MCQ ON LATEST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

 

Q1) Who wrote the book Suleiman Charitra of Kalyana Malla, a translation of Suleiman Charitra written by Kalyan Malla, which was released on 9 April 2015?

A. A.N.D. Haskar

B. Arvind Adiga

C. Kushwant Singh

D. Uma Lele

Q.2) The legislature of which state of the United States passed legislation on 9 April 2015 that allows the use of nitrogen gas chambers for executions?

A. California

B. Oklahoma

C. Washington 

D. Columbia

Q.3) Which of the following missile was successfully test-fired on 9 April 2015 by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of India's Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal?

A. Dhanush  

B. Agni

C. Trishul

D. Nag

Q.4) Name the state government whose proposal to grant mining license to South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed 12 billion dollar mega steel plant near Paradip was rejected by the Union Government.

 

A. Jharkhand  

B. Odisha 

C. Chhattisgarh  

D. Madhya Pradesh

Q.5) India was re-elected to the Executive Board of which UN agency on 8 April 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York, USA?

A. World Food Programme (WFP)

B. World Health Organisation (WHO)

C. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

D. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Q.6) WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge 2015 results were declared on 9 April 2015. Name the city of India that was named the National Earth Hour Capital 2015.

 

A. Mumbai, Maharashtra  

B. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

C. Jaipur, Rajasthan

D. Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Q.7) WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge 2015 results were declared on 9 April 2015. Name the city that was awarded the title of Global Earth Hour Capital 2015.

 

A. Paris, France

B. Gothenburg, Sweden

C. Lahti, Finland

D. Seoul, South Korea

Q.8) According to a research article published on 13 March 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters online journal, which one of the following anesthetic substances forms the 80 percent of the combined global release of these substances in the global atmosphere?

A. Desflurane 

B. Nitrous Oxide

C. Chloroform

D. None of the above

Q.9) Name the former Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force who dies on 9 April 2015.

   

A. Hrushikesh Moolgavkar

B. Idris Hasan latif

C. Lakshman Madhav Katre

D. Surinder Kumar Mehra

Q.10) Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on 9 April 2015 suspended the minimum monthly pension scheme from April 2015. What was the minimum pension that was paid under this scheme?

   

A. 500 rupees

B. 1000 rupees

C. 1500 rupees

D. 3000 rupees 

ANSWERS:1-A; 2-B; 3-A; 4-B; 5-A; 6-A; 7-D; 8-A; 9-A; 10-B