CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ -1

1. 'The Test of My Life,' is the autobiography of which among the following cricketers?

[A]Anil Kumble                      [B]Rahul Dravid

[C]Yuvraj Singh                      [D]Sourav Ganguly

2. Dholera, which the government is planning to develop as a new smart industrial city is located in __?

[A]Rajasthan                           [B]Gujarat

[C]Maharashtra                       [D]Haryana

3. Princess Lilian, who recently passed away, was the Duchess of ________?

[A]Cambridge                         [B]Halland

[C]Spain                                  [D]Portugal

4. Which among the following European countries claims sovereignty over the Falkland islands?

[A]France                                [B]Spain

[C]Britain                                [D]Denmark

5. Who among the following has won this year's Man Asian Literary Prize?

[A]Jiromi Kawakami               [B]Jeet Thayil

[C]Orhan Pamuk                     [D]Tan Tweng Eng

6. Asia's largest solar power project has been recently commissioned in __________?

[A]Gujarat                   [B]Tamil Nadu

[C]Rajasthan               [D]Andhra Pradesh

7. The Top Secret ‘Operation Lal Dora’, which is recently in news is related to __________?

[A]Landing of Indian troops in Mauritius

[B]Landing of Indian troops in Sri Lanka

[C]Landing of Indian troops in Bangladesh

[D]Landing of Indian troops in Maldives

8. Who among the following is the first director of research for Brookings India?  

[A]Anand Sinha                      [B]Shyamala Gopinath

[C]S. S. Tarapore                    [D]Subir Gokarn

9. Which among the following countries is constructing a temple for goddess Sita?

[A]Indonesia                           [B]Malaysia

[C]Sri Lanka                           [D]Thailand

10. Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair, who recently passed away was a well-known __________?

[A]Poet                                   [B]Historian

[C]Classical musician              [D]Classical dancer

11. Veer Bhadra Mishra, who recently passed away was a well-known ___________?

[A]Writer                                [B]Environmentalist

[C]Classical singer                  [D]Journalist

12. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope hails from which among the following countries?

[A]Mexico                               [B]Brazil

[C]Argentina                           [D]Peru

13. Which among the following committee is set up for giving clear definitions to FDI and FII?

[A]Gopinathan committee     

[B]Subir Gokran committee

[C]Arvind Mayaram committee

[D]Arvind Menon committee

14. Who among the following has been recently formally appointed as the China's president?

[A]Li Keqiang                         [B]Deng Xiaoping

[C]Bo Xilai                             [D]Xi Jinping

15. Recently, in which among the following countries, the giant Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope is unveiled?

[A]Australia                            [B]Chile

[C]United States                     [D]South Africa

ANSWERS

1 C 7 A 13 C 2 B 8 D 14 D 3 B 9 C 15 B 4 C 10 D 5 D 11 B 6 C 12 C