Current Affairs Quiz

1. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi was set up in which year to provide financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line (BPL), Patients suffering from major life threatening diseases related to heart, liver, kidney and cancer cases, etc., are covered under the scheme?

1998

1982

1997

1984

None of these

2. Indian archer Deepika Kumari bagged the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final held at which place?

Mexico City

Doha

Ufa

Tokeyo

None of these

3.Hashim Amla becomes fastest to score 6000 ODI runs, breaks Virat Kohli's record. He is from which country?

Russia

China

South-Africa

Japan

None of these

 4. Which Indian-American farmer is among 12 individuals from across the country, will be recognised as White House Champions of Change for sustainable and climate-smart agriculture at an event in the US?

Ankita Adalja

Anita Purohit

Anita Adalja

Anita Ranjan

None of these

5.  Which company became the first corporate to sign the revised listing agreement with the BSE as mandated under the newly introduced Listing Regulation notified by SEBI?

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC Ltd.)

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

None of these

6. The Reserve Bank of India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which countries cenytral bank for exchange of supervisory information?

Sri Lanka

Russia

Bangladesh

England

None of these

7. Yes Bank has operationalised its IFSC Banking Unit in Gujarat International Finance Tec City Gujarat. IFSC stands for?

International Financial Services Centre

India Financial City Centre

International fiscal services Centre

India Financial Secure Centre.

None of these

8.  BlackBerry has appointed which of the following as the Managing Director of its India's operations to steer the Canadian handset maker's restructuring efforts?

Rajendra Nayak

Rajendra Nayak

Narendra Nayak

Mohit Singh

None of these

9. Tianhui-1C, a mapping satellite successfully launched by which country? 

UK

USA

Japan

China

None of these

10.  Who has recently been elected as the President of the Guatemala? 

Otto Perez Molina

Soluna Samay

Jimmy Morales

Myrna Mack

None of these

11.  BlackBerry has appointed Narendra Nayak as the Managing Director of its India operations to steer the Canadian handset maker's restructuring efforts. He replaces to ________? 

Sunil Ramani

Sunil Singh

Sunil Lalvani

Prashant Lalvani

None of these

12.  Which Television channel claimed that it has emerged as the most watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent per viewer ahead of top General Entertainment Channels? 

Zee News

Doordarshan

AAJ Tak

ABP News

None of these

13.  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced that the Railways would soon start country's first-ever double decker Shatabdi Express that would ply between _____? 

Mumbai and New Delhi

Mumbai and Goa

Mumbai and Ahmedabad

Mumbai and Pune

None of these

14.  Who has recently won 2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix title? 

Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel

None of these

15.  Which Indian archer recently created history by winning a silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final medal in the compound section held in Mexico City? 

Abhishek Verma

Deepika Kumari

Limba Ram

Jayant Talukdar

None of these