Current Affairs Quiz- 1

Current Affairs Quiz- 1

1. Which nation will host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2016  ?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) India

(C) West Indies

(D) New Zealand & Australia 

2. "Pivot to Asia" is a strategy of foreign policy which country ?

(A) India

(B) USA

(C) Japan

(D) China

3. IndoRussian musical fest will be hosted by which state ?

(A) Goa

(B) Delhi

(C) Punjab

(D) Maharashtra

4. Who has been appointed to the UN Peacebuilding Panel ?

(A) Puja Singh

(B) S. Jaishankar

(C) Saraswathi Menon

(D) Sujata Singh

5. Who has been appointed as new Foreign Secretary of India ?

(A) Ajay Misra

(B) Ajit Doval

(C) Sujata Singh

(D) S. Jaishankar

6. Who has been appointed as new Global CEO of Deloitte Ltd ? 

(A) Suneel Singh

(B) Punit Renjen

(C) Sandeep Jain

(D) Ragini Misra

7. Which company has reported profit, which is highest ever by a public firm worldwide ? 

(A) Flipkart

(B) Amazon

(C) Facebook

(D) Apple Inc.

8. 20th Law Commission has been headed by ?

(A) Justice P Sathasivam

(B) Justice HL Dattu

(C) Justice AP Shah

(D) None of the above

9. Who will succeed Leela Samson as the head of Sangeet Natak Akademi ?

(A) Pankaj Nihalani

(B) Shekhar Kapoor

(C) Shekhar Sen

(D) Sharmila Tagore

10. Olympian Jaswant singh Rajput has died, he was associated with which sport ?

(A) Boxing

(B) Badminton

(C) Cricket

(D) Hockey

11. Who amongst the following people has been appointed the CEO of McDonald's Corporation ?

(A) Don Thompson

(B) Steve Easterbrook

(C) Betty Liu

(D) James Skinner

12. Who amongst the following has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India ?

(A) Alka Sirohi

(B) Dr. S. Jaishankar

(C) Sujatha Singh

(D) Chokila Iyer

13.Subhash Ghising has died recently, he was president of which organisation ?

(A) Mizos National Liberation Front

(B) Nagas National Liberation Front

(C) Bodoland National Liberation Front

(D) Gorkha National Liberation Front

14. Who has been appointed as chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi ?

(A) Nupur Shastri

(B) Shekhar Sen

(C) Birju Maharaj

(D) B Ramaswami

15. Purple Tea which is health rich, is produced only in which country ?

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) Kenya

(D) Sri Lanka

Answers Key:

1. Answer B

2. Answer B

3. Answer A

4. Answer C

5. Answer D

6. Answer B

7. Answer D

8. Answer C

9. Answer C

10. Answer D

11. Answer B

12. Answer B

13. Answer D

14. Answer B

15. Answer C