Current Affairs Quiz

1. What is the aim of the new Bureau of Indian Standards Bill 2015 bill approved by Cabinet in June 2015 to replace the existing Bureau of Indian Standards BIS Act?
1 )To bring in more products under the mandatory standard regime
2 )End the Inspector raj
3 )Compulsory hallmarking of precious metal articles
4 )All of these
5)None of these

2. Name the Mobile App of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched in June 2015 to provide instant updates and an opportunity to receive messages and emails directly from him?
1 )PM India
2 )Narendra Modi
3 )Pradhan Sevak
4 )Pradhan Mantri
5 )None of these

3. Who is the author of the book ‘Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is changing the world’s Largest Democracy’?
1 )Jhumpa Lahiri
2 )Vikram Mehta
3 )Hindol Sengupta
4 )Amitav Ghosh
5 )None of these

4. Name the nine-year-old non-resident Gujarati (NRG) who won the United Kingdom’s (UK) Young Writers-2015 creativity award in June 2015.
1 )Bharulata Kamble
2 )Priyam Kamble
3 )Rajan Raj
4 )Subodh Kamble
5 )None of these

5. What is the target approved by Cabinet for India’s solar power capacity by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission?
1 )10 Thousand MW
2 )1000 KW
3 )1 Lakh KW
4 )1 Lakh MW
5 )None of these

6. In June 2015 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) told the Delhi High Court that it cannot include transgender as a third gender for applying for civil services exam as the category was not yet clearly defined by the ________.
1 )President of India
2 )Parliament
3 )Supreme Court
4 )Prime Minister of India
5)None of these

7. Name the Hindi writers who won the 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith in June 2015?
1 )Babusha Kohli, Upasana
2 )Dilip Shakya, Jitendra Biseria
3 )Yogita Yadav, Arunabh Saurav
4 )Tarapada Roy
5 )None of these

8-Who has been selected as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for three months?
1 )MJ Joseph
2 )G Gurucharan
3 )Sunil Soni
4)P J Kurien
5)None of these

9. Who has been declared as the President of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, an ally of NDA as Chief Ministerial candidate for the Bihar State Assembly elections this year?
1 )Upendra Kushwah
2 )Nitish Kumar
3 )Lalu Prasad Yadav
4 )Sharad Yadav
5 )None of these

10. Name the title of the book released in June 2015 that has been complied by Dr. Imran Chaudhary and Abhijeet Singh published by Muslim Rashtriya Manch?
1 )Yoga and Islam
2 )Islamic Yoga
3 )Yoga for All
4 )Karma Yoga
5)None of these

11. Punjab state is celebrating the _____ years of foundation of holy city Sri Anandpur Sahib.
1 )350
2 )200
3 )100
4 )250
5 )None of these

12-The book Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait was written by _____.
1 )Urvashi Butalia
2 )Basharat Peer
3 )Anna Suvorova
4 )Anurag Anand
5)None of these

13. Which Association has appointed Wipro as its official digital technology services partner for three years?
1 )Table Tennis
2 )Boxing
3 )Association of Athletics
4 )Lawn Tennis
5 )None of these.

14. Which state’s Co-operative Bank is going to launch the ‘Bank on Wheels’ to help farmers get loans on their doorstep?
1 )Odisha
2 )Maharashtra
3 )Andhra Pradesh
4 )Punjab
5 ) None of these.

15. Which organisation has released the Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey?
1 )CBRE Research
2 )UNRCH Research
3 )WHO Research
4 )All of these.
5 )None of these

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