Naren Quiz - Series 15

1. 1
Naren Quiz – Series 15
Dr.K.Karthikeyan
Associate Professor of Commerce
Dean and Controller of Examinations
Vivekananda College
Tiruvedakam West – 625 234
Mobile: +91-9865074994
Email: karthikeyan.madurai@gmail.com

2. BACK
1) Which Indian Film maker is the
recipient of the Lifetime Achievement
Award by the Academy of Canadian
Cinema and Television?
a) Mira Nair
b) Shyam Benegal
c) Deepa Mehta
d) Mani Ratnam
ANSWER

3. BACK NEXT
c) Deepa Mehta

4. BACK ANSWER
2) Which airline has become first
Indian Airline to have 200 Aircrafts?
a) Spicejet b) Air India
c) Kingfisher d) IndiGo

5. BACK NEXT
d) IndiGo

6. BACK ANSWER
3) Who has become the Second Youngest
Grand Master (GM) in the World and the
Youngest GM in India?
a) D.Gukesh b) R.Praggnanandhaa
c) P.Harikrishna d) Viswanathan Anand

7. BACK NEXT
a) D.Gukesh
(at 12 years, seven months and 17 days)

8. BACK ANSWER
4) Who has been appointed as
Chairman of the Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
a) Krishna Das b) Krishna Kumar
c) Pranab Kumar Das
d) Murali Bhakshinathan

9. BACK NEXT
c) Pranab Kumar Das, IRS

10. BACK
5) Who has been appointed as the new
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)?
a) Sunil Arora
b) Ashik Abbas
c) Aravind Sundaram
d) Raja Karukuvel M
ANSWER

11. BACK NEXT
a) Sunil Arora

12. BACK ANSWER
6) Who has been appointed as the
Chairman of National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC)?
a) AM Naik
b) Pasupathi M
c) Guru Narayanan R
d) L Vishnu Raj

13. BACK NEXT
a) A.M. Naik

14. BACK ANSWER
7) Who has been appointed as new
Chairman of UPSC?
a) M Modi c) Arvind Saxena
b) Rajnath Singh d) Arun Sathyan

15. BACK NEXT
c) Arvind Saxena

16. BACK ANSWER
8) Who has been appointed as the MD
and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank?
a) Nitheesh Gupta
b) Vinoth Kannan M
c) Sathish Kumar Gupta
d) Rishi Amar

17. BACK NEXT
c) Sathish Kumar Gupta

18. BACK ANSWER
9) Who has been appointed as the
brand ambassador for YONO (You
Only Need One), the digital app of SBI?
a) Swetha Gupta b) Swapna Barman
c) Anu priya d) Bala Deepika

19. BACK NEXT
b) Swapna Barman
(Indian Heptathlete) Dec. 3, 2018

20. BACK
10) Which Indian Journalist has been
appointed as President of the Alliance
for Media Freedom (AFMF)?
a) Vineet Jain b) N.Ram
c) Shaili Chopra d) Shoma Chaudhury
ANSWER

21. BACK NEXT
b) N.Ram
Chairman, THG Publishing Private Ltd.

22. BACK ANSWER
11) Who has been appointed the new
CEO of the International Cricket
Council (ICC)?
a) K.P.Sharma b) Manu Sawhney
c) Mohan Das Pai d) Vinod Rai

23. BACK NEXT
b) Manu Sawhney
CEO of Singapore Sports Club

24. BACK ANSWER
12) Who has been chosen for the
International Gandhi Peace Prize 2018?
a) Ekal Abhiyan Trust
b) Akshaya Patra Foundation
c) Yohel Sasakawa
d) Vivekananda Kendra

25. BACK NEXT
c) Yohel Sasakawa (Japan)
Chairman of The Nippon Foundation

26. BACK ANSWER
13) Who has become first writer in
English to win Jnanpith Award (54th)
for outstanding contribution towards
literature?
a) Nithyajith Desai b) Pranay Sankar
c) Auragpali d) Amitav Ghosh

27. BACK NEXT
d) Amitav Ghosh

28. BACK ANSWER
14) Who has been conferred with the
2018 Gleitsman Award by Harvard
University for her work promoting
girls education?
a) Anushka Sharma
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Pooja Kumari
d) Saina Nehwal

29. BACK NEXT
b) Malala Yousafzai

30. BACK ANSWER
15) Who has been named “EY
Entrepreneur of the Year 2018”?
a) Satyanaraya Chara
b) Siddhartha Lal
c) Karan Bhagat
d) Kishore Biyani

31. BACK NEXT
b) Siddhartha Lal
– MD & CEO of Eicher Motors Ltd.

32. THANK YOU