Current Affairs : November quiz 2015 (One word) - 5

DOWNLOAD PDF

1. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ?


Ans- Jamaican writer Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings

2. Who was named as the Central Bank Governor of the Year, Asia 2015 by London-based publication 
Emerging Markets ?

Ans- Atiur Rahman, the Governor of Bangladesh Bank

3. Who has been elected as Fiji's President ?

Ans- Jioji Konrote

4. Who are the participating countries in joint training exercise, named Mitra Shakti-2015 ?

Ans- India-Sri Lanka

5. Indo and which country started Joint Military Exercise .Hand in Hand.- 2015?

Ans-China

6. Who was awarded with the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for the year 2014 for his contributions 
towards the Malayalam entertainment industry ?

Ans- Renowned Malayalam filmmaker I.V. Sasi

7. Who has become Pakistan's highest Test scorer ?

Ans-Younis Khan surpassed Javed Miandad

8. Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda ?

Ans- PS Jayakumar

9.Which government launched Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao scheme ?

Ans- Delhi Government

10. China operationalises Zam Hydropower Station on which river ?

Ans- Brahmaputra River

11. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has established Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)of how much fund 
expanding reach of banking services ?

Ans- Rs. 2000 crore

12. Who was selected for 2015 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award ?

Ans-Kailash Satyarthi

13. Which countries have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal 
and India Ocean ?

Ans-India, United States and Japan navies

14. The country.s prestigious DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad was renamed as........?

Ans- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex

15. Which company has tied-up with Facebook to sell its affordable homes online ?

Ans- Real estate developer Tata Housing

16.Who became the first European country to sign the MoU on establishment of Nalanda University ?

Ans-Portugal

17. Zaheer Khan who retires recently is related with which sports ?

Ans-Cricket

18. The UN General Assembly has elected ........ to serve as non-permanent members on the Security 
Council for two-year terms beginning January 1 next year ?

Ans- Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay

19. World Food Day (WFD) was observed across the world on .........?

Ans- 16 October 2015

20.Who receives honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University ?

Ans-Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan

21. Who became the first female Speaker in the parliamentary history of Nepal ?

Ans- Onsari Gharti Magar

22. China signed signed a 5.5 billion US dollars deal to build the first high-speed railway in which 
country ?

Ans- Indonesia

23. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed globally on ........?

Ans- 17 October 2015

24. Who replaces Pepsi as title sponsors of IPL ?

Ans- Mobile company Vivo

25. Who was appointed as the CMD of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd ?

Ans- MK Surana

26. Who was appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra ?

Ans- Shreehari Aney

27. Reliance to Start Selling Its 4G Smartphones with which branch name ?

Ans- 'Lyf'

28. Which country has recently launched a new communication satellite APSTAR-9 by the Long March-
3B carrier rocket?

Ans- China

29. Who has recently won the Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman Award?

Ans- Prasoon Joshi

30. Mani Rangarajan has been recently appointed as CFO of which company ?

Ans- Housing.com