Current Affairs Quiz

1.  The Maharashtra government on recently constituted a task force for setting up an IFSC centre in Mumbai. IFSC stands for?

International Financial Service Centre

India Financial Service Centre

India Financial City Centre

International Financial City Centre

None of these

2.  Tech Mahindra and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, part of the Mahindra Group, recently acquired which Italian car designer which is well-known for designing cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce and Cadillac?

Bollore Blucar

Pininfarina

Bertone

Giugiaro

None of these

3. The West Bengal Government recently honoured which of the following music composer with Lifetime Achievement Awards?

Bappi Lahiri

Kumar Sanu

Both 1 and 2

Japan

Shreya Ghoshal

 4.  The Union Government recently appointed a Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen. This Committee is headed by?

K Narashimha Reddy

P. Narasimha Reddy

L. Narshmha Reddy

R. Narsimha Reddy

None of these

5.  Operation Smile-II for rescuing and rehabilitating missing children is going to start from which date?

1 Jan 2017

1 Jan 2016

1 Feb 2017

1 Feb 2016

None of these

6.  Which Indian-origin politician has recently been appointed as South Africa’s new Finance Minister?

Pradhan Gordhan

Suresh Singh

Kamal Bawa

Pravin Gordhan

None of these

7.  India’s star golfer Anirban Lahiri (28) has won the coveted Order of Merit crown of Asian Tour for year 2015. He is related to which games?

Cricket

Tennis

Football

Golfer

None of these

8.  Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival recently began on 12 December 2015 at which place?

Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir)

Lucknow (UP)

Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Ranchi (Jharkhand)

None of these

9.  Construction work on the TAPI Gas Pipeline project started in Turkmenistan on 13 December 2015. TAPI Stands for?

Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India

Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India

Turkey-Alaska-Portugal-Iran

Tajikistan-Alaska-Pakistan-India

None of these

10.  World human rights day is observed on which date? 

10 February

10 December

15 December

16 December

None of these

11.  Dauletabad gas field related to which country? 

Pakistan

Iraq

Iran

Turkmenistan

None of these

12.  Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) recently appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed as the Ambassador to which country? 

UK

USA

China

Saudi Arabia

None of these

13.  UBM India recently concluded its 9th International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo 2015 at which place? 

Jaipur

Hyderabad

Lucknow

Delhi

None of these

14.  Which Indian-origin Tamil writer was declared as the winner of the prestigious South East Asian Write Award for Singapore? 

C.S. Lakshmi

Suki Sivan

Jamaludeen

Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

None of these

15.  Who has won the centre fire pistol gold in the 59th National shooting championship at the Dr Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad in New Delhi? 

Ajay Kumar

Vijay Kumar

Kamal Prasad

Raj Kumar

None of these