Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 09, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 09, 2015

Q1. Who has been announced as the Chief Ministerial candidate of JD(U) - RJD alliance in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar?

A. Nitish Kumar

B. Lalu Prasad

C. Sharad Yadav

D. Mulayam Singh Yadav

ANSWER: A. Nitish Kumar

Q2. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner?

A. Arun Shorie

B. Vijai Sharma

C. K V Thomas

D. None of these

ANSWER: B. Vijai Sharma

Q3. Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner?

A. T S Bhasin

B. Raj Sharma

C. K V Chowdhary

D. Vijai Sharma

ANSWER: C. K V Chowdhary

Q4. Who has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission? 

A. Vijai Sharma

B. K V Chowdhary

C. Sudhir Bhargava

D. T M Bhasin

ANSWER: D. T M Bhasin

Q5. Who has been appointed as the Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission?

A. Sudhir Bhargava

B. Sushil Sharma

C. Swapnil Gupta

D. Ajit Doval

ANSWER: A. Sudhir Bhargava.

Q6. Name the cyclone storm which remained practically stationary over east central Arabian Sea and now lay centered about 670 km west of Mumbai and 480 km southwest of Veraval in Gujarat?

A. SHOBHAA

B. ASHOBAA

C. FAALIN

D. KATRINA

ANSWER: B. ASHOBAA

Q7. With which institute Railways has signed Memorandum of Understanding for research and development work for up gradation of Railway tracks for High speed trains?

A. ISRO 

B. DRDO

C. IIT-BHU

D. IIT-Bombay

ANSWER: C. IIT-BHU

Q8. Which university has revealed the world's first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real leg, even feeling pain?

A. Australian University

B. Howard University

C. German University

D. Austrian University

ANSWER: D. Austrian University

Q9. Which Union Territory has received permission for the first ever Medical College on 8th June’15?

A. Lakshadweep 

B. Andaman & Nicobar

C. Chandigarh

D. Daman & Diu

ANSWER: B. Andaman & Nicobar

Q10. Who has been appointed as new Director General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG) on 7th June’15?

A. R C Tayal

B. R R Bhatnagar

C. Rahul Kumar

D. J N Chowdhary

ANSWER: A. R C Tayal

Q11.What position did India secure in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships that concluded in Wuhan (China) on 7 June 2015? 

A. First 

B. Second 

C. Third

D. Fourth

ANSWER: C. Third

Q12. At which place the President of India on 9th June’15 will inaugurate the first ever sewage treatment plant enabling to meet 80% of its requirements for horticulture through recycled waste water?

A. Embassy

B. Supreme Court Campus

C. Parliament House

D. President’s Estate

ANSWER: D. President’s Estate

Q13. In which language the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of ‘Yogikasparsh’, a Yoga Manual written by Smt. Nivedita Joshi on 8th June’15?

A. Hindi

B. Sanskrit

C. Braille

D. English

ANSWER: C. Braille