Current Affairs

1. Rotavirus is responsible for which of the following diseases?

(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Diarrhoea
(c) Japanese Encephalitis
(d) Measles

2. Nikhil Srivastava who has been recently declared as the joint winner of the prestigious George Polya
Award is a/an
(a) Physicist
(b) Biologist
(c) Mathematician
(d) Social Scientist

3. The Citizen's foundation, an organisation which has been honoured with the Ramon Magsasay Award this
year belongs to which country?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Srilanka
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Pakistan

4. Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project is planned to built on which river?
(a) Mahakali
(b) Gandaki
(c) Koshi
(d) Ramganga

5. Dipa Karmakar, who won a bronze medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth games-2014 is associated with
which game?
(a) Shooting
(b) Artistic gymnastics
(c) Judoka
(d) Squash

6. Which of the following are the recommendations of the Law Commission headed by Justice A.P. Shah?
(1) To introduce "cooling off" period for retired judges before they accept the position offered by the
government.
(2) To fix the same retirement age of 65 years for the judges of Supreme court and the High Court
(3) To fix the tenure of the Chief Justice of India to minimum two years

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of these

7. Who is the author of the book "One life is not enough"?
(a) Soli Sorabjee
(b) Natwar Singh
(c) Jaswant Singh
(d) Sonia Gandhi

8. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Insurance Law (Amendment) Bill?
(1) It seeks to increase the FDI cap in insurance to 49%.
(2) Investment proposal beyond 26%to be approved by FIPB
(3) Voting rights of foreign partner is capped at 49%.
(4) The management control will be shared by the Indian and foreign investors.

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of these

9. Ebola is caused by which type of micro-organism?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Fungi
(c) Virus
(d) Protozoa

10. Enceladus, where NASA's Cassini spacecraft has suggested possibility of liquid water is a moon of
(a) Jupiter
(b) Saturn
(c) Uranus
(d) Mars

11. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) is a
(a) Maharatna company
(b) Navratna company
(c) Miniratna company
(d) None of the above

12. Who among the following are gold medalist wrestlers in the Commonwealth games-2014?
(1) Vinesh Phogat
(2) Amit Kumar
(3) Babita Kumari
(4) Vikas Gowda

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) All of these

13. Gaia satellite which was launched in 2013 has reached its intended location. The satellite was launched
by
(a) ESA
(b) NASA
(c) ISRO
(d) China National Space Administration

14. Which of the following are the features of Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) Bill?
(1) JAC will recommend for the appointment of the Supreme Court judges and the High Court judges.
(2) JAC will recommend the transfer of the judges of the High courts.
(3) It will set criteria for the appointment of lower court judges.

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of these

15. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(1) Malaria is mainly a tropical disease.
(2) RTS,S, to be launched soon, is claimed to be the first Malarial Vaccine

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2

Answer Key
1. Ans. B
2. Ans. C
3. Ans. D
4. Ans. A
5. Ans. B
6. Ans. D
7. Ans. B
8. Ans. A
9. Ans. C
10. Ans. B
11. Ans. B
12. Ans. B
13. Ans. A
14. Ans. A
15. Ans. c