Current Affairs Quiz: 22 July 2015 for Exams

1) Ashok Lahiri, former chief economic advisor was recently appointed as the chairman of?

(A) Bandhan Bank

(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(C) Post Bank of India

(D) Yes Bank

2) Seventh BRICS summit was held from 8 to 9 July 2015 in which city?

(A) New Delhi, India

(B) Guangzhou, China

(C) Ufa, Russia

(D) Durban, South Africa

3) Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA), developed by HRD ministry to inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for science and mathematics in school children was on 9 July 2015 launched by?

(A) Smriti Irani

(B) Narendra Modi

(C) APJ Abdul Kalam

(D) Pranab Mukherjee

4) World Population Day was observed on 11 July 2015 with the theme?

(A) Investing in Young People

(B) Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

(C) Universal Access to Reproductive Health

(D) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

5) Kagiso Rabada on 10 July 2015 became only the second cricketer in the history of ODI cricket to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut. He belongs to which team?

(A) South Africa

(B) Zimbabwe

(C) Kenya

(D) Bangladesh

6) Who won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title 2015?

(A) Garbine Muguruza

(B) Serena Williams

(C) Martina Hingis

(D) Sara Errani

7) Powerful Typhoon Linfa has recently (July 2015) hit which country?

(A) Japan

(B) Indonesia

(C) India

(D) China

8) Legendary actor Omar Sharif who died recently, best known for his part in David Lean's ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, belongs to which country?

(A) England

(B) Iran

(C) Egypt

(D) UAE

9) Which country recently won the first Ashes Test?

(A) England

(B) Australia

(C) No Result

(D) Tie

10) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won Wimbledon women's doubles title 2015. Martina Hingis belongs to which country?

(A) Spain

(B) Switzerland

(C) Italy

(D) Serbia

Answer

1. (A) Bandhan Bank

2. (C) Ufa, Russia

3. (C) APJ Abdul Kalam

4. (D) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

5. (C) Kenya

6. (B) Serena Williams

7. (D) China

8. (C) Egypt

9. (A) England

10. (B) Switzerland