Current Affairs Quiz Current Affairs April Quiz 2015 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel giant statue, a big initiative of Modi that fell under National Green Tribunal scrutiny recently is to be called as? Statue of Liberty Statue of Equality Statue of Freedom Statue of Unity 2.Nitin Gadkari and Anthony Foxx signed MoU on for co-operating work between two countries US & India Healthcare Transport Education Trade Which Indian State won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 cricket trophy? Gujarat Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Karnataka Name the Sail Training Ship of Indian Navy that left Kochi on an eight month voyage through Europe to participate in the annual Tall Ship Races and other events organised under the aegis of Sail Training International? INS Mhadei INS Sudarshini INS Tarangini INS Varuna 5.The New Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 Introduced two new schemes one in MEIS (Merchandise export from India scheme) Name the Second one CEIS (Capital Export from India Scheme) DEIS (Direct Export from India Scheme) SEIS (Service Export from India Scheme) JEIS (Joint Export from India Scheme) Gi e it Up a paig as lau hed Nare dhar Modi to? Rich people to surrender their black money Surrender the LPG subsidiaries Rich people to give up a percentage of money to the government Give away royalty of ancestrial wealth to government 1|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz Name the country that become 161th member of World Trade Oraganisation Nambia Seychelles Spain Iran Name the Indian-origin diplomat who is at present serving as Ambassador-at-Large of “i gapore a d spe ial e o to A dhra Pradesh ho as a arded ith Outsta di g “er i e A ard for his ser i es the Natio al U i ersit of “i gapore NU“ ? Gopinath Pillai Manas Shankar Arvind Panagariya J K Shankar Which state government has launched industrial tourism package to promote development by displaying the major industrial structures in the state Karnataka Maharashtra Gujarat Tamil Nadu 10 Which International Cricket Council President resigned after Cricket world cup 2015? Mustafa Kamal Alan Isaac Sharad Pawar N.Srinivasan 11.Who has inked a pact with Technion University from Israel for developing anti-cancer drugs? Teva Pharmaceuticals Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories Sun Pharmaceuticals Mylan Laboratories 12 C.Navin Sinha was appointed the Chief Justice of which Indian State High court? Chhattisgarh Rajastan Maharashtra Bihar 2|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 13 Which armed force launched the nation-wide Tele-medicine programme for the troops on April 14th 2015? CRPF BSF NSG IT-BP 14 Who was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Party (CPM)? S Ramachandran Pillai Prakash Karat Sitaram Yechury Brinda Karat 15 Cha pio s of Cha ge a ard is a arded presented to? Amar Bose Vinod Khosla Bill Gates Satya Nadella White House a uall , this ear O a a 16 International Children Book day is observed on April April 3 April April 17 Won Gold at Thailand Invitation International Boxing Tournament Shyam Kumar Shyam Sundar Anand Kumar Surajit Thong Anand 18 Who has named for the 2015 International Achievement award by FNIF? Priyanka chopra Subhadradevi Rai Aishwarya Rai Mary kom 19 I dia s Dro a alli Harika is asso iated ith hi h sport/e e t? Basketball Badminton Tennis 3|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz Chess 20.The winner of Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015 is ? Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Delhi International Airport Limited Bharat Electronics Limited Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 21 Name the President of Afghanistan on -day visit to india ? Hamid Shekh Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Aasin Abdullah Abdullah 22 Whi h it as hose for i re og itio of UNE“CO s progra reading among people and underprivileged sections of the population? Beijing Incheon Seoul New Delhi e to promote 23 A azo s Largest Fulfil e t e tre to e set-up in which City? Bangalore Ahmedabad Hyderabad Gurgaon 24.Sumit Mazumder was elected as the president of which organisation recently? BHEL NASSCOM CII Coal India 25 Name the president of Sudan who has been re-ele ted o Ahmed Al-Mirghani Omar-Al-Bashir Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab Ahmed Bashir th Apr ? 