QUIZ-25

Q1. Name the UK physicist and Nobel laureate, who has passed away recently?
Answer: Sir Peter Mansfield

Q2. Name the professor, who is the first woman to be appointed director of an IIM at Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Neelu Rohmetra

Q3. Which country's military have successfully tested the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile defence system by intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target in space for the first time?
Answer: USA and Japan

Q4. After its successful launched on Android, BHIM app has been finally launched on the iOS platform. BHIM stands for-
Answer: Bharat Interface for Money

Q5. National Productivity Council (NPC) an autonomous body under Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India was established on-
Answer: 12th February 1958

Q6. Who has been appointed as president of Assocham recently?
Answer: Mr. Sandeep Jajodia

Q7. Former IFS officer Narinder Chauhan  has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to ___________.
Answer: The Republic of the Philippines

Q8. Name the cricketer, who holds the record of taking fastest 250 wickets in Test Matches in the world.
Answer: R Ashwin

Q9. Name the Indian Company that has partnered with European defence major MBDA Missile Systems to develop missiles in India.
Answer: Larsen & Toubro

Q10. NASA has selected two proposals for the development of a technology that could help astronauts breathe a little easier on deep space, long-duration missions. The agency will invest as much as $2 million and 24 months for the development of each proposal into a complete and integrated system for NASA testing. What is the name of that technology?
Answer: Oxygen Recovery Technology

Q11. A famous that makes optical networking products has recently filed draft papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to raise funds through an initial public offering. What is the name of that company?
Answer: Tejas Networks

Q12. After transforming the lives of villagers in PuttamrajuKandriga in Andhra Pradesh, Indian cricket icon and RajyaSabha MP Sachin Tendulkar is now set to adopt a village in Osmanabad (Maharashtra) under the SansadAdarsh Gram Yojna. Name of that village is ____________.
Answer: Donja

Q13. Netherland native Germaine de Randamie defeated Holly Holm by (7-3) to claim the UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion at the UFC 208 in _________ recently.
Answer: New York

Q14. A leading Private sector Indian company had signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) with the U.S. Navy to maintain the vessels of its Seventh Fleet involving 100 vessels operating in the Indian Ocean, recently.
Answer: Reliance Defense and Engineering

Q15. A Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed among the Ministry of Tourism, M/s NPCC & NBCC and Government of ______________ for the implementation of Tourism projects.
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir