Current Affairs Quizzes 1- May 2015

1.    ”Tholkappiyar award” is a life time achievement award given to those who made great contributions in Tamil studies.Tolkappiyar award for the year 2011-12 and for the year 2012-2013.has awarded to………….and………..respectively by Preasident on 14 may.
A. K.Swaminathan & Vijay Ramanujam
B. SV Shanmugam & R.Krishnamurthi
C. M.R ramasamy & RAvi balakumaran
D. S.Iyer & H.Swaminathan

Ans -B

2.    Kural Pitam” awards given to those Tamil scholars for Classical Tamil of non- Indian origins. ______ from germany has bagged the award this year.
A. Lewis Page
B. Lussy Root
C. Renso Hemilton
D. Eva Maria Wilden

Ans-D

3.    Name the rare fully warm-blooded fish that Scientists at United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA has discovered 
A. Alewife
B. Opah
C. Anchovy
D. Oarfish

Ans-B

4.    How many children has awarded the 14th Gnanashyam Binani Children Bravery Awards ?
A. 5
B. 8
C. 6
D. 7

Ans-C

5.    Name the Indian shooter who has won bronze medal at ISSF world cup for the country.
A. Jitu Rai
B. Gagan Narang
C. Apurvi Chandela
D. Heena Sandhu

Ans-B

6.    Who has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Ministry of Finance ?
A. M.J. Joseph
B. Deepak Shah
C. Mohit Kansal
D. Vivek Suri

Ans-A

7.    Name the home-made Radar system by ISRO to track space debris.
A. COTW
B. WOTR
C. MOTR
D. VOTR

Ans-C

8.    Who has been appointed as New MD and CEO of Syndicate Bank?
A. Seema Malik
B. Arun Shrivastava
C. Kashdeep Singh
D. Vijay Kapoor

Ans-B

9.    Name the 13 years old- California based boy who has been credited with the invention of a low cost Braille printer with his Lego toys, is now working with Microsoft.
A. Amit Bansal
B. Sanjay Singh
C. Rohit Sharma
D. Shubham Banerjee

Ans-D

10.  Name the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting who has inaugurated the India pavilion at the 68th Cannes Films festival
A. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B. Sumitra Mahajan
C. Ram Vilas Paswan
D. Shashi Tharoor

Ans-A