Current affairs april quiz 2015

Current Affairs Quiz

Current Affairs April Quiz 2015
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel giant statue, a big initiative of Modi that fell under National
Green Tribunal scrutiny recently is to be called as?
1. Statue of Liberty
2. Statue of Equality
3. Statue of Freedom
4. Statue of Unity
2.Nitin Gadkari and Anthony Foxx signed MoU on ______ for co-operating work between
two countries US & India.
1. Healthcare
2. Transport
3. Education
4. Trade
3. Which Indian State won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 cricket trophy?
1. Gujarat
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Maharashtra
4. Karnataka
4. 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?
1. INS Mhadei
2. INS Sudarshini
3. INS Tarangini
4. 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.
1. CEIS (Capital Export from India Scheme)
2. DEIS (Direct Export from India Scheme)

3. SEIS (Service Export from India Scheme)
4. JEIS (Joint Export from India Scheme)
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.

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
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7. Name the country that become 161th member of World Trade Oraganisation.
1. Nambia
2. Seychelles
3. Spain
4. Iran
8. 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“ ?

1. Gopinath Pillai
2. Manas Shankar
3. Arvind Panagariya
4. J K Shankar
9. Which state government has launched industrial tourism package to promote
development by displaying the major industrial structures in the state.
1. Karnataka
2. Maharashtra
3. Gujarat
4. Tamil Nadu
10. Which International Cricket Council President resigned after Cricket world cup 2015?
1. Mustafa Kamal
2. Alan Isaac
3. Sharad Pawar
4. N.Srinivasan
11.Who has inked a pact with Technion University from Israel for developing anti-cancer
drugs?
1. Teva Pharmaceuticals
2. Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories
3. Sun Pharmaceuticals
4. Mylan Laboratories
12. C.Navin Sinha was appointed the Chief Justice of which Indian State High court?
1. Chhattisgarh
2. Rajastan
3. Maharashtra
4. Bihar

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13. Which armed force launched the nation-wide Tele-medicine programme for the
troops on April 14th 2015?
1. CRPF
2. BSF
3. NSG
4. IT-BP
14. Who was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Party
(CPM)?
1. S Ramachandran Pillai
2. Prakash Karat
3. Sitaram Yechury
4. Brinda Karat
15. Cha pio s of Cha ge a ard is a arded
presented to?
1. Amar Bose
2. Vinod Khosla
3. Bill Gates
4. Satya Nadella

White House a

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16. International Children Book day is observed on
1. April 5
2. April 3

3. April 1
4. April 2
17. ________________ Won Gold at Thailand Invitation International Boxing Tournament.
1. Shyam Kumar
2. Shyam Sundar
3. Anand Kumar
4. Surajit Thong Anand
18. Who has named for the 2015 International Achievement award by FNIF?
1. Priyanka chopra
2. Subhadradevi Rai
3. Aishwarya Rai
4. Mary kom
19. I dia s Dro a alli Harika is asso iated ith hi h sport/e e t?
1. Basketball
2. Badminton
3. Tennis
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4. Chess
20.The winner of Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015 is __?
1. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
2. Delhi International Airport Limited
3. Bharat Electronics Limited
4. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
21. Name the President of Afghanistan on 3 -day visit to india ?

1. Hamid Shekh
2. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
3. Mohammad Aasin
4. 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?
1. Beijing
2. Incheon
3. Seoul
4. New Delhi

e to promote

23. A azo s Largest Fulfil e t e tre to e set-up in which City?
1. Bangalore
2. Ahmedabad
3. Hyderabad
4. Gurgaon
24.Sumit Mazumder was elected as the president of which organisation recently?
1. BHEL
2. NASSCOM
3. CII
4. Coal India
25. Name the president of Sudan who has been re-ele ted o
1. Ahmed Al-Mirghani
2. Omar-Al-Bashir
3. Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
4. Ahmed Bashir

th Apr

?

26. Which Pakistani Cricketer was banned for testing positive for Cocaine recently?
1. Mohammad Hafeez
2. Raza Hasan
3. Misbah-ul-Haq
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4. Younis Khan
27. Name the Telugu Cinema chreographer died in Nepal
1. K Vijay
2. Prem Rakshith
3. Shekhar Uthapa
4. 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)?
1. Sameera Singh
2. Shamina Singh
3. Shamina Bhanu
4. Zakira
29. 5th meetings of SAARC Health ministers to be hosted in which city?
1. Colombo
2. Bangkok

3. Kathmandu
4. New Delhi
30. Raja Rajeshwari became the first Indian American criminal court judge in _____ city.
1. Washington DC
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. 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?
1. Nuclear Power Corporation of India
2. L & T
3. Bhavini
4. Nuclear Power Complex
32. Na e the o ho has set a atio al outh re ord i o s ha
er thro e e t a d
won gold medal in the 12th National Youth Athletics Championships held in Bambolim,
Goa.
1. Ashish Jakkar
2. Vinaysheel Kumar
3. Ajay Shastri
4. Sumit Rana

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33. Which Indian-origin student won the Institute of Physics Prize (IOP)?

1. Pratap Singh
2. Duraiswamy
3. Sahil Doshi
4. Pooja Chandrasekhar
34. Name the winner of Shamkir Chess International Tournament in Azerbaijan?
1. Magnus Carlsen
2. Vishawnathan Anand
3. Krishnan sasikiran
4. Harika Dhronavalli
35. RBI allows differential interest rate for term deposits above ________ rupees
deposits?
1. 12 Lakhs
2. 15 Lakhs
3. 10 Lakhs
4. 17 Lakhs
36. Which former Nepalese PM passed away on April 16th 2015?
1. Surya Bhadur Thapa
2. Baburam Bhattarai
3. Sunil Bahadur Thapa
4. Khil Raj Regmi
37. National Safe Motherhood Day is being observed on ______.
1. 10th April
2. 14th April
3. 12th April
4. 11th April
38. Which Indian Bank tied up with Emirates NBD to provide instant money transfer
services through DirectRemit?
1. SBI Bank
2. ICICI Bank
3. HDFC Bank

4. Axis Bank
39. Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Title 2015 beating Tomas Berdych?
1. Pete Sampras
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Andy Murray
4. Rafael Nadal
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40. Name the private bank that has became the first from India to have its mobile
banking application available on the Apple Watch.
1. ICICI Bank
2. Yes bank
3. HDFC Bank
4. Federal Bank
41. SEBI banned ___________ for one more year recently for the involvement of
defrauding investors?
1. Sanjay Bansal
2. Sanjeev Bansal
3. Rita Bansal
4. Reena Bansal
42._______ bank was launched by Prime Minister Modi to provide credit to small
entrepreneurs?
1. MADHURA
2. RUDRA
3. MUDRA

4. 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?
1. Asian Development Bank
2. World Bank
3. International Monetary Fund
4. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
44.Mohan Kumar was appointed as the new Indian ambassador to which country?
1. Australia
2. USA
3. France
4. Germany
45. RBI Celebrates its ________ Anniversary which was established on
1. 81st, April 1934
2. 80th, April 1935
3. 77th, April 1942
4. 75th, April 1940

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46.“a ia Mirza e a e the orld No. ra ki g i
tournament with Martina Hingis?
1. Memphis Open
2. WTA Family Circle Cup

3. Wimbledon 2015
4. BNP Paribas Open

o e s ra 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.
1. Mission 99
2. Progress 59
3. Cargo 53
4. Progress 57
48.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Task-Force on Interlinking of Rivers
o stituted o
th Apr ?
1. Syed Mansoor
2. A K Goel
3. B.N. Navalawala
4. Arvind Panagariya
49. Who was the only Indian conferred with Nishan-e-Pakista , the ou tr s top-most
civilian award?
1. Moraji Desai
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Dr.Manmohan Singh
4. Dr.Ambedkar
50. Venkadarath Saritha from Telangana become the first Woman driver of
____________?
1. Indian Metro Railways

2. Delhi Transport Corporation
3. APSRTC (Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation)
4. Indian Railways
51. Who as appoi ted the U“A s
1. Dr.Dilip Moorthy
2. Dr.Vivek Murthy
3. Dr.Vishal Singh
4. Dr.Sylvia Shanmugham

th “urgeo Ge eral

Vi e Preside t Joe Bide ?

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52. Name the organisation that has developed a technology to differentiate between beef
and buffalo meat.
1. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resource
2. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
3. International Council of Agricultural Research
4. 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 1 year term recently?
1. Bangalore

2. New Delhi
3. Kolkatta
4. Mumbai
54.Which country was the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup
conducted?
1. South Korea
2. Taiwan
3. India
4. China
55.Which company has announced to acquire the iGATE company for nearly USD 4
billion?
1. TCS
2. Infosys
3. Capgemini
4. Reliance
56.Who ill take o er as I dia s first C
1. S.Ravi Sharma
2. Metha Patnayak
3. Gulshan Rai
4. 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?
1. The Chief Justice of India
2. The President
3. The Prime Minister
4. The Chief Election Commissioner

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58.Which country won the 24th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015?
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
59.Guenter Grass was ______ Nobel Laureate Novelist, who passed away on April 12th
2015.
1. American
2. Polish
3. German
4. French
60.Mygola, a mobile and smart-Phone application development company was acquired
by which online Indian company?
1. MakeMyTrip
2. Flipkart
3. Yatra

4. Snapdeal
61.The Reserve Bank will launch _____ to commemorate the centenary of return of
Mahatma Gandhi to India from South Africa.
1. Rs. 20 coins
2. Rs. 100 coins
3. Rs. 50 coins
4. Rs. 10 coins
62.Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2015?
1. Nico Rosberg
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Kimi Raikkonen
63.Delhi go er e t appro ed far er o pe satio s he e a ed after ……………….
1. Kesar Nath
2. Rajindra singh
3. Yamuna Singh
4. 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.
1. 125th
2. 120th
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3. 135th
4. 130th

65.Whi h I dia
o Bro ze
1. Dronavalli Harika
2. Humpy Koneru
3. Mary Ann Gomes
4. Priyanka Singh

edal o Wo e s World Chess Cha pio ship

title?

66.Who has selected as new president of Nigeria?
1. Goodluck Jonathan
2. Muhammed Ansari
3. Mohammed Jafrin
4. Muhammed Buhari
67. Who got highest French ho our of Offi ier de la Légio d Ho
1. Amitabh Bachann
2. Sachin tendulkar
3. Parmod mahajan
4. Yashwant Sinha
68.“ere a Willia s thrashed ________ to i the
1. Carla Suarez Navarro
2. Sania Mirza
3. Elena Vesnina
4. 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?
1. Lively Tree
2. Tree of Life
3. Life of Tree
4. 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 ?
1. Members of Rajya Sabha
2. Members of Lok Sabha
3. Members of Vidhan Sabha
4. Members of Vidhan Parishad

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71. Which Indian organisation MoU with M/S Motivation Charitable Trust U.K to develop
wheelchairs which are affordable.
1. ICMR
2. ALIMCO
3. NBIB
4. NIBMG

72. What is the name of the mobile application launched by Indian Railways recently for
paperless unreserved tickets?
1. atyourmobile
2. utsmobile
3. utsonmobile
4. aytourmobile
73.Who was appointed the Director of EMC (Expenditure Management Commission) on
April 9th 2015?
1. Arun Kumar Jha
2. Rajalakshmi Devaraj
3. Ashu Suyash
4. RM Vishaka
74. Jayakanthan who recently passed away was a renowned Legendary ___________.
1. Writer
2. Politician
3. Singer
4. Dancer
75. A website called Zameen Wapsi was launched by Indian National Congress to highlight
the issue of ____________?
1. Deforestation
2. Corruption
3. Farmer Deaths
4. Land Acquisition
76. Name the bank on which.RBI imposed ban for voilating KYC Norms.
1. SIDBI, YES bank, DENA bank
2. SBI,YES Bank, DENA Bank
3. Bank of Maharastra,DENA bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce
4. HDFC,ICICI bank,DENA Bank
77. Name the Indian-origin scientist at MIT who has won the 2015 Heinz Award
1. Sangeeta Bhatia

2. Vijay murthy
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3. Pramod Bansal
4. 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.
1. Path
2. Marg
3. Roads connectivity
4. Bharat Mala
79. Who was re-elected the president of WFI (Wrestling Federation of India)?
1. Brij Bhushan
2. Bhola Nath Singh
3. V N Prasood
4. K Ravi Kumar
80. Who inaugurated the North East Festival in Delhi which showcased the ethnic food,
dance and music performances from 8 North-east states on April 11th 2015?
1. Amit Shah
2. Narendra Modi
3. Arvind Kejriwal
4. 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.
1. NTPC

2. BHEL
3. Reliance
4. ONGC
82.April 7th is celebrated as
1. World Food Day
2. National Safe Motherhood Day
3. World Health Day
4. Fool’s Day
83.Which new index was launched by Narendra Modi in 10 cities initially?
1. Foreign Investment Index (FII)
2. Air Quality Index (AQI)
3. Black Money Retrieval Index (BMRI)
4. Food Quality Index (FQI)

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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?
1. Nishan-e-Pakistan Award
2. Nishan-i-Imtiaz Award
3. Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award
4. 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?
1. S-300
2. SR-40
3. AMT-11
4. 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 ?
1. Silicon City
2. GIFT City
3. SIM City
4. Gurgaon
87.Who prepared the e sloga
‘ojgaar of Ne Edua atio Poli
1. Nawaj Shaikh
2. Ritu rawat
3. Ramesh Suri
4. 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 do ked at the Mazagao Do k ard Limited (MDL) in Mumbai recently?
1. Garuda
2. Kaveri
3. Kalvari
4. Arikant
89.Who launched the FM Transmission of Vividh Bharati Service in New Delhi?
1. Arun Jaitley
2. Smriti Irani
3. Narendra Modi

4. 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.
1. Parrot Love
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2. Parrot Lady
3. Green parrot with a Lady
4. 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 ?
1. Germany
2. France
3. Canada
4. United States
92.A planet, named after Chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand.The new minor planet
has been named as
1. 5538 vishwanand
2. 3538 vishyanand
3. 4538 anand
4. 4538 vishyanand
93. Which company acquired FreeCharge?
1. Jabong
2. Flipkart

3. SnapDeal
4. Amazon
94. Online learning company Lynda.com is to be acquired which networking company?
1. LinkedIn
2. Facebook
3. Ryze
4. Monster
95. Who was appointed as the Director of the ISRO Satellite center?
1. Dr.Mayilsamy Annadura
2. Dr.K.Radhakrishnan
3. Dr.Shailesh Naik
4. Dr.G.Madhava Nair
96. Who are the two Indians who where named by the prestigious Yale University,USA as
2015 world fellows?
1. Zeena Johar and Prodyut Bora
2. Nandita Das and Rahul Pandita
3. Rahul Pandit and Zeena Johar
4. Prodyut Bora and Nandita Das
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97.How many Indian race walkers qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics?
1. Five
2. Three
3. Seven
4. One

98. Na e the Bo li g Coa h of “outh Afri a tea
ho resig ed duri g Apr
1. Henry Olonga
2. Ian Chappel
3. Javagal Srinath
4. Allan Donald

.

99. Which Summit was conducted in India at Mumbai on April 11th 2015?
1. World Homeopathy Summit
2. World Nanotechnology Summit
3. World AIDS Summit
4. 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?
1. On Arrival Tourist Visa
2. Indian Tourist Visa
3. e-Tourist Visa
4. Tourist Visa
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