Click Here for Daily Current Affairs Quiz Click Here For Daily Current Affair

Current Affairs Quiz – 15 April 2023

Current Affairs Quiz 15 April 2023: This post contains Questions/Quiz based on the Current Affairs and Important News of 15 April 2023. These questions have been framed keeping in mind the pattern of banking and competitive exams and hence this current affairs quiz will be helpful for upcoming competitive exams. Give our online current affairs test every day to be prepared for all Current Affairs competitive exams

Read Current Affairs for 15 April 2023: Click Here

  1. Which country was the highest source of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) in India in FY23, as per National Securities Depository?
    A) Singapore
    B) China
    C) United States
    D) Japan
    View answer
    Option C
    Explanation: 
    The US was the biggest source for foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows in India in FY23, with total AUC of Rs 19.19 trillion. 
  2. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is taking part in the multilateral Exercise Orion. The exercise has been organised in which country?
    A) Germany

    B) France
    C) Canada
    D) Italy
    View answer
    Option B
    Explanation: 
    The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in Exercise Orion to be conducted from 17 April to 05 May 2023 in France. 
  3. Aman Sehrawat has clinched gold medal for India at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in which category event?
    A) 57kg freestyle
    B) 48kg freestyle
    C) 61kg freestyle 
    D) 55kg freestyle
    View answer
    Option A
    Explanation: 
    Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat has clinched India’s lone gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023, held in Astana, Kazakhstan from April 09 to 14, 2023. He won the medal in men’s 57 kg freestyle category.
  4. What is the name of the mission launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to Jupiter’s moon?
    A) JADE
    B) JUICE
    C) JUPITER
    D) JUNG
    View answer
    Option B
    Explanation: 
    The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched its mission to Jupiter’s moons on April 13, 2023. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) project of ESA was launched on the Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. 
  5. Name the traditional folk dance which has recently entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest traditional dance performed at a single venue?
    A) Jhumar
    B) Naga dance
    C) Bihu
    D) Kajri
    View answer
    Option C
    Explanation: 
    The Northeastern state of India, Assam created history on April 13, 2023, when as many as 11,304 dancers and 2,548 drummers performed ‘Bihu’, the traditional folk dance of Assam, to mark the beginning of the state’s spring festival. 
  6. The CREDAI has partnered with IGBC to build over 4,000 certified green projects by which year?
    A) 2027
    B) 2035
    C) 2025
    D) 2030
    View answer
    Option D
    Explanation: 
    The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) has partnered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to build over 1,000 certified green projects across India in the next two years, and 4,000 projects by 2030. 
  7. Craig Breen, who has passed away recently, was a famous rally driver representing which country?
    A) Netherlands
    B) Singapore
    C) Ireland
    D) Argentina
    View answer
    Option C
    Explanation: 
    Ireland’s top rally driver Craig Breen has passed away in an accident, due to a crash while he was driving his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 rally car in a testing session for the 2023 Croatia Rally. 
  8. When is the World Art Day observed?
    A) April 12
    B) April 15
    C) April 13
    D) April 14
    View answer
    Option B
    Explanation: 
    The World Art Day is observed every year on 15 April to celebrate fine arts and promote awareness of creative activity around the world. 
  9. Which country saw highest decline in the foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows in India during FY23?
    A) Mauritius
    B) Singapore
    C) United States
    D) Norway
    View answer
    Option A
    Explanation: 
    As per the data released by the National Securities Depository, the overseas equity inflow into Indian capital markets from Mauritius witnessed the sharpest decline in FY23. 
  10. Fondly known as the Mother of Landsat by NASA, name the aerospace pioneer, who passed away recently?
    A) Lucy Salani
    B) Julie Peters
    C) Sharon Acker
    D) Virginia Norwood
    View answer
    Option D
    Explanation: 
    Virginia Norwood, an  American aerospace pioneer who developed technology to scan the surface of the moon to map and study the earth from space, has passed away. Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flew on the first Landsat satellite. For this invention,  NASA has called her “the mother of Landsat.”
  11. The 125-ft tall bronze statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar, which is the highest such statue of him, has been built in which city recently?
    A) Lucknow
    B) Kolkata
    C) Hyderabad
    D) Gandhinagar
    View answer
    Option C
    Explanation: 
    In Telangana, the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao unveiled the 125-ft tall bronze statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Hyderabad on April 14, 2023, on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of the architect of the Indian Constitution. The 125-ft tall bronze statue in Hyderabad is the tallest statue of Ambedkar in India. 

Click Here for Daily Current Affairs Quiz

Click Here For Daily Current Affair

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *