Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which country has won South America’s most prestigious football trophy, the Copa America title 2015 for the first time?

1) Argentina

2) Havana

3) Brazil

4) Cuba

5) None of these

2. Which country claimed the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title?

1) Bangladesh

2) Nepal

3) Sri Lanka

4) India

5) None of these.

3. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of Formula One (F1) he hails from which Nation?

1) Finland

2) Britain

3) Germany

4) Brazil

5) None  of these.

4) Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh who has been named as the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize. He is founder and chairman of Bangladesh-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is the world's largest NGO, what is the name of the NGO?

1) BRCA

2) BCRA

3) BRAC

4) BARC

5) None of these.

5) Who among the following established the World Food Prize?

1) Norman Borlaug

2) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

3) Muhammad Yunus 

4) M S Swaminathan

5) None of these.

6) Which country has observed its independence on 4th July?

1) USA

2) UK

3) France

4) Germany

5) None of these.

7) Which country has won women's football World Cup?

1) Italy

2) Brazil

3) Argentina

4) USA

5) None of these.

8) Iran and P5+1 nations i.e. six major powers have agreed to extend an interim nuclear agreement until July 7, 2015 in order to allow more time for negotiations on a final deal. Which countries are P5+1 Nations?

1) France, the United Kingdom, China, Germany and the United States, plus Russia

2) Russia, the United Kingdom, China, Germany and the United States, plus France

3) France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States, plus China

4) China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany

5) None of these.

9. The Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY), which is implementing the government’s ambitious Digital India programme, is expecting commitments of investments to the tune of?

1) 2.5 lakh crore

2) 3 lakh crore

3) 2 lakh crore

4) 1 lakh crore

5) None of these.

10. China-led multilateral Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which has 50 founding members which is the first country which joined AIIB?

1) Russia

2) Japan

3) India

4) Australia

5) None of these.

Answers..

1. (5)

2. (4)

3. (2)

4. (3)

5. (1)

6. (1)

7. (4)

8. (4)

9. (3)

10. (4)