Daily Quiz - 02 May 2015

QNo-11. - Name the author of the book “Seal of the Surya”?

(a) Sri Amritanshu	(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) Sri Lal Shukla	(d) Surendra Verma

Answer - Sri Amritanshu
	The book is a story of the first King of our lands – the founder of Suryavansha – of betrayal and loyalty, of dynasties and destruction.

QNo-12. - Name the author of the book ‘China – Confucius in the Shadows’ released by the Vice President of India on 1st May’15?

(a) Smt. Roopa Kumari	(b) Smt. Poonam Surie
(c) Sri Anand Kumar	(d) Sri Amritanshu

Answer - Smt. Poonam Surie
	The book highlights that in the evolving socio political milieu of China, interpreting Confucian philosophy as being non-confrontationist, benevolent and with values such as filial piety and harmony could help the current political regime deal with such problems as corruption and rising inequalities.

QNo-13. - Which country became the 161st Member of World Trade Organization (WTO)?

(a) Tajikistan	(b) Yemen
(c) Seychelles	(d) Vanuatu

Answer - Seychelles
	The Seychelles (Capital: Victoria) is an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, known for its beaches, coral reefs, diving, nature reserves and rare wildlife such as giant Aldabra tortoises. Seychelles on 26th April 2015 became the 161st member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). With this, Seychelles archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became one of its smallest members

QNo-14. - Name the person appointed as the new chairman of Children’s Film Society of India?

(a) Amole Gupte	(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Anil Kapoor	(d) Mukesh Khanna

Answer - Mukesh Khanna
	The Indian Super hero Shaktiman (Mukesh Khanna) well known as Bhishma in Mahabharata, will succeed Amole Gupte as Chairman of Children’s Film Society of India. The appointment was made by Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

QNo-15. - Name the country that won the Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015 held in China?

(a) Georgia	(b) Russia
(c) China	(d) Japan

Answer - Georgia
	Georgia won the Women’s World Team Chess Championship by defeating Russia. Mariya Muzychuk was declared the world champion 2015

QNo-16. - Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for using innovative communication systems to enable human-elephant coexistence in southern India?

(a) Dr. Pramod Patil	(b) Dr. Nagesh Kunoor
(c) Dr. Ananda Kumar	(d) None of these

Answer - Dr. Ananda Kumar
	Dr Ananda has developed an Elephant Information Network (EIN) which acts as an early warning mechanism to alert people when elephants are nearby, minimise negative human-elephant interactions, and increase people's tolerance towards elephants.

QNo-17. - Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for his work to protect the iconic Great Indian Bustard in the Thar Desert?

(a) Dr. Yash Kumar	(b) Dr. Pramod Patil
(c) Dr. Ananda Kumar	(d) None of these

Answer - Dr. Pramod Patil
	Pramod was a doctor at the time, made the decision to leave medicine and devote his life to conserving the great Indian bustard.

QNo-18. - Name the new system to access TV viewership that has replaced the 15 year old Television Audience Measurement (TAM)?

(a) Broadcast Audience Recantation Council	(b) Broadcast Advance Research Committee
(c) Broadcast Audience Research Council	(d) Broadcast Advance Renewal Committee

Answer - Broadcast Audience Research Council
	The data released by BARC, a joint venture between the TV and advertising industry, shows Star Plus as the leading Hindi general entertainment channel in the country (Hindi-speaking markets), Zee as strong in regional channels like Telugu and Marathi, Aaj Tak leading in Hindi news (Hindi-speaking markets) and Times Now on top in English news category (All India).

QNo-19. - Name the NASA’s spacecraft that ended a four-year mission to Mercury by crashing into Mercury after running out of fuel?

(a) Messenger	(b) Progress 59
(c) Columbia	(d) Mercury Craft

Answer - Messenger
	Its demise was confirmed by flight controllers when it failed to emerge from the far sight. Messenger was launched in 2004 and was only expected to orbit Mercury for a year.

QNo-20. - In which country, up to 5,000 NATO troops would take part in anti-submarine warfare exercises off its coast amid growing regional tension over alleged submarine sightings?

(a) Finland	(b) Norway
(c) France	(d) New Zealand

Answer - Norway
	The exercise, named ‘Dynamic Mongoose,’ will take place from May 4 to 13 in the North Sea and Skagerrak and will involve a number of submarines, surface ships and aircraft.