Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Oct 13, 2015

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1) Which is the new initiative making it easier for Indian diaspora to invest in SMB that has been launched on October 10, 2015?

a. India Investment Initiative
b. Indian Investment Initiative
c. Indian Investment Fund
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Indian Investment Initiative

2) Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how water is drained from the Greenland ice sheet lake through ________.

a. Water tunnel
b. Subglacial tunnel
c. Glacier
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Subglacial tunnel

3) Which bird has been estimated to be close to extinction that is also the state bird of Rajasthan?

a. Hoopoe
b. Sparrow
c. Egret
d. Great Indian Bustard

ANSWER: Great Indian Bustard

4) Number of dolphins has risen in Ganga river and its tributaries as per the Dolphin Census 2015 to ________.

a. 1261
b. 1262
c. 1263
d. 1264

ANSWER: 1263

5) British scientists have sequenced an ancient African genome from a ______ year old Ethiopian skull confirming mass migration wave from Eurasia to Africa around 3000 years ago.

a. 4500
b. 4600
c. 4700
d. 4800

ANSWER: 4500

6) NASA’s Pluto Exploration Programme has indicated that Pluto is geologically active after more than ____ billion years.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

ANSWER: 4

7) PM Sushil Koirala has undertaken which action as Parliament of Nepal prepares to elect a fresh premier after failure to form a consensus?

a. Resignation from the post
b. Continuation in the post
c. Suspension from the post
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Resignation from the post

8) Marina Holdco, backed by Apax Partners has announced acquisition of 23.2 percent stake in RPG promoted _____________.

a. Kenstar Technologies
b. Zensar Technologies
c. Spencer’s
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Zensar Technologies

9) A habitat of a frog at Adyar is under threat after having been discovered 9 years ago by a team from India and Japan. What is the species of the frog?

a. Euphlyctes aloysii
b. Rana Temporaria
c. Rana Pipiens
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Euphlyctes aloysii

10) Which eminent Malayalam literary figure(s) have announced protest against murder of well known rationalists and the Dadri lynching incident?

a. Sarah Joseph
b. K Satchidanandan
c. P. K. Parakkadavu
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above

11) Who has been appointed to the SEBI board on 9th October 2015?

a. Anjuly Chib Duggal
b. Tapan Ray
c. Nishant Rathi
d. Anand Sinha

ANSWER: Tapan Ray

12) Who has been appointed as AEC chairman on 10th October 2015?

a. Sekhar Basu
b. AK Sinha
c. RK Sinha
d. Siddharth Basu

ANSWER: Sekhar Basu

13) Which lightweight boxer won the silver medal at the World Military Games in Mungyeong South Korea on 10th October 2015?

a. Mohammed Husamuddin
b. Devanshu Jaiswal
c. Narendra Berwal
d. Dheeraj Rangi

ANSWER: Dheeraj Rangi