Current Affairs Questions & Answers-

1) Director’s pay in public companies has been capped at what percent of net profit under the Companies Act?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
ANSWER: 11
2) Which tournament did boxer Shiva Thapa receive the bronze medal for in 2014?
a. Commonwealth Games
b. World Championships
c. Asian Championships
d. London Games
ANSWER: World Championships
3) Which Chinese e-commerce company will pay USD 266 million for purchasing South China Morning Post?
a. Baidu
b. Alibaba
c. Xiaomi
d. Redmi
ANSWER: Alibaba
4) The United Nations released the Human Development Report on 14th December 2015 with which title?
a. World for Human Development in Tanzania
b. World for Human Development in Ethiopia
c. Work for Human Development in Ethiopia
d. Work for Human Development in Tanzania
ANSWER: Work for Human Development in Ethiopia
5) From January 26, 2016 which e-commerce company will be available in multiple regional languages for the first time?
a. Snapdeal
b. Flipkart
c. Myntra
d. Jabong
ANSWER: Snapdeal
6) What is obliquity?
a. An angle of the earth’s polar regions
b. The tilt of the earth
c. Patterns of a mathematical prism
d. None of the above
ANSWER: The tilt of the earth
7) What does NEP stand for?
a. National Education Programme
b. National Education Policy
c. New Education Policy
d. New Education Programme
ANSWER: New Education Policy
8) Pakistan has successfully test fired the Shaheen-1A missile with a range of ____ km on 15th December 2015.
a. 800
b. 900
c. 1000
d. 1100
ANSWER: 900
9) Which suffix is the Merriam Webster word of the year 2015?
a. ate
b. ism
c. ing
d. ed
ANSWER: ism
10) Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a ___ nation Islamic military alliance on 15th December 2015.
a. 24
b. 34
c. 35
d. 36
ANSWER: 34
11) What does EAEU stand for?
a. Eurasian Economic Union
b. European Economic Union
c. European Energy Union
d. Eurasian Energy Union
ANSWER: Eurasian Economic Union
12) ISRO will launch how many Singapore satellites aboard the PSLV-C29 on 16th December 2015?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
ANSWER: 6
13) What does PMKSY stand for?
a. Pradhan Mantri Krishna Sanchar Yojana
b. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sanchar Yojana
c. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
d. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Samriddhi Yojana
ANSWER: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana