Current Affairs Interactive Quiz 1st November 2015
Cyclone in Arabian Sea, agreement on Syria, permanent court of arbitration of Hague among others.
1.
The National Unity Day was observed across India on 31 October 2015
to commemorate the birth anniversary of which personality?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
2.
BRICS nations on 30 October 2015 signed an agreement for
co-investment of resources for supporting multilateral R&D Projects.
The agreement is called as
a) Moscow Declaration
b) Agreement on the New Development Bank
c) Delhi Declaration
d) Fortaleza Declaration
3. Who was nominated as a Director to the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India on 30 October 2015?
a) Harun R Khan
b) Urjit R Patel
c) R Gandhi
d) Shaktikanta Das
4. Who was elected as the 54th speaker of the US House of Representatives on 30 October 2015?
a) John Boehner
b) Nancy Pelosi
c) Paul Ryan
d) Sam Martini
5.
Identify the person. He was given the status of whistle-blower and
international human rights defender by the European Parliament on 29
October 2015.
a) Julian Assange
b) Edward Snowden
c) Chelsea Manning
d) Jonathan Lundgren
6.
Nineteen global powers including the USA, Russia, Iran and Syria
agreed for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria in a bid to end the ongoing
civil war. In this context, identify the city in which the meeting of
the leaders took place on 30 October 2015
a) Vienna
b) Washington DC
c) London
d) Moscow
7.
On 31 October 2015, Indian Air Force commenced its annual exercise
to validate the full spectrum of its capabilities. What is the name of
the exercise?
a) Avia Indra
b) Garuda
c) Live wire
d) Varuna
8.
Raif Badawi was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on
29 October 2015 by the European Parliament. To which country he belongs
to?
a) North Korea
b) Iran
c) Saudi Arabia
d) China
9. What is the name of the cyclone that occurred in the Arabian Sea in the last week of October 2015?
a) Chapala
b) Hudhud
c) ASHOBAA
d) Pam
10. In which of the following cities, Flipkart opened its largest fulfillment centre on 30 October 2015?
a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Chennai
d) Vijayawada
11. Who was appointed as the CEO & MD of fashion e-tailer Jabong on 30 October 2015?
a) Saurabh Nandy
b) Shiveka Singh
c) Vinay Rathod
d) Sanjeev Mohanty
12.
In which of the following cities the ninth ministerial-level meeting
of India and USA Trade Policy Forum (TPF) took place on 29 October
2015?
a) Mumbai
b) New York
c) New Delhi
d) Washington DC
13. What is the name of the scorpene class submarine that began its sea trials on 29 October 2015 in Mumbai?
a) INS Khanderi
b) INS Karanj
c) INS Kalvari
d) INS Khanderi
14.
The UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration on 29 October 2015
declared that it has the right to hear the litigation related to
sovereignty over contentious Nine-dash line region. Against this
backdrop, identify the sea to which the region belongs to
a) South China Sea
b) Arabian Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea
d) Baltic Sea
15.
What is the name of the scheme that was announced by the Indian
Railways on 31 October 2015 to provide train accommodation to waitlisted
passengers in alternate trains?
a) PAHAL
b) VIKALP
c) SAHAJ
d) None of them
Answers
1-(d) 6-(a) 11-(d)
2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(d)
3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(c)
4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(a)
5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(b)
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Current Affairs Interactive Quiz 31 October 2015
Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, Sakharov Prize and National Civil Aviation Policy among others.
1.
Name the Indian para-athlete who on 28 October 2015 won silver medal
in men's club throw F51 event of the IPC Athletics World Championships
in Doha.
a) Amit Kumar Saroha
b) Devendra Jhajharia
c) Murlikant Petkar
d) Rajinder Singh Rahelu
2. Which of the following institution/organisation on 28 October 2015 released Global Tuberculosis Report 2015?
a) International Public Health Institutes
b) World Health Organization
c) Action for Global Health
d) Infectious Disease Research Institute
3. Who was conferred with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on 29 October 2015 by the European Parliament?
a) Raif Badawi
b) Boris Nemtsov
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
4. Which country on 29 October 2015 scrapped its decade-long One Child Policy allowing couples to have two children?
a) China
b) North Korea
c) Cuba
d) Russia
5.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on 29 October
2015 launched a new initiative to spread awareness about the Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao scheme in collaboration with which mobile marketing
company?
a) Flytxt
b) Celltick Mobile Media India Pvt. Ltd.
c) Mobiel and Internet Advertising
d) One97 Communications
6. Global IT services company HCL Technologies on 29 October 2015 acquired which CRM services firm?
a) PowerObjects
b) Eagle Creek Software Services
c) IBISWorld
d) Salesforce
7. Name the China’s first lunar rover which on 29 October 2015 set the record for the longest working Moon rover.
a) Lunokhod 2
b) Yutu
c) Prop-M Rover
d) Sojourner
8. Which Indian activist on 29 October 2015 was selected for the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award?
a) Brij Kothari
b) Rashida Bee
c) Bindeshwar Pathak
d) Arvind Gaur
9.
The draft National Civil Aviation Policy unveiled on 30 October 2015
aims to bring India to which position in the global aviation sector
from the current 10th position?
a) Second
b) Fourth
c) Third
d) Fifth
10.
Under whose leadership the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party of
Tanzania on 29 October 2015 won presidential elections?
a) Edward Lowassa
b) Jakaya Kikwete
c) John Pombe Magufuli
d) Aboud Jumbe
11.
Which High Court on 29 October 2015 asked the National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to study River Godavari’s
pollution during Kumbh Mela?
a) Madras High Court
b) Bombay High Court
c) Delhi High Court
d) Allahabad High Court
12.
Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) as proposed in the National Civil
Aviation Policy announced on 30 October 2015 will become effective from
a) 1 April 2016
b) 1 January 2016
c) 1 March 2016
d) 1 December 2015
13.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 October 2015 allowed non-resident
Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS). NPS
became effective in which year?
a) 2004
b) 2005
c) 2009
d) 2006
14. Which country has the largest cases of Tuberculosis (TB) in the world as revealed by the Global Tuberculosis Report 2015?
a) China
b) Russia
c) India
d) Pakistan
15.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) presided by Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar on 29 October 2015 cleared new military modernisation
proposals worth
a) 12000 crore rupees
b) 14500 crore rupees
c) 13000 crore rupees
d) 18000 crore rupees
Answers
1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(b)
2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(a)
3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)
4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(c)
5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(a)