10 MCQ's related to Science & Technology for month of May: Current Affairs 2015

 Science & Technology Quiz 2015

1) Indian Space research organisation (ISRO) on 28th March 2015 successfully launched the IRNSS-ID navigation satellite through the PSLV-C 27. This was the _______ satellite under the Indian Regional Navigation satellite system (IRNSS) series?
1) 1st
2) 2nd
3) 3rd
4) 4th

Ans- 4

2) An ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform PRAGATI was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th March 2015. The PRAGATI Platform integrates which of the following latest technologies?
1) Geo-Spatial technology
2) Video-Conferencing
3) Digital data Management
4) All of the above

Ans- 4

3) A tweet-powered service under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India Initiative. named "Twitter Samvad" was launched on 25th March 2015 that will provide political content in real time on mobile devices. Twitter Samvad is based on which platform?
1) Zip Dial
2) Android
3) Symbian
4) Macintosh

Ans 1

4) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Alleppey which was decommissioned from the Indian navy on 13th March 2015 was which category of naval vessel?
1) Minesweeper
2) Hospital ship
3) Gunboat
4) Frigate

Ans- 1

5) Researchers at SASTRA univeristy, Thajavur on 16th March 2015 announced to have identified which traditional tropical grass as an eco-friendly food preservative?
1) Carex
2) Darbha
3) Sedge
4) Gauri

Ans 2

6) Which indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile was successfully test fired at the Integrated test range (ITR), chandipur in odisha on 18th March 2015?
1) Nag
2) Prithvi
3) Astra
4) Shaurya

Ans- 3

7) Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Science Dr. Harsh Vardhan on 30th March 2015 inaugurated Port Blair Magnetic Observatory (PBMO) in 
1) Andaman and Nicobar island
2) Lakshadweep 
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh    

Ans- 1

8) Which social networking gaint, on 14th March 2015, acquired the shopping search engine The Find ?
1) Facebook
2) Twitter
3) orkut
4) Google Plus

Ans- 1

9) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Curiosity rover was, in March 2015 announced to have found evidence of which gas on the surface of mars?
1) Nitrogen
2) Helium
3) Hydrogen
4) Carbon dioxide

Ans 1

10) India's formally enter into the global market for warships was marked with the commissioning of  an India-built naval patrol vessel for Mauritius by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12th March 2015. What is the name of this first warship to be exported to India?
1) Arihant
2) Barracuda
3) Centaur
4) Chakra

Ans 2   

   
   

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Must Read Economy & Business Current Affairs 2012 Quiz December Month-Current GK

1) GAIL(India) in October 2012 signed a legally binding 20-year liquified Natural gas(LNG) sales and purchase agreement(SPA) with Gazprom Marketing and Trading?

1) Myanmmar

2) Malaysia

3) Singapore

4) Indonesia

Ans 3

2) The Union Cabinet in October 2012, approved the XII plan(2012-17) document aimed at achieving annual average economic growth rate?

1) 8.2%

2) 9%

3) 8.5%

4) 7.7%

Ans 1

3) The Union Cabinet in October 2012, granted approval for increasing of foreign direct investment(FDI) limit in the insurance sector from the present 26 percent to

1) 33%

2) 74%

3) 49%

4) 51%

Ans 3

4) Which of the following is the major recommendations made by high level committee on financing and infrastructure under Deepak Parekh in October 2012?

1) Increasing Rail fares

2) Increasing electricity bills

3) Increasing price of Natural gas

4) All of the above

Ans 4

5) In its World development report 2013 released  in October 2012, the world bank said that the global economy needs to create an additional 600 million new jobs to absorb the increasing working age populations, mainly in Asia and

1)  Latin America

2) Sub-Saharan Africa

3) Eurozona

4) All of the above

Ans 2

6) Oil India Ltd(OIL) and Indian oil corporation(IOC) on October 4, 2012 announced to have jointly bought 30% stake in Houston-based carrizo oil and gas's Niobrara shale oil and gas assets in 

1) Colorado

2) Alaska

3) Texas

4) Ohio

Ans 1

7) According to data released by Commerce Ministry on October  2012, which of the following trade segments of India did not exhibit decreasing trend during August 2012?

1) Non-oil imports

2) oil Imports

3) Exports

4) All of the above

Ans 2

8) The union cabinet approved amendments to the companies bill, 2011 in October 2012. The revised bill has limited the number of comapnies an auditor can serve to

1) 14

2) 20

3) 25

4) 30

Ans 2

9) Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Videocon Industries on October 14, 2012 said an oil discovery had been made in their deep sea BM-SEA-11 block ultra-deep waters of sergipeAlagoas basin off

1) Brazil

2) Mexico

3) Cuba

4) Venezuela

Ans 1

10) The federal Govt. of which country in October 2012, gave the go-ahead for GVK's Alpha coal port project at Abbot Point?

1) Britain

2) Australia

3) Luxembourg

4) Nigeria

Ans 2

11) The Finance Ministry recently approved unconditional and irrevocable guarantee for Air India's non- convertible debentures(NCD's) worth Rs 7,400 Crore. The NCDs will have tenure of

1) 8 years

2) 12 years

3) 15 years

4) 20 years

Ans 1

12) The Govt. in October 2012, expanded the ambit of competition commission of India(CCI), with an amendment to the competition Act

1) 2002

2) 2003

3) 2006

4) 2008

Ans 1

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National Current Affairs Solved MCQs for May 2012

National Affairs Latest Quiz

1) Which ministry on its meeting on 17th April 2012,decided to set up three new committee to accelerate procurements and border infrastructure projects

1) Defence Ministry

2) Railways Ministry

3) Commerce Ministry

4) Home Ministry

2) Name the Italian tourist who was released by the Maosit in orissa on 12 April 2012?

1) Bosusco Paolo

2) Joel Melchiori

3) Giacomo carr

4) Allen Carr

3) The two member Adarsh Judicial commission set up to probe in to the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing society submitted its interim report to the state Govt.  on 13th APril 2012?By which of the following bodies/entities was the committe set up?

1) Maharashtra Government

2) Union Government

3) Gujarat Government

4) Lok Sabha

4) Name the samajwadi Party MLA from Etawah in Sidhhartnagar district who was unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 13th April 2012

1) Arvind Prakesh

2) Sukhdev Rajbhar

3) Mata Prasad Pandey

4) Syed Ahmed Bukhari

5) MLA, N.Varadarajan, died in Chennai on 10th April 2012.Which of the following facts with regards to Varadarjan is not true?

1) N. Varadarajan was former Tamil Nadu state secretary of the CPI(M) and three time MLA.

2) He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly twice ( 1997 and 1980)

3) He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Vedasandur Constituency in 1983

4) He was elected Party secretary in Tamil Nadu in 2005 and again in 2008.

6) Who among the following leaders was re-elected General Secretary of the CPI(M) for the third consecutive term at the party's 20th Congress, which took place at Kozhikode?

1) Brinda Karat

2) Prakash Karat

3) Sitaram Yechury

4) AB Bardhan

7) The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) in APril 2012 constituted an offshore wing energy committee(OWESC) under the chairmanship of secretary,MNRE, to steer the off shore wind power development in a focussed manner,especially in

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat

4) All of the above

8) The Union Cabinet, on April 26,2012 decided to retain the voting rights in the private sector banks at 10 percent and felt it could be raised progressively to

1) 26 percent

2) 11 percent

3) 33 percent

4) 42 percent

9) NTPC in April 2012 successful the automation package for the simhadri stage-II 2 X 500 MW super thermal power project located near which of the following places--NTPC's first coastal-based coal-fired thermal power project?

1) Visakhapatnam

2) Manglore

3) Cuttack

4) Satara

10) The Union Cabinet on April 27,2012, cleared the proposal by which country to hike the gas price for an Indian fertilizer Plant in the Gulf nation to $ 1.5 per million metric British thermal unit?

1) Oman

2) Qatar

3) Kuwait

4) Saudi Arabia

11) The Union Cabinet on April 2012,gave its approval for signing a new liberal visa regime with which of the following countries paving way for easing travel restrictions and increasing people-to-people exchange?

1) Afghanistan

2) Pakistan

3) Sri Lanka

4) Bangladesh

12)  India was in April 2012 announced to host the 46th annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank(ADB) in May 2013.What is ADB based?

1) Signapore City

2) Tokyo

3) Manila

4) Jakarta

13) Global agency Moody's on April 30,2012,placed credit ratings of which of the following on watch for a possible downgrade with in three months?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) All of the above

14) which of the following on April 2012 became the first state to ban all Gutka Products containing tobacco or nicotine under a new Law to govern food safety standards?

1) Delhi

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Kerala

15) The Union Govt. and which of the following along Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand on April 2,2012, signed a $ 43.84-million loan aggrement to wards the second tranche for an infrastructure development investment programme for tourism in the two states?

1) World Bank

2) Asian Development Bank

3) National Development Council

4) Inter State Council

16) The 1,200-MW Rosa Thermal Power Project of Reliance Power in Shahjahanpur district in April 2012 became fully operational with the final unit of 300 MW being commissioned on March 31,2012.In which of the state it is located?

1) Bihar

2) Haryana

3) Odisha

4) Uttar Pradesh

17) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was Vandalized in which of the following countries on April 5,2012?

