Current Affairs : december quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions) - 54

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AK Mathur

Ques. : 1 Which country launched the first satellite, officially named Kosmos 2510 (Tundra 11L), for its newest early warning system, named EKS recently?

1) China
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) US
5) France
Answer:- 2) Russia

Ques. : 2 The 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report recently. The Commission was headed by

1) Meena Agarwal
2) Rathin Roy
3) Vivek Rae
4) AK Mathur
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 4) AK Mathur

Ques. : 3 Which Rohit Khanolkar city is all set to host the first International Qawwali Festival to be held from Feb 12-14 next year?

1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Lucknow
4) Jaipur
5) Delhi
Answer:- 5) University of Delhi

Ques. : 4 Chip-maker Intel’s rural digitisation programme ‘Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur’ started from Nadimpalle villlage in which state recently?

1) Telangana
2) Bihar
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha
Answer:- 1) Telangana

Ques. : 5 Tianhe-2 supercomputer of which country maintained its position as the world's most powerful system for the sixth consecutive time recently?

1) China
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Sweden
5) Norway
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 6 During his visit to which of the following countries, PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian-origin people in Wembley Stadium?

1) US
2) UK
3) Turkey
4) Malaysia
5) Singapore
Answer:- 2) UK

Ques. : 7 Sankaran Nair, who died, recently, was the former chief of

1) BSF
2) CRPF
3) RAW
4) CBI
5) NIA
Answer:- 3) RAW

Ques. : 8 __________was conferred with Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Champion honour by the United Nations recently.

1) Rajnath Singh
2) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
3) Kiren Rijiju
4) Nawaz Sharif
5) Sheikh Hasina
Answer:- 3) Kiren Rijiju

Ques. : 9 The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2015 recently. What is India’s overall ranking on the index?

1) 64
2) 81
3) 84
4) 108
5) 144
Answer:- 4) 108

Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries has topped the overall rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Report 2015?

1) Denmark
2) Sweden
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) Iceland
Answer:- 5) Iceland