Current Affairs Questions and Answers - April 18, 2015

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Q1. To probe which version of IPL spot fixing, Supreme Court has appointed the CBI SP Vivek Priyadarshi to head a new investigating team?

A. IPL-1
B. IPL-4
C. IPL-8
D. IPL-6

ANSWER: D. IPL-6

Q2. What is the new deadline instructed by the RBI banks to continue the earlier interest subvention scheme since the new scheme may take some time to finalise?

A. 30th June 2015
B. 30th May 2015
C. 30th Apr 2015
D. 21st Apr 2015

ANSWER: A. 30th June 2015

Q3. Name the separatist leader arrested in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a rally at Srinagar on 15th Apr’15?

A. Mohd. Sarfaraz
B. Mehrisul Hasan
C. Masarat Alam
D. Syed Ali Shah Geelani

ANSWER: C. Masarat Alam

Q4. When would the President, Pranab Mukherjee, inaugurate centenary celebrations of Patna High Court?

A. 17th Apr 2014
B. 17th Apr 2016
C. 18th Apr 2015
D. 18th Apr 2016

ANSWER: C. 18th Apr 2015

Q5. Name the women inducted as the first women driver of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) by the Delhi transport Minister Gopal Rai?

A. Sunita Sharma
B. Kiran Singh
C. Seema Rai
D. V Saritha

ANSWER: D. V Saritha

Q6. As announced by the Air Canada, after how many years Air Canada will resume direct flights between Toronto and Delhi from coming winter season in 2015?

A. Five Years
B. Seven years
C. Ten years
D. Fifteen years

ANSWER: C. Ten years

Q7. Name the cricket stadium in India that has become the first cricket venue in the country to have a roof top solar power plant?

A. Chinnaswamy Stadium
B. FirozShah Kotla Stadium
C. Eden Garden Stadium
D. Wankhede Stadium

ANSWER: A. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Q8. What rank has been given to India in the wireless or mobile broadband segment in the world as per the TRAI?

A. 19
B. 113
D. 125
B. 113

ANSWER: B. 113

Q9. Pakistan and Russia agreed to hold joint military exercise. It would be their ____ joint military exercise.

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

ANSWER: A. First

Q10. Name the Indian-origin CEO who was honoured with the White House Champions of Change on 16th April 2015?

A. Indira Nooyi
B. Satya Nadella
C. Vikram Patel
D. Chanda Kochhar

ANSWER: B. Satya Nadella