Current Affairs Questions and Answers - August 27, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - August 27, 2015
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Q1. Name the telemedicine initiative launched by the government on 25th Aug’15 in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas?
A. Swasthya
B. Swasth
C. Sehat
D. Poshan
ANSWER: C. Sehat
Q2. Centre has informed Supreme Court that political parties should not be brought under the ambit of Right to Information, RTI Act by terming them __________.
A. Public Authorities
B. Private Authorities
C. Independent Authorities
D. Democratic Authorities
ANSWER: A. Public Authorities
Q3. Name the typhoon that hit the Japan's southern main island of Kyushu on 25th Apr’15?
A. Soudelor
B. Halola
C. Pirana
D. Goni
ANSWER: D. Goni
Q4. Which country would be compensated by Russia for seizing a ship belonging to the pressure group, Greenpeace, during a protest against Arctic oil drilling, as ordered by an International court of arbitration in The Hague?
A. Ukraine
B. Latvia
C. Germany
D. Netherland
ANSWER: D. Netherland
Q5. Which of the following countries has condemned deportations of its citizens after Venezuela closed its border with its eastern neighbour last week?
A. Colombia
B. Brazil
C. Guyana
D. Panama
ANSWER: A. Colombia
Q6. As per the report by Alzheimer Disease International, by which year number of people suffering from dementia in the world would triple to more than a hundred and thirty million?
A. 2022
B. 2050
C. 2056
D. 2060
ANSWER: B. 2050
Q7. Which of the following countries released its last known Ebola patient from a hospital on 24th Aug’15?
A. Sierra Leone
B. Guinea
C. Liberia
D. Senegal
ANSWER: A. Sierra Leone
Q8. Who has been sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra on 24th Aug’15?
A. Justice Vinod Tawde
B. Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani
C. Justice Ravindra Singh
D. Justice P B Gaikwad
ANSWER: B. Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani
Q9. Who among the following would not be conferred by Dronacharya Award for the year 2015?
A. Anoop Singh
B. Harbans Singh
C. Swatantar Raj Singh
D. Romeo James
ANSWER: D. Romeo James
Q10. Who among the following would not be conferred by Dhyan Chand Award for the year 2015?
A. Shiv Prakash Mehra
B. T.P.P. Nair
C. Romeo James
D. Ajay Vishwakarma
ANSWER: D. Ajay Vishwakarma
Q11. Name the woman journalist who won the prestigious 2015 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism?
A. Zaina Erhaim
B. Anjana Kashyap
C. Christiane Amanpour
D. Barbara Walters
ANSWER: A. Zaina Erhaim