Current Affairs Quiz

1. Union Government has nominated which of the following to the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

Krishnakant Das

P. Ratan Watal

Shaktikanta Das

Mahavir Das

None of these

2. Who has recently been elected as the 54th speaker of the US House of Representatives?

Raman Paul

Paul Ryan

Karim Shah

Meena Paul

None of these

3.  The National Unity Day was observed across India on which date to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel?

28 October

31 October

31 December

28 December

None of these

 4. Railway recently launched a new scheme under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while booking their tickets online. Name the scheme is ________?

Vikalp

Sankalp

Migration

Forward

None of these

5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed to which of the following entity to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS) enabling them access old age income security?

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI)

Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)

Both 1 and 2

None of these

6. NRIs may subscribe to the NPS through normal banking channels and the person is eligible to invest as per the provisions of the PFRDA Act, 2013. PFRDA stands for?

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

Perk Fund Regulator and Development Authority

Pension Fund Regulator and Developmental Authority

Pension Facility Regular and Development Authority

None of these

7. Which country has announced to abandon its three decades-long one-child policy and changed it two-child policy?

Pakistan

UK

US

China

None of these

8. Who has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights for year 2015? 

Raif Badawi

Saif Badawi

Kaif Badawi

Sujit Kuman

None of these

9. Who has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election?

John Pombe Magufuli

John Pombe Rai

Paul Bomani

Main Hinkle

None of these

10.Lunar rover, Yutu, has set the new record for the longest stay by a rover on the lunar surface. This lunar rover is from which country? 

Russia

China

Nepal

Singapore

None of these

11. Who has recently been selected for New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award? 

Bindeshwar Pathak

Radhe Pathak

Sujit Pathak

Rahim Singh

None of these

12. Raif Badawi has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights for year 2015. He is from which country? 

China

Russia

Japan

Saudi Arabia

None of these

13. India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) 2015 was held at which place? 

New Delhi

Hyderabad

Jaipur

Pune

None of these

14. Indian para-athlete Amit Kumar Saroha recently won silver medal in men's club throw F51 event in the IPC Athletics World Championships. This championship held at which place? 

Ufa (Russia)

Doha (Qatar)

Tokeyo (Japan)

Paris (France)

None of these

15. Indian and France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conserve, develop and publicize written heritage at the National Library at which place? 

Kolkata

Delhi

Mumbai

Chennai

None of these