Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 23, 2015
Q1. Name the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who has tendered his resignation on 22nd May’15, as AIADMK supremo Ms J Jayalaithaa will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the fifth time on 23rd May’15?A. O. Paneerselvam
B. Sasikala Natrajan
C. M.K. Stalin
D. None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A.) O. Paneerselvam.
Mr. Paneerselvam tendered his resignation as Chief Minister. After that, the Governor invited Ms. Jayalalitha to form the new government. Later in the day, Ms. Jayalalithaa met the Governor and handed over the list of ministers with portfolios.
A. Dibrugarh
B. Morigaon
C. Tinsukia
D. Nalbari
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B.) Morigaon
Morigaon Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar said that over 14 thousand individual household toilets have been constructed so far. Before the onset of monsoon session, this would be a boon for those families who earlier had to go for open defecation due to lack of toilet.
A. 15
B. 24
C. 57
D. 60
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C.) 57
The 57-member bank announced that it would be operational by the end of this year. The announcement came after the conclusion of '5th Chief Negotiators' Meeting on Establishing the AIIB', in Singapore. China, with a share of 100 billion dollar is likely take a 25-30 percent stake in the AIIB while India, with a likely share between 10 to 15 percent could be the second-largest shareholder. In all, Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the assets of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.
A. J P Nadda
B. Suresh Prabhu
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. S S Ahluwalia
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D.) S S Ahluwalia
The Committee comprises of 20 members from Lok Sabha and 10 members from Rajya Sabha.
A. Kerala High Court
B. Jharkhand High Court
C. West Bengal High Court
D. Chhattisgarh High Court
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A.) Kerala High Court
The court's judgement came on 22nd May’15 in a case relating to the arrest of a man by Kerala Police's special squad suspecting him of being a Maoist. The court said, though the political ideology of Maoists would not synchronise with our constitutional polity, being a Maoist is of no crime.
A. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
B. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi
C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
D. Mahadevi Verma
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C.) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
The golden jubilee celebration of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s two works – “Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaye” and “Parshuram ki Pratiksha” were inaugurated by Narendra Modi at a function held at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on 22nd May 2015.
A. CSIR-IIP
B. DRDO
C. ISRO
D. IIT-Guwahati
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A.) CSIR-IIP
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) using an environmentally benign green process with economic efficiency, has developed a nano catalyst which directly converts benzene to phenol in presence of air in a continuous process with very high selectivity.
A. Yigal Allon
B. Benjamin Netanyahu
C. Ehud Olmert
D. Shimon Peres
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B.) Benjamin Netanyahu.
