Current Affairs Questions & Answers -3

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1)   India has signed a pact for energy cooperation with which organisation/institution?
a. IEA
b. BARC
c. TIFR
d. None of the above


2)   Which former first lady has passed away at the age of 94 and was also a former actress?
a. Laura Bush
b. Hillary Rodham Clinton
c. Nancy Reagan

d. Jacqueline Kennedy

3)   The inventor of the modern email was____________.
a. Raymond Smith
b. Raymond Tomlinson

c. Linus Torvald
d. Sabeer Bhatia


4)   Which noted Malayalam actor has died at the age of 45 and was known for winning the special jury award in 2000 at the 47th National Film awards?
a. Kalamangesh Mani
b. Ganesh Mani
c. Mani Ratnam
d. Kalabhavan Mani


5)   The first conference of women legislators was held recently on March 5th in New Delhi. What is its theme?
a. The Role of Women Legislators in Nation Building
b. Mahila Janpratinidhi – Sashakt Bharat Ki Nirmata
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b are same


6)   President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee has extended greetings and felicitations to government and people of republic of which nation on their national day (March 6, 2016)?
a. Ghana
b. Tanzania
c. Albania
d. Slovenia


7)   The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that we need to put in place a _____________ programme to transform the socio-economic fabric of our agricultural sector.
a. Grow in India
b. Lead in India
c. Innovate in India
d. Discover in India


8)   Government has released a new categorisation of industries based on their___________.
a. Pollution load
b. Emissions and Effluents
c. Both of the above

d. None of the above

9)   Who is the black hole man of India?
a. Professor Singh
b. Professor Ramayya
c. Professor Vishweshwara

d. Professor Ganesan

10)   Which book/s is/are US Novelist Pat Conroy best known for?
a. Prince of Tides
b. The Great Santini
c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b

11)   Scientists have found a new species of Octopus in the Pacific Ocean Floor near Hawaiian islands using which NOAA equipment?
a. Oceanus Explorer
b. Oceanos Explorer
c. Okeanos Explorer

d. Deep Explorer

12)   What is Curious Marie?
a. Unusual ceramic inclusion
b. Inclusion taken from carbonaceous meteorite
c. Evidence of presence of curium in early solar system
d. All of the above


13)   A new species of snake was discovered in Western Ghats. What has it been named?
a. Khare’s Black Shieldtail
b. Kahire’s Black Shieldtail
c. Khaire’s Black Shiedtail

d. None of the above

14)   4 species of impatiens believed to have gone extinct were rediscovered in the Western Ghats recently. Which are these?
a. Impatiens concinna, Impatiens sasidharanii,
b. Impatiens neo-modesta , Impatiens sasidharanii var hirsuta
c. Both of the above pairs

d. Neither a nor b

15)   New snake species has been found in Gujarat and named as __________?
a. gujaratcensis
b. gujaratlensis
c. gujarattensis
d. gujaratensis