1) Afghanistan

2) Pakistn

3) Sri lanka

4) Nepal

18) Union Minister for rural Development Jairam Ramesh on April 7,2012 launched the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship(PMRDF) Programme in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bhopal

3) Chennai

4) Pune

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Latest General Knowledge Objective Type Questions-GK Quiz

General knowledge Objective Type Questions Quiz

1) Who on March 4,2012 became only the second ICC referee to officiate in 200 ODIs when he took the field for the toss in the first Tri-series final between Australia and Sri lanka in Brisbane?

1) Andrew Hoare

2) Chris Broad

3) Owen Franks

4) Kevin Williams

2) The Pakistan Cricket Board in march 2012 conformed the appointment of whom as its new head coach of the National team for the next two years?

1) Geoff Marcsh

2) David Boon

3) Dav Whatmore

4) Tim May

3) Who is the Australian Cricketer whose autobiography Shakers eas released at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on March 6,2012 by former test Cricketers Geoff Lawson and Dilip Vengsarkar ?

1) Angela Croft

2) Lisa Sthalekar

3) Lisa Lopes

4) Maureen Clay

4) Indian Batting Maestro and Former Captain Rahul Dravid on march 9,2012 ,announced his retirement from international cricket.How many test matches did he play for India?

1) 138

2) 156

3) 164

4) 171

5) Hyundai Motors India Ltd. appointed whom as the new M.D with effect from March 5,2012?

1) Bo Shin Seo

2) Arvind Shukla

3) Mohnish Bhatia

4) Chung Ming

6) Which of the following state capital of India hosted the Indian Aviation Show-2012 in march 2012?

1) Bangalore

2) Pune

3) Hyderabad

4) Chennai

7) Christine Lagarde on March 19,2012, had a Meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and discussed the global economic environment She is the M.D of

1) World Trade organization

2) World Bank

3) International Monetary Fund

4) European Union

8) The only remaining independent director on the board of Struggling air carrier Kingfisher Airlines quit  the company, citing poor health condition in March 2012.who is he/she

1) Indra Chatterjee

2) Punit Sahay

3) Anil Kumar Ganguly

4) Vijay Amritraj

9) A conservative U.S. blogger and activist who built a national media personality by putting under cover video on Internet to bring discredit and disgrace to his liberal targets, died in Los Angles on March 1,2012.Who was he/she

1) Andrew Breitbart

2) Cory Guildford

3) Isreal Dagg

4) Richard Kahui

10) An Indian born Pop Viteran dubbed the "king of Romance " eas announced in March 2012 to Represent the United kingdom in the final of the euro-vision song contest 2012.Who is he?

1) Tom Morrison

2) Dick Everest

3) Arthur Clode

4) Engelbert Humperdinck

11) Sikhs and Christians of which city came on March 4,2012, came out in support of the Hindu community over the alleged kidnapping and forced conversation of a 17-year-old girl from the Ghotki district of Sindh?

1) Karachi

2) Islamabad

3) Lahore

4) Multan

12) Who among the following personalities, in March 2012, hogged international headlines for becoming the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter?

1) Justin Bieber

2) Lindsay Lohan

3) Jennifer Lopez

4) Lady Gaga

13) Which Pakistani award winning rights advocate received the 2012 international women of courage awards from U.S secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington D.C in March 2012?

1) Norrie Maliki

2) Shad Begum

3) Shahidi Mirza

4) Shaira Sheikh

14) The Pakistani Govt. on March 9,2012 announced  the appointment of which of the following Karachi Corps commander as the ISI Director general?

1) Mir Farookh

2) Zaheer-ul Islam

3) Imran Kayani

4) Asghar Khan

15) Which Indian NGO was selected for the U.S first Innovation Awards for the Empowerment of Women and girls in March 2012 for training and organizing waste-pickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?

1) Dishaarambh

2) Prayas

3)Chintan

4) Srishti

16) Art Sleuths in March 2012 announced to have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci Masterpiece on a hidden wall in a Palace that has not been seen in over four centuries.Where it was found?

1) Florence

2) Milan

3) Naples

4) Sicily

17) Which of the following places made news in March 2012 due to the resumption of a trial against the translation of the Book " Bhagavad Gita as it is ?

1) Munich

2) Tomsk

3) Belgrade

4) Prague

18) Who won the prestigious Abel Prize of the Norwegian Academy of science and Letters for the Year 2012 on March 20,2012?

1) Jade North

2) Nick carle

3) Alex Brosque

4) Endre Szemeredi

19) The Supreme Court of India in March 2012 appointed which retired Supreme Court Judge as chairman of the Monitoring Authority to Probe all cases of fake encounter deaths in Gujarat from 2003 to 2006?

1) Anand Agarwal

2) Vinod Shekhawat

3) H.S.Bedi

4) P.N.Sastri

20) Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant who was in March 2012 announced to be the Next Chief of Army Staff of the 1.3 million-Strong Indian Army is

1) Bikram Singh

2) Dinesh Singh

3) Manish Sharma

4) Rajneesh verma

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