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Current Affairs Quiz

1) Who was appointed as a Member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 7 May 2015.
a) Arvind Saxena
b) Arvind Srivastava
c) Milind Pandey
d) Kunal Bahl
e) None of these

2. Who was named as the Head Coach of Under-19 football team of India. He was named by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 12 May 2015.
a) John Peterson of Scotland
b) Richard Gerry of Australia
c) Robert Marie of U.S.A.
d) Lee Alan Johnson of England
e) None of these

3. Indian-Origin………………………….on 12 May 2015 became the first Asian woman to be elected as mayor in the United Kingdom (UK).
a) Gurbani Kaur Dheer
b) Harbhajan Kaur Dheer
c) Harmanpreet Kaur
d) Gurkirat Kaur
e) None of these

4. The National Technology Day was observed in India on?
a) 20 April 2015
b) 19 March 2015
c) 24 May 2015
d) 17 January 2015
e) 11 May 2015

5. Ace Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda on 10 May 2015 won Gold at Jamaican International Invitation meet.  The meet was held in……………... He came up with an effort of…………………to win this event.
a) Toronto     65.18m
b) Manila    60.20m
c) Delhi     67.43m
d) Sydney     62.30m
e) Kingston     65.14m

6. Book titled Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad authored by?
a) Bhairav Singh
b) Aravind Adiga
c) Bhim Singh
d) Chetan Bhagat
e) None of these

7. World Asthma Day 2015 was observed globally on 
a) 4 May 2015
b) 5 May 2015
c) 6 May 2015
d) 7 May 2015
e) 8 May 2015

8. Two Indians namely…………………………on 29 April 2015 won the prestigious Whitley Awards (also known as Green Oscar) for their contribution to wildlife conservation.
a) Dr Girish Kumar and Dr Swapnil Gupta
b) Dr Shreyank Suman and Dr Bhaskar Banerjee
c) Dr Ananda Kumar and Dr Pramod Patil
d) Dr Ananda Patil and Dr Girish Kumar
e) None of these

9. Who was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand?
a) V Shanmuganathan
b) Tathagata Roy
c) Syed Ahmed
d) Draupadi Murmu
e) Nirbhay Sharma

10. Who won the men’s doubles title of the Madrid Tennis Open, 2015.
a) Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh bhupathi
b) Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek
c) Rohan Bopanna and Radek Stepanek
d) Florin Mergea and Mahesh bhupathi
e) Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea

Answers..

1) A
2) D
3) B
4) E
5) E
6) C
7) B
8) C
9) D
10) E

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