Current Affairs Quiz – October 10 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Ravindra Jain, who passed away recently, was a
a) Historian
b) Economist
c) Novelist
d) Music Director

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Answer d) Music Director

2. Retail major Future Group has entered into a partnership with ________ to sell FMCG products.
a) Nestle
b) Dabur
c) Patanjali Ayurved
d) Himalaya

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Answer c) Patanjali Ayurved. It is owned by Baba Ramdev.

3. World Mental Health Day is observed on ___________.
a) October 9
b) October 10
c) October 11
d) October 12

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Answer b) October 10. The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, is “Dignity in mental health”.

4. Who has been appointed to Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India?
a) Rajesh Mishra
b) Tapan Ray
c) Sailendranath Tripathi
d) Kailash Gupta

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Answer b) Tapan Ray

5. The ________ Government is going to assist India’s Smart City Project in Puducherry, Nagpur and Chandigarh.
a) Germany
b) USA
c) Singapore
d) France

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Answer d) France

6. Dheeraj Rangi is associated with
a) Archery
b) Boxing
c) Chess
d) Swimming

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Answer b) Boxing. Lightweight (60 kg) boxer Dheeraj Rangi secured the silver medal in the World Military Games being held in Mungyeong, South Korea

7. The SAARC sufi festival has began in
a) New Delhi
b) Jaipur
c) Guwahati
d) Kanpur

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Answer b) Jaipur.

8. Among the top metropolitan cities of the world, which is the cheapest?
a) Mumbai
b) Shanghai
c) Hong Kong
d) London

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Answer a) Mumbai.

9. Who has been appointed as Secretary of the Department of Official Language?
a) Girish Shankar
b) Sanjay Mukherjee
c) Sukhwinder Singh
d) Prashanth Sekhar

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Answer a) Girish Shankar

10. ____________ will host the President Cup golf in 2019.
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) New York
d) London

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Answer b) Melbourne

11. Who has been appointed as chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?
a) N Ramani
b) Tapan Ray
c) Girish Khanna
d) Shekhar Basu

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Answer d) Shekhar Basu

12. N Ramani who passed away recently, was an expert in
a) Drums
b) Violin
c) Sitar
d) Flute

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Answer d) Flute.

13. N Sriram Balaji is associated with
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Chess
d) Shot Put

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Answer a) Tennis. He is the new national tennis champion (Men’s).

14. Prerna Bhambri is associated with
a) Golf
b) Football
c) Tennis
d) Archery

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Answer c) Tennis. She defended her Women’s Title in the National Championship.

15. Who was recently announced as Tourism New Zealand’s ambassador for India?
a) Varun Dhawan
b) Parineeti CHopra
c) Alia Bhat
d) Sidharth Malhotra

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Answer d) Sidharth Malhotra

16. Who will be honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award this year?
a) Aamir Khan
b) Sharukh Khan
c) Karan Johar
d) AR Rahman

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Answer d) AR Rahman

17. Government of ________ has launched e-Pragati project.
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka

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Answer c) Andhra Pradesh

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