Monday, April 13, 2015

Current Affairs Quiz for NICL Assistant Exam 2015

1) "Let Girls Learn" campaign, an initiative to ensure adolescent girls get the education they deserve, was recently launched by which country? -USA
2) Name the Digital India initiative launched by government recently which will enable the citizens of the country to have a direct communication with the governmental bodies via Tweets and SMSes? -Twitter Samvad
3) Who was recently selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2014? - Veerappa Moily
4) New schemes PRASAD and SWADESH DARSHAN were recently launched by the government to promote ____ in the country? - Tourism
5) Name the solar-powered plane which started its historic 35,000-km round-the-world journey from Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015? - Solar Impulse - 2
6) Which cricket player on 11 March 2015 became the first player to score four successive one-day international centuries, setting a new record, during World Cup 2015? - Kumar Sangakkara
7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at the 47th National Day celebrations of which country on 12 March 2015? - Mauritius
8) Book entitled “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy – Speaker’s Perspective” which was released on 19 March 2015 is authored by which former speaker of Lok Sabha? - Meira Kumar
9) Name India's Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile which was on 19 March 2015 successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft? - Astra
10) Who has been recently conferred with Stockholm Water Prize 2015? -Rajendra Singh

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