Current Affairs for Civil Services Set-1

Current Affairs for Civil Services

1.      Head Quarters of United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is

a.      Nairobi

b.      Paris

c.       Geneva

d.      New York

2.      Who is known as 'one of the safest heart surgeons in the world' and he is awarded the Padma Bhushan by President of India and Rashtriya Samman Patra twice by the CBT, Govt. of India for being one of the highest taxpayers in India?

a.       Dr Deepak Chopra

b.      Dr Panda

c.       Dr Arvinder Singh Soni

d.      Dr Pankaj J P

3.      Athlete’s Foot is a disease caused by which agent?

a.      Fungi

b.      Algae

c.       Bacteria

d.      Virus

4.      Pen name of Charles Dickens was?

a.      Boz

b.      Buzz

c.       Boss

d.      Bush

5.      Tania Sachdev belongs to which of the following sports?

a.      Swimming

b.      Shooting

c.       Chess

d.      Boxing

6.      Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?

a.       Mother Teresa

b.      Amartya Sen

c.       Rabindranath Tagore

d.      Mahatama Gandhi

7.      Who was the first woman Governor of India?

a.       Mother Teresa

b.      Girija Vyas

c.       Sarojni Naidu

d.      Razia Sultan

8.      Ballpoint pen was invented by

a.      Biro Brothers

b.      Wright Brothers

c.       Graham Bell

d.      George Westinghouse

9.      Bharatnatyam is a famous dance form from

a.      Tamil Naidu

b.      Kerala

c.       Andhra Pradesh

d.      Karnataka

10.  The network for the computers that are within 100 to 300 metres is

a.       LAN

b.      WAN

c.       URL

d.      None of these

11.  The Moti Masjid was built by the Mughal emperor

a.       Shah Jahan

b.      Aurangzeb

c.       Sher Shaha

d.      Akbar

12.  Name the person who won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book award for his book “Water : Asia’s New Battleground”.

a.       Rahul Ramagundam

b.      Brahma Chellaney

c.       Rajat Gupta

d.      Salman Rushdie

13.  National Broadcasting day is observed on

a.       March 23

b.      April 23

c.       June 23

d.      July 23

14.  Name the mascot of India’s 35th National Games that concluded on 14 February 2015?

a.       Aflac Duck

b.      Mayhem

c.       Fido Dido

d.      Ammu

15.  What was the slogan of the eighth International Rare Disease Day observed on 28 February 2015?

a.       Rare disease, Erase disease

b.      Day-by-day, Hand-in-hand

c.       Rare disease is not Rare

d.      Hand-in-hand, Together we go

16.  Which of the following Hindi feature films on 14 February 2015 won two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival?

a.       Taxi

b.      Dor

c.       Dhanak

d.      Ye Honsla

17.  The Ace Indian shooter has won silver medal in 50 metre pistol event category at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait City.

a.       Deepika Kumari

b.      Ashis Kumar

c.       Jitu Rai

d.      Sonal Singh

18.  Who becomes the first female jockey to win Australia’s most prestigious horse race Melbourne Cup 2015 worth 6.2 million dollars?

a.       Rosie Napravnik

b.      Joseph O'Brien

c.       St Nicholas Abbey

d.      Michelle Payne

19.  Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has appointed as Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth to

a.       Satya Nadella

b.      Sunder Pichai

c.       Vishal Sikka

d.      Surojit Chatterjee

20.  Who will be the next (43rd CJI) Chief Justice of India?

a.       H. L. Dattu

b.      T. S. Thakur

c.       Rajendra Mal Lodha

d.      P. Sathasivam