CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 15

CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 15

1. Project Glass is a R&D program by which among the following companies to prototype and build augmented reality glasses or an augmented reality headmounted display (HMD)?

[A]Google                                       [B]Microsoft

[C]Samsung Electronics                   [D]Research In Motion Limited

2. The famous quote "Finance is the brain of the economy" was given by__:

[A]Joseph Stiglitz                    [B]Nicholas Stern

[C]Michael Bruno                   [D]Kaushik Basu

3. Who among the following has recently won the first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering?

[A]Sergey Brin                        [B]Bill Gates

[C]Larry Page                         [D]Tim Berners-Lee

4. Which among the following day is observed as the World Water Day?

[A]March12               [B]March16                [C]March21               [D]March22

5. The RBI has recently issued guidelines for new bank licences. As per these guidelines, what is the minimum paid-up capital for setting up a bank?

[A]Rs 500 crore                                    [B]Rs 800 crore

[C]Rs 1000 crore                                  [D]Rs 1200 crore

6. Who among the following is considered as the father of African literature?

[A]Wole Soyinka                              [B]Chinua Achebe

[C]Pete Edochie                                [D]Elechi Amadi

7. Zillur Rahman, who recently passed away was a president of ____________?

[A]Malaysia                                        [B]Indonesia

[C]Bangladesh                                    [D]Yemen

8. Which among the following countries is not a part of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)?

[A]Botswana                                         [B]Angola

[C]Namibia                                           [D]Swaziland

9. Who among the following is the author of the book titled, 'Gandhi before India'?

[A]Gurucharan Das                           [B]Ramchandra Guha

[C]Khushwant Singh                          [D]Arun Shourie

10. The Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) was launched by the ____________?

[A]United Kingdom                           [B]United States

[C]France                                         [D]Russia

11. "Shanti Prayas II" is the joint military exercise recently held between__:

[A]India and Nepal                                 [B]Nepal and United States

[C]Nepal and Bangladesh                       [D]Bangladesh and United States

12. Who among the following heads the ministerial panel formed recently to discuss impact of retail FDI and minimum support prices?

[A]Sharad Pawar                               [B]Jairam Ramesh

[C]Srikant Kumar Jena                      [D]K V Thomas

13. As per the first ever survey of slum households by the Census of India, which among the following city has the most number of households in slums?

[A]Vishakhapatnam                           [B]Coimbatore

[C]Patna                                            [D]Durgapur

14. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated throughout the world on _____________?

[A]March 12                            [B]March 15

[C]March 18                            [D]March 20

15. Recently, the commercial production of oil and gas has started in the Aishwarya Oil Field. These fields are located in __:

[A]Andhra Pradesh                 [B]West Bengal

[C]Rajasthan                           [D]Maharashtra

16. The rebel alliance Seleka has been making news frequently in context with which among the following African Countries?

[A]Nigeria                                         [B]Zambia

[C]Central African Republic               [D]Angola

17. The spring festival of 'Shigmo' is celebrated in __:

[A]Kerala                                [B]Goa

[C]Assam                                [D]Sikkim

18. Recently, who among the following has became the head of an interim government in Nepal and tasked with steering the country towards elections by June?

[A]Ram Baran Yadav                        [B]Khilraj Regmi

[C]Baburam Bhattarai                        [D]Madhav Ghimire

19. Who among the following heads the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC)?

[A]A.S. Anand                       [B]B. N. Srikrishna

[C]Raghuram Ranjan              [D]C. Rangarajan

20. Among the BRICS nations, which among the following countries has better rank in Human Development Index (HDI)?

[A]Russia                             [B]Brazil

[C]China                             [D]India

                                   ANSWER

1	A	6	B	11	B	16	C
2	A	7	C	12	A	17	B
3	D	8	B	13	A	18	B
4	D	9	B	14	D	19	B
5	B	10	B	15	C	20	A