Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 15, 2015

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Q1. Which country’s Ambassador has summoned by the Indonesia's government to protest against the execution of an Indonesian domestic worker?

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. USA
D. Saudi Arabia

ANSWER: D. Saudi Arabia

Q2. Against which company the European Union has filed a complaint over its alleged anti-competitive behavior?

A. Google
B. Amazon
C. Microsoft
D. Facebook

ANSWER: A. Google

Q3. Who has been sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court on 15th Apr’15?

A. K.K. Usha
B. Anna Chandy
C. Meenakshi Madan Rai
D. Leila Seth

ANSWER: C. Meenakshi Madan Rai

Q4. Which state’s Chief Minister has opposed any move of divestment of public sector undertaking (PSU) National Aluminium Company (NALCO) by the Centre?

A. Odisha
B. Bihar
C. West Bengal
D. Uttar Pradesh

ANSWER: A. Odisha

Q5. China's annual economic growth has recorded a ____ year low of 7.0 per cent in the first three month of 2015.

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

ANSWER: B. Six

Q6. Which country has to supply Uranium to India for its civil nuclear plants for next 5 years?

A. USA
B. Germany
C. France
D. Canada

ANSWER: D. Canada

Q7. As per the World bank Report 2015, which country has stood at the bottom of eight economies in South Asia?

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

ANSWER: A. Pakistan

Q8. After Flipkart, which company has advocated the Net neutrality by exiting Facebook’s Internet.org programme?

A. Snapdeal
B. Amazon
C. Cleartrip
D. WhatsApp

ANSWER: C. Cleartrip

Q9. In India the Wholesale price index based inflation fell to a record low of minus ____ per cent in March’15 on account of cheaper food and fuel products as well as manufactured items.

A. 1.55
B. 2.33
C. 3.33
D. 0.99

ANSWER: B. 2.33

Q10. Which Indian cricket icon on 15th Apr’15 inducted into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy as one of the five new members in Shanghai?

A. Saurav Ganguly
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. Yuvraj Singh
D. Sachin Tendulkar

ANSWER: D. Sachin Tendulkar

Q11. What is the present ranking of India as per the latest ICC ODI rankings released in the third week of April’15?

A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fifth

ANSWER: B. Second

Q12. Which state government has launched the third phase of Mass Deworming Programme for school and pre-school age children on Apr’15?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Rajasthan
D. Delhi

ANSWER: D. Delhi