26 Which Pakistani Cricketer was banned for testing positive for Cocaine recently? Mohammad Hafeez Raza Hasan Misbah-ul-Haq 4|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz Younis Khan 27 Name the Telugu Cinema chreographer died in Nepal K Vijay Prem Rakshith Shekhar Uthapa Kiran Raj 28.Which Indian American Woman was nominated by Barrack Obama as the member of board of directors of CNCS (Corporation for National and Community Service)? Sameera Singh Shamina Singh Shamina Bhanu Zakira 29 5th meetings of SAARC Health ministers to be hosted in which city? Colombo Bangkok Kathmandu New Delhi 30 Raja Rajeshwari became the first Indian American criminal court judge in _ city Washington DC New York Chicago San Diego 31 Which Indian company signed the MoU with AREVA of France to improve the financial viability of the Jaitapur Nuclear plant project by reducing cost? Nuclear Power Corporation of India L & T Bhavini Nuclear Power Complex 32 Na e the o ho has set a atio al outh re ord i o s er thro e e t a d won gold medal in the 12th National Youth Athletics Championships held in Bambolim, Goa Ashish Jakkar Vinaysheel Kumar Ajay Shastri Sumit Rana 5|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 33 Which Indian-origin student won the Institute of Physics Prize (IOP)? Pratap Singh Duraiswamy Sahil Doshi Pooja Chandrasekhar 34 Name the winner of Shamkir Chess International Tournament in Azerbaijan? Magnus Carlsen Vishawnathan Anand Krishnan sasikiran Harika Dhronavalli 35 RBI allows differential interest rate for term deposits above rupees deposits? 12 Lakhs 15 Lakhs 10 Lakhs 17 Lakhs 36 Which former Nepalese PM passed away on April 16th 2015? Surya Bhadur Thapa Baburam Bhattarai Sunil Bahadur Thapa Khil Raj Regmi 37 National Safe Motherhood Day is being observed on 10th April 14th April 12th April 11th April 38 Which Indian Bank tied up with Emirates NBD to provide instant money transfer services through DirectRemit? SBI Bank ICICI Bank HDFC Bank Axis Bank 39 Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Title 2015 beating Tomas Berdych? Pete Sampras Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Rafael Nadal 6|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 40 Name the private bank that has became the first from India to have its mobile banking application available on the Apple Watch ICICI Bank Yes bank HDFC Bank Federal Bank 41 SEBI banned _ for one more year recently for the involvement of defrauding investors? Sanjay Bansal Sanjeev Bansal Rita Bansal Reena Bansal 42. _ bank was launched by Prime Minister Modi to provide credit to small entrepreneurs? MADHURA RUDRA MUDRA NUDRA 43.Pollution Management And Environment program [PMEH] was established by which organisation to target air quality management in five main urban areas in countries like India,China, Nigeria,Egypt and South Africa? Asian Development Bank World Bank International Monetary Fund Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 44.Mohan Kumar was appointed as the new Indian ambassador to which country? Australia USA France Germany 45 RBI Celebrates its Anniversary which was established on 81st, April 1934 80th, April 1935 77th, April 1942 75th, April 1940 7|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 46.“a ia Mirza e a e the orld No ki g i tournament with Martina Hingis? Memphis Open WTA Family Circle Cup Wimbledon 2015 BNP Paribas Open o e s ki g after i i g hi h 47 Name the cargo spacecraft of Russian Space Agency loaded with cargo for the I ter atio al “pa e “tatio I““ that e t out of o trol a d rashed i to the earth s atmosphere Mission 99 Progress 59 Cargo 53 Progress 57 48.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Task-Force on Interlinking of Rivers o stituted o th Apr ? Syed Mansoor A K Goel B.N Navalawala Arvind Panagariya 49 Who was the only Indian conferred with Nishan-e-Pakista , the ou tr s top-most civilian award? Moraji Desai Jawaharlal Nehru Dr.Manmohan Singh Dr.Ambedkar 50 Venkadarath Saritha from Telangana become the first Woman driver of ? Indian Metro Railways Delhi Transport Corporation APSRTC (Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) Indian Railways 51 Who as appoi ted the U“A s Dr.Dilip Moorthy Dr.Vivek Murthy Dr.Vishal Singh Dr.Sylvia Shanmugham th “urgeo Ge eral Vi e Preside t Joe Bide ? 