Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 12, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 12, 2015

Q1. Name the type of investors who have been given the permission from the Reserve Bank India (RBI) to invest in regulated chit funds in India?

A. HUF

B. NRIs

C. Individual

D. Joint Hindu Family

ANSWER: B. NRIs

Q2. Who has been appointed as the Director of Hyderabad-based CSIR-Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)?

A. Vijay Kanitkar 

B. Dr. Srikant Chattopadhyay

C. Dr. Vandana Sarkar

D. Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar 

ANSWER: D. Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar 

Q3. Who has been conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra on 10th June’15?

A. Parkash Singh Badal

B. Akhilesh Yadav

C. Devendra Fadanvis

D. Anandi Ben

ANSWER: A. Parkash Singh Badal

Q4. Name the India’s maiden indigenous aircraft carrier that was undocked at the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi, Kerala on 10th June’15?

A. INS Vikramaditya

B. INS Kamadgiri

C. INS Vikrant

D. INS Vaibhav

ANSWER: C. INS Vikrant

Q5. Which organizations scientists developed a tool to predict destructive solar storms on 10th June’15?

A. ISRO

B. Texas University

C. IIT-Kanpur

D. NASA

ANSWER: D. NASA

Q6. Name the scientist who along with his team developed World's first water-based computer on 10 June, 2015?

A. Hari Mehrohtra 

B. Manu Prakash

C. John Hopkins

D. Vishakha

ANSWER: B. Manu Prakash

Q7. On 8th June’15 which court announced the banned on horse driven carriages in Mumbai?

A. Delhi High Court

B. Bombay High Court 

C. Tees Hazari Court

D. Supreme Court

ANSWER: B. Bombay High Court