Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 16, 2015
Q1. Which country’s Ambassador has summoned by the Indonesia's government to protest against the execution of an Indonesian domestic worker?A. India
B. Pakistan
C. USA
D. Saudi Arabia
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: D. Saudi Arabia
Siti Zainab was beheaded on 14th Apr’15 in Medina after being convicted of stabbing and beating to death her employer, Noura al-Morobei, in 1999.
Q2. Against which company the European Union has filed a complaint over its alleged anti-competitive behavior?A. Google
B. Amazon
C. Microsoft
D. Facebook
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: A. Google
The Competition Commissioner said she had issued a statement of objection, stating that the firm's promotion of its own shopping links amounted to an abuse of its dominance in search.
Q3. Who has been sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court on 15th Apr’15?A. K.K. Usha
B. Anna Chandy
C. Meenakshi Madan Rai
D. Leila Seth
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: C. Meenakshi Madan Rai
Mrs. Rai is also the third High Court judge who hails from this small border state. With Mrs. Rai taking over as judge on15th Apr’15 the Sikkim High Court has once again got its full strength of three judges after a gap of about one year.
Q4. Which state’s Chief Minister has opposed any move of divestment of public sector undertaking (PSU) National Aluminium Company (NALCO) by the Centre?A. Odisha
B. Bihar
C. West Bengal
D. Uttar Pradesh
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: A. Odisha
Presently, the Centre holds 87.15 per cent stake in NALCO, which has plants in Odisha’s Damanjodi and Angul. Chief Minister of Odisha and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, Naveen Patnaik,on 15th Apr’15 opposed any move of divestment of public sector undertaking (PSU) National Aluminium Company (NALCO) by the Centre. He said that there is no need of any disinvestment from NALCO, as the company has been making profits for long.
Q5. China's annual economic growth has recorded a ____ year low of 7.0 per cent in the first three month of 2015.A. Ten
B. Six
C. Three
D. One
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: B. Six
The National Bureau of Statistics said in the last quarter of 2014, China's economy grew by 7.3 per cent on an annual basis. On a quarterly basis, economic growth slowed to 1.3 per cent between January and March after seasonal adjustments.
Q6. Which country has to supply Uranium to India for its civil nuclear plants for next 5 years?A. USA
B. Germany
C. France
D. Canada
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: D. Canada
The supply will start from 2015, highly placed sources said. Canada is the third country to supply uranium to India after Russia and Kazakhstan. The supplies will be under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. Canada used to supply Uranium to India prior to 1970, but stopped it after Pokhran nuclear tests.
Q7. As per the World bank Report 2015, which country has stood at the bottom of eight economies in South Asia?A. Pakistan
B. Myanmar
C. Nepal
D. China
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: A. Pakistan
Pakistan stands at the bottom of eight economies in South Asia. The Spring 2015 edition of the World Bank's South Asia Economic Focus states that the growth recovery is underway in Pakistan but this year it will only show moderate growth. According to the report Pakistan's economy is set to grow by 4.4 per cent in current fiscal year.
Q8. After Flipkart, which company has advocated the Net neutrality by exiting Facebook’s Internet.org programme?A. Snapdeal
B. Amazon
C. Cleartrip
D. WhatsApp
View Answer / Hide Answer Q9. In India the Wholesale price index based inflation fell to a record low of minus ____ per cent in March’15 on account of cheaper food and fuel products as well as manufactured items.A. 1.55
B. 2.33
C. 3.33
D. 0.99
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: B. 2.33
Inflation measured on Wholesale Price Index, WPI, was at minus 2.06 per cent in February and minus 0.39 per cent in January. It was at 6 per cent in March 2014. Deflation was also visible in the manufactured products category where the rate of price rise dropped to a record low of minus 0.19 per cent.
Q10. Which Indian cricket icon on 15th Apr’15 inducted into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy as one of the five new members in Shanghai?A. Saurav Ganguly
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. Yuvraj Singh
D. Sachin Tendulkar
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: D. Sachin Tendulkar
Besides Tendulkar, retired Chinese professional basketball player Yao Ming, Kenyan long-distance runner Tegla Loroupe, Chinese gymnast Li Xiaopeng and former Chinese short track speed skater Yang Yang were the other athletes to be inducted into the Laureus academy.
Q11. What is the present ranking of India as per the latest ICC ODI rankings released in the third week of April’15?A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fifth
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: B. Second
The Indian team retained its second position in the ODIs after finishing as semifinalists in the recently-concluded ICC Cricket World Cup. With 116 points, India are placed just six points behind world champions Australia. India is followed by South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, England, Pakistan. Meanwhile, three Indian batsmen -- Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni figure in the top 10 for ODI batsmen.
Q12. Which state government has launched the third phase of Mass Deworming Programme for school and pre-school age children on Apr’15?A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Rajasthan
D. Delhi
View Answer / Hide Answer ANSWER: D. Delhi
The programme is expected to cover 35 lakh children of government schools and Anganwadis. A chewable Albendazole tablet will be administered to the students from Class 3rd to class 12th and suspension Albendazole for class Nursery students.