8|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 52 Name the organisation that has developed a technology to differentiate between beef and buffalo meat National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resource Indian Council of Agricultural Research International Council of Agricultural Research International Council of Animal Genetic Resource 53 Neeraj Ku ar , the for er poli e o issio er of hi h it as appoi ted as BCCI s Anti Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) for a year term recently? Bangalore New Delhi Kolkatta Mumbai 54.Which country was the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup conducted? South Korea Taiwan India China 55.Which company has announced to acquire the iGATE company for nearly USD billion? TCS Infosys Capgemini Reliance 56.Who ill take o er as I dia s first C S.Ravi Sharma Metha Patnayak Gulshan Rai Anil singh er “e urit hief o st Apr ? 57.According to the above National Judicial Appointment Commission Act 2014 , who will appoint the Judges in the Supreme Court and 24 High courts in consultation with the NJAC? The Chief Justice of India The President The Prime Minister The Chief Election Commissioner 9|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 58.Which country won the 24th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015? Pakistan India Australia New Zealand 59.Guenter Grass was Nobel Laureate Novelist, who passed away on April 12th 2015 American Polish German French 60.Mygola, a mobile and smart-Phone application development company was acquired by which online Indian company? MakeMyTrip Flipkart Yatra Snapdeal 61.The Reserve Bank will launch _ to commemorate the centenary of return of Mahatma Gandhi to India from South Africa Rs 20 coins Rs 100 coins Rs 50 coins Rs 10 coins 62.Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2015? Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Lewis Hamilton Kimi Raikkonen 63.Delhi go er e t appro ed far er o pe satio s he e a ed after ……………… Kesar Nath Rajindra singh Yamuna Singh Gajendra Singh 64 India is ranked _ in the world for fixed broadband penetration with only 1.2 per 100 inhabitants and the global average is 9.4 per 100 inhabitants 125th 120th 10 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 135th 130th 65.Whi h I dia o Bro ze Dronavalli Harika Humpy Koneru Mary Ann Gomes Priyanka Singh edal o Wo e s World Chess Cha pio ship title? 66.Who has selected as new president of Nigeria? Goodluck Jonathan Muhammed Ansari Mohammed Jafrin Muhammed Buhari 67 Who got highest French ho our of Offi ier de la Légio d Ho Amitabh Bachann Sachin tendulkar Parmod mahajan Yashwant Sinha 68.“ere a Willia s thrashed to i the Carla Suarez Navarro Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina Martina Hingis eur ? ia i Ope Title o e s title 69 Bhaskar Mahapatra s pai ti g hi h as gifted President Francois Hollande is titled as? Lively Tree Tree of Life Life of Tree Tree of Lives Pri e Mi ister Modi to Fre h 70.Who will get flats inaugurated by the Vice President of India Shri M Hamid Ansari u der “ ar Ja a ti “ada Delu e Flats s he e ? Members of Rajya Sabha Members of Lok Sabha Members of Vidhan Sabha Members of Vidhan Parishad 11 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 71 Which Indian organisation MoU with M/S Motivation Charitable Trust U.K to develop wheelchairs which are affordable ICMR ALIMCO NBIB NIBMG 72 What is the name of the mobile application launched by Indian Railways recently for paperless unreserved tickets? atyourmobile utsmobile utsonmobile aytourmobile 73.Who was appointed the Director of EMC (Expenditure Management Commission) on April 9th 2015? Arun Kumar Jha Rajalakshmi Devaraj Ashu Suyash RM Vishaka 74 Jayakanthan who recently passed away was a renowned Legendary _ Writer Politician Singer Dancer 75 A website called Zameen Wapsi was launched by Indian National Congress to highlight the issue of ? Deforestation Corruption Farmer Deaths Land Acquisition 76 Name the bank on