Current Affairs Quiz 1 - August 2015

1.    India’s first IUHDSS situated in which of the following state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Goa

2.    Assam govt recently banned sale of which of the following products?
A. Drinking Water Brand
B. Liquor Brand
C. Food Brand
D. None of these

3.    Which of the following will be the host city for 2016 summer Olympics?
A. Rio de Janeiro
B. Innsbruck
C. Athens
D. Lake Placid

4.    TATA Motors recently bagged order from –
A. US Defence
B. Indian Army
C. Both
D. None

5.    Saurav Ghosal related to which of the following sports ?
A. Boxing
B. Chess
C. ShotPut
D. Squash

6.    Who is the 1st Indian  gold medalist at the Special Olympics World Games 2015?
A. Rajesh Sahani
B. Darshan Jain
C. Ranveer Saini
D. None of these

7.    Which State Govt launches country’s first witness Protection Scheme?
A. Gujarat
B. Delhi
C. Punjab
D. Odisha

8.    Ravichandran Ashwin  was recently presented with which award?
A. Dronacharya
B. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
C. Arjuna
D. NAtiona sports

9.    Russia’s Rosneft to acquire 49% stake in __?
A. Essar Oil
B. GAIL Ltd
C. ONGC
D. IOCL

10.  Which bank’s Hong Kong branch fined $1 mn for violating money laundering law?
A. BOB
B. PNB
C. UOB
D. SBI

11.  Who became Associate Member State of CERN?
A. Pakistan
B. India
C. China
D. Bangladesh

12.  New frog species recently discovered in which of the following country?
A. South Afria
B. India
C. Australia
D. North Korea

13.  Head-quarter of CERN is situated at ___?
A. Geneva
B. Vienna
C. Washington
D. New York

14.  Out of 162 exchange of enclave between India and Bangladesh how many enclaves became of Indian territory?
A. 51
B. 111
C. 100
D. 99

15.  Which company took over style-tip specialist Polyvore?
A. Google
B. Yahoo
C. MSN
D. None of the above

16.  Ved Prakash Mahawar got appointed as Director of which of the following Corporation?
A. ONGC
B. IOCL
C. Hindustan Petroleum
D. Bharat Gas corporation

17.  Recently which state announced construction of 800kms express highway?
A. Gujarat
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Maharastra
D. West Bengal