme Court headed by former CJI RM Lodha has slapped a life ban from all cricket matches on

1) Raj Kundra

2) Gurunath Meiyappan

3) N Srinivasan

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. : 5   Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (MSV) died on 14 Jul in Chennai. He was a legendary

1) music director

2) singer

3) actor

4) script writer

5) film critic

Ques. : 6   Who among the following has been appointed as the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army recently?

1) Philip Campose

2) Man Mohan Singh Rai

3) Karan Singh Shekhawat

4) Mukul Kumar Singh

5) None of these

Ques. : 7   India on 13 Jul signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of election management and administration with which of the following countries?

1) Georgia

2) Cuba

3) Colombia

4) Kazakhstan

5) Belarus

Ques. : 8   The 17-year-old Sumit Nagal won the junior boy’s doubles of the Wimbledon 2015 with his partner Nam Hoang Ly, who is from

1) Vietnam

2) Netherlands

3) Spain

4) Switzerland

5) Japan

Ques. : 9   The recently released novel titled ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is authored by

1) Suzanne Collins

2) Stephenie Meyer

3) JK Rowling

4) Harper Lee

5) None of these

Ques. : 10   Vijender Singh, who was in news for turning professional, recently, is associated with the game of

1) hockey

2) tennis

3) archery

4) shooting

5) boxing

Answer:- 

1. (4) New Horizons
   
2. (2) devaluation
3. (3) Zimbabwe
4. (5) Only 1) and 2)
5. (1) music director
6. (2) Man Mohan Singh Rai
7. (1) Georgia
8. (1) Vietnam
9. (4) Harper Lee
10. (5) boxing