Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 10, 2015

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Q1. The government has blocked foreign fundings to Greenpeace India with immediate effect by suspending its registration for____ months.

A. One
B. Two
C. Six
D. Ten

ANSWER: C. Six

Q2. On 9th Apr’15 India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable missile from a ship off the Odisha coast. Name the missile?

A. Dhanush
B. Prithvi-VI
C. Agni-VII
D. Pinaka

ANSWER: A. Dhanush

Q3. Telecom regulator TRAI has slashed ceiling tariffs for national roaming calls and SMS and has mandated telecom service providers to offer a special roaming tariff plan. By what percent the roaming calls will be cheaper?

A. 60%
B. 75%
C. 18%
D. 23%

ANSWER: D. 23%

Q4. For which vegetable the government has slashed the minimum export price by USD 50 per tonne to USD 250 which will help in encouraging exports of the commodity?

A. Potato
B. Onion
C. Tomato
D. Cauliflower

ANSWER: B. Onion

Q5. Who has been appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner w.e.f 19th Apr’15?

A. Umesh Sinha
B. A Y Qureshi
C. Nasim Zaidi
D. Harishankar Brahma

ANSWER: C. Nasim Zaidi

Q6. By what percent reduction in Out of School Children of India has been observed by UNESCO?

A. 90%
B. 79%
C. 55%
D. 49%

ANSWER: A. 90%.

Q7. Which country’s president condemned psychiatric therapies designed to repair gay, lesbian and transgender youth?

A. India
B. China
C. United States
D. Japan

ANSWER: C. United States.

Q8. Which country carried out its first air strikes in Syria, as part of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants?

A. Pakistan
B. Canada
C. Brazil
D. South Africa

ANSWER: B. Canada.

Q9. China is planning to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and ____ passing through a tunnel under Mount Everest.

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Myanmar
D. Nepal

ANSWER: D. Nepal.

Q10. Name the Jnanpith awarded Tamil writer who died in Chennai on 8th Apr’15 after a prolonged illness?

A. Jayakanthan
B. Srikant
C. Shankar Reddy
D. Kedar Singh

ANSWER: A. Jayakanthan

Q11. Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court?

A. Krishan Kant Paul
B. Y V Pulleyar
C. Navin Sinha
D. H C Verma

ANSWER: C. Navin Sinha