Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 23, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 23, 2015

Q1. Name the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who has tendered his resignation on 22nd May’15, as AIADMK supremo Ms J Jayalaithaa will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the fifth time on 23rd May’15?

A. O. Paneerselvam 

B. Sasikala Natrajan

C. M.K. Stalin

D. None of these

ANSWER: A.) O. Paneerselvam

Q2. Name the flood hit district of Assam that has achieved success in constructing household and school toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission?

A. Dibrugarh

B. Morigaon 

C. Tinsukia

D. Nalbari

ANSWER: B.) Morigaon 

Q3. On 22nd May’15, the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) finalized Articles of Agreement (AoA). How many members are in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?

A. 15

B. 24

C. 57 

D. 60 

ANSWER: C.) 57 

Q4. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Amendment Bill 2015?

A. J P Nadda

B. Suresh Prabhu

C. Nitin Gadkari

D. S S Ahluwalia

ANSWER: D.) S S Ahluwalia

Q5. Which state High Court has ruled that being a Maoist is not a crime and police cannot detain a person merely because he or she is a Maoist?

A. Kerala High Court 

B. Jharkhand High Court

C. West Bengal High Court

D. Chhattisgarh High Court

ANSWER: A.) Kerala High Court 

Q6. Name the noted Hindi poet and author whose Golden Jubilee Celebration was inaugurated by the PM Narendra Modi on 22nd May’15?

A. Harivansh Rai Bachchan

B. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi

C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

D. Mahadevi Verma

ANSWER: C.) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Q7. Which institute has developed new energy efficient synthesis strategies for preparation of various nano structured material (nano-catalysts) useful for several challenging catalysis reactions?

A. CSIR-IIP

B. DRDO

C. ISRO

D. IIT-Guwahati

ANSWER: A.) CSIR-IIP

Q8. Who has been reelected as the President of Israel?

A. Yigal Allon 

B. Benjamin Netanyahu 

C. Ehud Olmert 

D. Shimon Peres

ANSWER: B.) Benjamin Netanyahu.