Current Affairs Questions & Answers - 5

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1)   The government has recently signed the Raptor MoU extending coverage to how many birds of prey?

a. 76
b. 77
c. 78
d. 79


2)   George Martin has died recently on 9th March 2015. He was also known as ___________.

a. First Beatle
b. Second Beatle
c. Fourth Beatle
d. Fifth Beatle



3)   15 year old girl infected with Zika virus has contracted first case of which condition?

a. Acute Myelitis
b. Acute Meningitis
c. Acute Myopia
d. None of the above


4)   Housing dot com founder ______ has resigned from the company on March 10th 2016

a. Rahul Yadav
b. Advitiya Sharma
c. Ashok Sharma
d. None of the above


5)   Which state owned telecom operator has partnered with TATA Sky to provide VoD services to broadband users?

a. MNTL
b. BSNL
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above

6)   When was the Assam Rifles 181st raising day celebrations held?

a. March 8
b. March 9
c. March 10
d. March 11


7)   Which US private equity fund has Crompton Greaves agreed to sell its transmission and distribution business?

a. First Reserve Global Ltd
b. First Reserve International Ltd
c. First Reserve Global Group
d. First Reserve International Group


8)   Scientists have found a butterfly species from Australasia which has which has 15 classes of light detecting cells or photoreceptors. What species is this?

a. Common bluebottles
b. Graphium sarpedon
c. Both are the same
d. Neither of the above


9)   Through the use of engineered microbes, MIT researchers have turned power emissions and biomass into__________.

a. fuel
b. liquid fuel
c. gas
d. solid waste


10)   Who has been appointed as the CEO of CA Media Digital which is the digital wing of CA Media LP owned by The Chernin Group, KKR as well as other investors?

a. Vivek Sinha
b. Vivek Singh
c. Vivek Jain
d. None of the above


11)   Which UN agencies launched the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage?

a. UNFPA
b. UNICEF
c. UNDP
d. Both a and b


12)   5 regional centres of the NSD are proposed to be set up at which locations?

a. Mumbai, Kolkata, Goa, J&K and NE
b. Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, J&K and NE
c. Hyderabad, Mumbai, Goa, J&K and NE
d. None of the above


13)   A Google run AI programme has defeated legendary player Lee Se-Dol in a complex Chinese board-game called Go. What is it called?

a. AlphaGo
b. GammaGo
c. BetaGo
d. DeltaGo