Current Affairs Questions & Answers

1.  Who among the following has been recently awarded Saraswati Samman for his book "Dhool Paudhon Par"?
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Govind Mishra
Narendra Kohli
Amar Kanth

Answer: Govind Mishra

2.  Which country is the current  chair of  G20 group of  countries?
USA
France
Germany
Australia

Answer: Australia

3.  The successful launch of  Mars Orbital Mission into Mars orbit  was done by the critical test -
f ire of  LAM of  Mangalyaan.  What  does LAM stand for?
Land Apogee Motor
Liquid Aerial Motor
Land Aerial Motor
Liquid Apogee Motor

Answer: Liquid Apogee Motor

4.  Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of  Fiji?
Voreqe Bainimarama
Epeli Nailat ikau
Laisenia Qarase
Sit iveni Rabuka

Answer: Voreqe Bainimarama

5.  Which among the following places has been decided as the next  SAARC Cultural Capital for the year 2015-16?
Bamiyan
Shenzhen
Kathmandu
New Delhi

Answer: Bamiyan

6.  Government  of  India celebrated September 25 as which of  the following days?
Urja Diwas
Ant yodya Diwas
Itihas Diwas
Sadbhawana Diwas

Answer: Antyodya Diwas

7.  Which of  the following forms a boundary between North and South Korea?
17th Parallel
38th Parallel
49th Parallel
19th Parallel

Answer: 38th Parallel 

8.  Who among the following has been selected for the 'Right  Livelihood Prize' 2014?
Olevon Uexkull
Paul Walker
Sima Samar
Edward Snowden

Answer: Edward Snowden

9.  Which two international cricketers have been selected as Bradman Honoree 2014?
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat  Kohli
Virat  Kohli and Steve Waugh
Shane Wat son and Sachin Tendlkar
Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

Answer:  Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

10.  India has recently approved the Agreement  on Electric Power Trade with which country?
Myanmar
Bhutan
Nepal
Sri Lanka

Answer: Nepal

11.  Which Indian snooker player has announced his retirement  from professional snooker?
Pankaj Advani
Subhash Agarwal
Aditya Mehta
Geet  Sethi

Answer: Pankaj Advani

12.  What  is India's rank in the list  of  world's largest  crude-oil importing countries in the world?
First 
Second
Third
Fourth

Answer: Third

13.  Which two nations have inaugurated the first  triangular India-US-Africa partnership in agricultural training at  the National Institute of  Agricultural Extension Management  (MANAGE), Hyderabad?
India and US
India and South Africa
India and France
India and China

Answer: India and US

14.  Who among the following served as first  Chairman of  the National Human Right s Commission?
Just ice Sabyasachi Mukharji
Just ice P N Bhagwati
Just ice Ranganath Misra
Just ice YV Chandrachud

Answer: Justice Ranganath Misra

15.  Komik, the highest  motorable village of  the world at  4513 metres is located in ___?
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Tibet 
Nepal

Answer: Himachal Pradesh