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Current Affairs Quiz For Upcoming Exams

Current Affairs Quiz For Upcoming Exams |_2.1
1. Centre has set up a Committee to work out a revamp plan and submit its report within two months. This Committee is headed by?
1. Hari Krishna
2. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
3. Shyam Benegal
4. Vijay Kelkar
5. None of these


2. Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) has recently successfully test-fired Pinaka II multi barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) System. The Pinaka MBRL System has been indigenously developed by? 
1. CDAC, Pune
2. ARDE, Pune.
3.  TRAI, Delhi
4. IRDAI, Hyderabad
5. None of these
3. Which states became one of the very first states to officially join the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) central government’s financial restructuring programme for discoms, which will offer the state a net benefit of approximately Rs 5,300 crore?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Uttarakhand
4. Jharkhand
5. None of these
4. The Supreme Court-appointed a Committee recommended sweeping reforms for the controversy-ridden BCCI, suggesting a bar on ministers from occupying positions, putting a cap on the age and tenure of the office-bearers and legalising betting.
1. R M Lodha
2. H L Dattu
3. Deepak Mohanty
4. Vijay Kelkar
5. None of these
5. Who has recently been appointed as the CEO and the member of the board in Wipro technology?
1. T K Kurien
2. Dr. Ganesh Natarajan
3.  Abidali Neemuchwala
4. N Chandrashekhar
5. None of these
6. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) recently signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for web-based monitoring of Indo-German Watershed Development projects. The web-based monitoring of Indo-German Watershed Development projects will happen in which of the following States? 
1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Telangana
4. All of the Above
5. None of these
7. Who has recently been taken charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for a period of five years?
1. Atul Raj
2. Mukul Singh
3. Atul Sobti
4.  Rajesh Pratap
5. None of these
8. LIC is offering a ‘New Year gift’ to the public in the form of a limited-premium, non-linked and with-profit endowment assurance plan. The highlight of the plan is that premium is payable for a limited period while risk is covered for the whole policy term. The Name of the new endowment policy is?
1. Jeevan Suraksha
2. Jeevan Labh
3. Jeevan Secure
4. Jeevan Data
5. None of these
9. Arunima Sinha, the amputee mountaineer who set a record by climbing the Mount Everest recently, conquered Mount Aconcagua located in which country?
1. Russia
2. Argentina
3. China
4. Japan
5. None of these
10. India recently won of the South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF) championships by defeating which country? 
1. Pakistan
2. Iran
3. China
4. Afghanistan
5. None of these
11. Sarosh Homi Kapadia passed away recently in Mumbai. He was a (an) _________?
1. writer
2. Novelist
3.  Former Chief Justice of India
4.  Journalist
5. None of these
12. Professional networking platform LinkedIn appointed which of the following as Country Manager for India?
1. Akshay Singh
2. Akshay Kothari
3. Pradeep Kumar
4. Laxman Singh
5. None of these
13. Nokia Corporation recently announced that it completed the regulatory formalities for acquiring the telecom equipment company Alca-Lucent. Telecom  Alca-Lucent is from which country?
1. Finland
2. France
3. North Korea
4. China
5. None of these
14. Who has recently been elected as Chairman of General Motors (GM) Board of Directors?
1. Sana Barra
2. Suresh Singh
3. Neeta Barra
4. Mary Barra
5. None of these
15. Who has recently won the-year prize at Britain’s Costa Book Awards 2015 for A God in Ruins, a story of war and its aftermath?
1. Mary Barra
2. Kate Atkinson
3. Aniket Singh
4. Shyam Kelkar
5. None of these

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