Current Affairs Quiz

1. Olympian Jaswant singh Rajput has died, he was associated with which sport

(A) Boxing

(B) Badminton

(C) Cricket

(D) Hockey

2. "Pivot to Asia" is a strategy of foreign policy which country

(A) India

(B) USA

(C) Japan

(D) China

3. Indo-Russian musical fest will be hosted by which state

(A) Goa

(B) Delhi

(C) Punjab

(D) Maharashtra

4. Who has been appointed to the UN Peacebuilding Panel

(A) Puja Singh

(B) S. Jaishankar

(C) Saraswathi Menon

(D) Sujata Singh

5. Who has been appointed as new Foreign Secretary of India

(A) Ajay Misra

(B) Ajit Doval

(C) Sujata Singh

(D) S. Jaishankar

6. Who has been appointed as new Global CEO of Deloitte Ltd

(A) Suneel Singh

(B) Punit Renjen

(C) Sandeep Jain

(D) Ragini Misra

7. Which company has reported profit, which is highest ever by a public firm worldwide

(A) Flipkart

(B) Amazon

(C) Facebook

(D) Apple Inc.

8. 20th Law Commission has been headed by

(A) Justice P Sathasivam

(B) Justice HL Dattu

(C) Justice AP Shah

(D) None of the above

9. Who will succeed Leela Samson as the head of Sangeet Natak Akademi?

(A) Pankaj Nihalani

(B) Shekhar Kapoor

(C) Shekhar Sen

(D) Sharmila Tagore

10. Which nation will host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2016?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) India

(C) West Indies

(D) New Zealand & Australia

11. Who amongst the following people has been appointed the CEO of McDonald's Corporation?

(A) Don Thompson

(B) Steve Easterbrook

(C) Betty Liu

(D) James Skinner

12. Who amongst the following has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India?

(A) Alka Sirohi

(B) Dr. S. Jaishankar

(C) Sujatha Singh

(D) Chokila Iyer

13.Subhash Ghising has died recently, he was president of which organisation

(A) Mizos National Liberation Front

(B) Nagas National Liberation Front

(C) Bodoland National Liberation Front

(D) Gorkha National Liberation Front

14. Who has been appointed as chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi

(A) Nupur Shastri

(B) Shekhar Sen

(C) Birju Maharaj

(D) B Ramaswami

15. Purple Tea which is health rich, is produced only in which country

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) Kenya

(D) Sri Lanka

Answers Key:

1. Answer D
2. Answer B
3. Answer A
4. Answer C
5. Answer D
6. Answer B
7. Answer D
8. Answer C
9. Answer C
10. Answer B
11. Answer B
12. Answer B
13. Answer D
14. Answer B
15. Answer C