Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which bank will raise up to Rs.12,000 crore by issuing bonds that are Basel-III complaint?
Answer. State Bank of India

2. Supreme Court imposed a ban on the registration of diesel-run private cars of the capacity of how much CC and above and SUVs?

Answer. 2000 CC

3. Tamil star Dhanush which song has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube since its release?

Answer. ‘Kolaveri di’

4. Name the country which has begun building two modern military compounds on the far eastern Kuril islands?

Answer. Russia

5. U.S. magazine Time named which famous personality as its “Person of the Year 2015,”?

Answer. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

6. Name the Senior revenue service officer who was appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes?

Answer. Arun Kumar Jain

7. Who was crowned the Miss World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown Theater in Sanya, China?

Answer. Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo 

8. Name the British Novelist who passed away following a brief illness in Winchester, Hampshire? 

Answer. Peter Dickinson

9. Union Government requested the states and Union Territories to start which operation from 1 January 2016, which  is a campaign to rescue/rehabilitate the missing children?

Answer. Operation Smile-II

10. The Union Government appointed whom to head the Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen?

Answer. Justice L Narasimha Reddy