Current Affairs Quiz 1-14 Jan, 2015 – National – Set 1





1. Delhi Police launched an SOS App for Women. What is the name of the App?

(a) Needar
(b) Hausla
(c) Abhay
(d) Himmat
(e) Jazba




2. As per National Tiger Conservation Authority report, Which state of India Lost the highest number of Tigers in 2014?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Kerala




3. Who was appointed as Director General of Civil Aviation?
(a) M Sathiyavathy
(b) Prabhat Kumar
(c) L Narashima Reddy 
(d) Kiran Bhai Vadodaria
(e) None of them




4. PM Narendra Modi launched National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting in which city?
(a) Surat
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Pune
(e) Gandhinagar




5. Recently, Union Government launched Commemorative coins in honor of _____.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Atal Vihari Vajpayee
(c) Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay
(d) Vasant Gowarikar
(e) Jamsetji Tata
6. Vasant Gowarikar was the chairman of _____.
(a) Railway Board
(b) Planning Commission
(c) ISRO
(d) DRDO
(e) None of them
7. Madhu Kinnar became the first Transgender Mayor of which Municipal Corporation?
(a) Raigarh
(b) Raipur
(c) Jagdalpur
(d) Bhilai Nagar
(e) Bilaspur
8. P Krishnamurthy was appointed as Private Secretary of which Union Cabinet Minister?
(a) Rajnath Singh
(b) Venkaiah Naidu
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Manohar Parrikar
9. Union Government to set up India-based Neutrino Observatory in Which State?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Telengana
(e) None of them
10. Who was named as the Brand Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh (AP) health sector?
(a) Akkineni Nagarjuna
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) VVS Laxman
(d) Amitabh Bachchan
(e) Saina Nehwal
11. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on the ocassion of?
(a) Gandhji’s non-cooperation movement
(b) Gandhiji’s speech in South Africa
(c) Dandi March
(d) Gandhiji’s Return from South Africa
(e) None of them
12. Which Indian state lifted 17 year old ban on alcohol?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala
(e) None of them
13. The Indian Parliament – A Critical Appraisal is written by ______.
(a) Sudha Pai
(b) Avinash Kumar
(c) Mala Mehta
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) Both (b) and (b)
14. India’s first CNG powered Train was launched in which line?
(a) Rewari – Rohtak line
(b) Varanasi–Lucknow line
(c) Ludhiana–Jakhal line
(d) Bareli–Lucknow line
(e) All of them



15. Idduki became first district of India to have Complete Rural Broadband Coverage. In Which state it is located?
(a) Telengana
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala
(e) None of them








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