Current Affairs Quiz – World – Sports – March, 2015 – Set 1



1. Name the 2750km
ranged nuclear capable missile which was test fired by Pakistan few days back.

(a) Ra’ad
(b) Shaheen-II
(c)  Shaheen-III
(d) Ghaznavi
(e) Anza
2.  Saina
Nehwal was defeated Carolina Marin in prestigious All England Badminton Championship
Final. Name the country Carolina
Marin represent.
(a) England
(b) Spain
(c)  Russia
(d) Australia
(e) Italy
3. What was the theme
in International Women’s Day 2015?
(a) A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End Violence
Against Women
(b) Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All
(c)  Equality for Women is Progress for All
(d) Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
(e) Women Uniting for Peace
4. Which following
space agency(s) launched Dawn Spacecraft which recently completed its Orbit
around Dwarf Planet Ceres?
(a) Russian Federal Space Agency
(b) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(c)  French Space Agency
(d) European Space Agency
(e) Both (b) and (d)
5. Name the Indian
Cricket World Cup captain(s) whom MS Dhoni surpassed to become the Indian World
Cup captain with Most Wins in World
Cups?
(a) Md. Azharuddin
(b) Saurav Ganguly
(c)  Kapil Dev
(d) Sunil Gavaskar
(e) Both (a) and (b)
6. Name the country
who developed Worlds first Solar-powered aircraft HB-SIA.
(a) Switzerland
(b) Russia
(c)  USA
(d) UAE
(e) France
7. In the second week
of March, Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit ______
in 34 years.
(a) Maldives
(b) Mauritius
(c)  Fiji
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Seychelles
8. David Hale was
named ambassador to which country by President Barrack Obama?
(a) Yemen
(b) Pakistan
(c)  Afghanistan
(d) China
(e) Ukraine
9. Name the cricketer
who became first batsman to score four successive centuries in a Cricket World
Cup.
(a) AB De Villiers
(b) Chris Gayle
(c)  Virat Kohli
(d) Kumar Sangakkara
(e) Brendon McCullam
10. Name the tennis
player recently won Argentina Tennis Open.
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c)  Andy Murray
(d) Novak Djokovic
(e) Tomas Berdych
11. Hifikepunye
Pohamba who won the 2014 Mo Ibrahim Prize for African Leadership is the
president of __________.
(a) Congo
(b) Zimbabwe
(c)  Namibia
(d) Cameroon
(e) Kenya
12. Who received the
Deutsche prize for pricing models 2015?
(a) Stephen Ross
(b) Raghuram Rajan
(c)  Eugene Fama
(d) Jean Tirole
(e) None of them
13. Name the Indian
sportsperson who announced to retire after 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
(a) Leander Paes
(b) Sania Mirza
(c)  Sarita Devi
(d) Sushil Kumar
(e) Mary Kom
14. Dingko Singh is
associated with which sport?
(a) Boxing
(b) Swimming
(c)  Archery
(d) Wrestling
(e) Judo
15. By winning 9
consecutive matches in world cups, MS Dhoni equaled the record of which World
Cup Captain?
(a) Saurav Ganguly
(b) Ricky Ponting
(c)  Steve Waugh
(d) Clive Llyod
(e) Kapil Dev

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  • This Quiz contains World, Sports, Cricket World Cup Current Affaris From March 1 to March 11, 2015

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