Current Affairs Questions and Answers - April 09, 2015
Q1. Which state government has conferred its Sahitya Shiromani Samman and a cash prize of 21 lakh Rupees upon noted Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj?A. Maharashtra
B. UttarPradesh
C. Uttarakhand
D. Rajasthan
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. UttarPradesh
Gopal Das Neeraj was also conferred with Padma Bhushan Award. Prior to this, Chief Minister of U.P. also unveiled the poetry book of Gopal Das Neeraj named 'Geetsri' in Lucknow on 8th Apr’15.
A. New Delhi
B. Pune
C. Bhubaneswar
D. Ahmedabad
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. New Delhi
It was organized at NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi. The Conference was inaugurated by Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture and also addressed by Shri M.K. Kundariya, Minister of State for Agriculture.
A. Urban Electrification Corporation
B. Rural Electrification Corporation
C. Domestic Electrification Corporation
D. Metro Electrification Corporation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Rural Electrification Corporation
The Rs 1,550-crore share sale in Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) was subscribed more than 5.5 times thanks to demand from domestic institutions and investors.
A. Hawaii
B. Indiana
C. Louisiana
D. Kansas
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Kansas
Kansas became the first state on 8th Apr’15 to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
A. Chen Ruolin
B. Yao Ming
C. Liu Xiang
D. Guo Jingjing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Liu Xiang
The 31-year-old won the country's first Olympic men's athletics gold in the 110m hurdles in Athens in 2004 and added a world title in 2007. He has been affected by an Achilles problem ever since it caused him to pull out of his first heat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
A. Mayilsamy Annadurai
B. S.K. Shivkumar
C. Ramchandra Rao
D. Shailesh Kumar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Mayilsamy Annadurai.
He succeeded S K Shivakumar, who superannuated on 31st March’2015.
A. Flipkart
B. Jabong
C. Snapdeal
D. Amazon
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8. Who has been appointed as the new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2015-16?A. Ajay Shriram
B. Sumit Mazumdar
C. S Gopalakrishnan
D. Adi Godrej
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Sumit Mazumdar
Sumit Mazumdar is a Chairman & Managing Director of TIL Limited. He succeeds Mr Ajay Shriram as the new President.
A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Rekha
C. Amitabh Bachchan
D. Dilip Kumar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Amitabh Bachchan and D. Dilip Kumar.
The Awards were announced in January 2015.
A. United States of America
B. United Kingdom
C. Greece
D. Netherland
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. United States of America
The Memorandum aims to foster cooperative work on key issues of mutual interest for all modes of transportation, coordinating public and private sector resources and expertise to advance safe, secure, efficient and integrated transportation systems.
