Expected Questions - World News - 1 - 15 April, 2015

1. Recently a minor planet was named after which Indian chess grandmaster?

– Vishwanathan Anand

2. Name the minor planet named after Indian chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand.

– 4538 Vishyanand

3. Who will head ninth meet of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council?

– India

4. The ninth meet of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council will be held in which city?

– Abu Dhabi

5. Which city won the title Global Earth hour Capital 2015?

– Seoul

6. Seoul city won the title Global Earth hour Capital 2015. It is the capital city of which country?

– South Korea

7. Who won the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF)?

– Seoul city

8. The 2015 Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) was organised by ________________.

– World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

9. Earth Hour 2015 was held on which date?

– 28 March

10. What was the local time held as the Earth Hour 2015 on March 28?

– 8.30 to 9.30 PM

11. What was the theme of Earth Hour 2015?

– Change Climate Change

12. In how many United Nations agencies India was elected recently?

– 4

Note:  These agencies are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Governing Council of UN–Habitat.

13. Narendra Modi was in the list of 100 Most Influential People of 20145 by which magazine?

– TIME

14. Who wrote the biography of PM Narendra Modi in TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2014?

– The US President Barrack Obama

15. Who won the Time 100 readers’ poll this year?

– Vladmir Putin

16. A statue of Mahatma  Gandhi as a young lawyer in his court robes was defaced in which city recently?

– Johannesburg

17. How many countries are there in Normandy format?

– 4 (Germany, Russia, Ukrain & France)

18. An asteroid was recently named after which Nobel prize winner?

– Malala Yousafzai

19. Who topped the list 2015 FM Global Resilience Index?

– Norway

20. Gunter Grass who passed away recently won Nobel Prize in ___________.

– Literature