which.RBI imposed ban for voilating KYC Norms SIDBI, YES bank, DENA bank SBI,YES Bank, DENA Bank Bank of Maharastra,DENA bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce HDFC,ICICI bank,DENA Bank 77 Name the Indian-origin scientist at MIT who has won the 2015 Heinz Award Sangeeta Bhatia Vijay murthy 12 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz Pramod Bansal Kiran bjaj 78.Name the road i istr s a itious pla to o stru t a road et ork alo g the la d border might be rolled out within two years Path Marg Roads connectivity Bharat Mala 79 Who was re-elected the president of WFI (Wrestling Federation of India)? Brij Bhushan Bhola Nath Singh V N Prasood K Ravi Kumar 80 Who inaugurated the North East Festival in Delhi which showcased the ethnic food, dance and music performances from North-east states on April 11th 2015? Amit Shah Narendra Modi Arvind Kejriwal Pranab Mukherjee 81.Which Indian entity has signed an Mou with INTMA, a Russian company to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan NTPC BHEL Reliance ONGC 82.April 7th is celebrated as World Food Day National Safe Motherhood Day World Health Day Fool’s Day 83.Which new index was launched by Narendra Modi in 10 cities initially? Foreign Investment Index (FII) Air Quality Index (AQI) Black Money Retrieval Index (BMRI) Food Quality Index (FQI) 13 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 84 Whi h Pakista s highest i ilia a ard as gi e to the Chi ese Preside t duri g his visit to Pakistan recently? Nishan-e-Pakistan Award Nishan-i-Imtiaz Award Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award Nishan-e-sharaffi Award 85 Talking about which missile defence system, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said o d Apr that people ill thi k t i e a out striki g Ira o e it re ei es ‘ussia s issile defe e s ste s? S-300 SR-40 AMT-11 XC-150 86 Whi h it hosted I dia s first IF“C I ter atio al Fi a e “er i es Ce ter ? Silicon City GIFT City SIM City Gurgaon 87.Who prepared the e sloga ‘ojgaar of Ne Edua atio Poli Nawaj Shaikh Ritu rawat Ramesh Suri Vinod Kumar Maheshwari Na i “hiksha Neeti Kare “aakaar, G aa , Yogyata aur ? 88.Whi h is the first of the I dia Na s si “ orpe e lass stealth su ari es, hi h as u ked at the Mazagao Do k ard Limited (MDL) in Mumbai recently? Garuda Kaveri Kalvari Arikant 89.Who launched the FM Transmission of Vividh Bharati Service in New Delhi? Arun Jaitley Smriti Irani Narendra Modi Amit Shah 90 I dia s ear old sandstone sculpture of a woman holding a parrot named _ was handed over to Indian PM Modi by the Canadian PM Parrot Love 14 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz Parrot Lady Green parrot with a Lady Indian Beauties 91 Whi h ou tr s preside t rote the arti le o PM Nare dra Modi i Ti e Magazi e a d alls hi I dia s ‘efor er-in-Chief ? Germany France Canada United States 92.A planet, named after Chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand.The new minor planet has been named as 5538 vishwanand 3538 vishyanand 4538 anand 4538 vishyanand 93 Which company acquired FreeCharge? Jabong Flipkart SnapDeal Amazon 94 Online learning company Lynda.com is to be acquired which networking company? LinkedIn Facebook Ryze Monster 95 Who was appointed as the Director of the ISRO Satellite center? Dr.Mayilsamy Annadura Dr.K.Radhakrishnan Dr.Shailesh Naik Dr.G.Madhava Nair 96 Who are the two Indians who where named by the prestigious Yale University,USA as 2015 world fellows? Zeena Johar and Prodyut Bora Nandita Das and Rahul Pandita Rahul Pandit and Zeena Johar Prodyut Bora and Nandita Das 15 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Quiz 97.How many Indian race walkers qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics? Five Three Seven One 98 Na e the Bo li g Coa h of “outh Afri a tea ho resig ed duri g Apr Henry Olonga Ian Chappel Javagal Srinath Allan Donald 99 Which Summit was conducted in India at Mumbai on April 11th 2015? World Homeopathy Summit World Nanotechnology Summit World AIDS Summit World TB Summit 100 Ministry of Home Affairs changed the name of Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorisation Scheme to effective from April 15th 2015? 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