Current Affairs Questions and Answers - 19th May, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - 19th May, 2015

Q1. Who has launched the website of NITI Aayog on 18th May’15?

A. Pranab Mukherjee

B. Bibek Mukherjee

C. Narendra Modi

D. Arvind Panagariya

ANSWER: D. Arvind Panagariya

Q2. Which state’s legislative assembly was addressed by the President of India on 18th May’15?

A. Uttarakhand

B. West Bengal

C. Assam

D. Jammu & Kashmir

ANSWER: A. Uttarakhand

Q3. World no. 1 Novak Djokovic captured his fourth Rome Masters Tennis title with a convincing win over ___________.

A. Andrey Agassi

B. Roger Federer

C. Leander Paes

D. Andy Murray

ANSWER: B. Roger Federer

Q4. Name the nurse who was in a vegetative state for more than four decades following her brutal rape in 1973 & died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital on 18th May’15 after a bout of pneumonia?

A. Manju Vaidya

B. Geeta Kumari

C. Aruna Shanbaug

D. None of these

ANSWER: C. Aruna Shanbaug

Q5. Who has been appointed as Chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will go into the provisions of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill?

A. S. S. Ahluwalia

B. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

C. V Ravi

D. D P Singh

ANSWER: A. S. S. Ahluwalia

Q6. After how many years, Nelong Valley in Uttarkashi near China border has been opened in May 2015 for tourists?

A. 40 years

B. 53 years

C. 69 years

D. 25 years

ANSWER: B. 53 years

Q7. Which Indian software company is to open first overseas campus in China?

A. Tech Mahindra 

B. L&T Infotech

C. Infosys

D. TCS

ANSWER: C. Infosys

Q8. How many agreements have been signed between India and South Korea to upgrade relations to special strategic partnership level on 18th May’15?

A. 24

B. 27

C. 11

D. 7

ANSWER: D. 7

Q9. Who has won the Women’s single title of Italian Tennis Open held in Rome on 17th May’15?

A. Martina Hingis

B. Sania Mirza

C. Maria Sharapova

D. Carla Suarez Navarro

ANSWER: C. Maria Sharapova

Q10. After how many years India assumed presidency of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) at Geneva on 18th May’15?

A. 15 years

B. 19 years

C. 23 years

D. 25 years

ANSWER: B. 19 years