Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Current Affairs Quiz

1. The Supreme Court of India on 24 April 2014 ordered that the special audit of property, assets and accounts of a temple under the supervision of the former Comptroller and Audit General of India, Vinod Rai. Name the temple of which the audit has been ordered?
A
Kerala’s Sri Krishna Temple
B
Kerala’s Sree Padmanabha Swamy
C
Tamil Nadu’s Brihadeeswarar Temple
D
Karnataka’s Chamundeswari Temple
2. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on 23 April 2014 asked private telecom company to immediately withdraw its controversial advertisement on Pashmina Shawls. Name the company who has been asked?
A
Vodafone
B
Idea Cellular
C
Reliance
D
Airtel
3. Hero MotoCorp on 21 April 2014 announced that it has entered Bangladesh in two wheeler segment through a joint venture of 55:45 with a Bangladesh firm. Name it?
A
Tagaz
B
Aftab Automobiles
C
Nitol Niloy
D
Walton Hi-Tech Industries
4. The Supreme Court of India has directed that woman employee of the central government can get an uninterrupted leave for ________ years for childcare and it includes needs like examination and sickness?
A
One
B
Two
C
Three
D
Four
5. Name the Indian who on 28 April 2014 won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for the year 2014 that is commonly called as the Green Nobel.
A
Helen Holden
B
Ramesh Agrawal
C
Rudi Putra
D
Suren Gazaryan
6. Name the person who in April 2014 registered a FIR in Pakistan to prove innocence of the legendary freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh in the murder case of the Lahore SSP, John P Saunders in 1928?
A
Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi
B
Hemu Kalani
C
Amber Hussain
D
Craig Mundie
7. Name the African country that will use India-made Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the countries Presidential Election, scheduled in November 2014
A
Namibia
B
Mauritius
C
Burundi
D
Nigeria
8. Who won the women’s doubles title at the WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Portugal on 3 May 2014?
A
Eva Hrdinova of Cezech and Valeria Solovyeva of Russia
B
Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe
C
Vera Dushevina of Russia and Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain
D
Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei and Liezel Huber of US
9. Who won the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2014?
A
Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan
B
Adhiban of India
C
Yu Yangyi of China
D
Abhijeet Gupta of India
10. India occupied which place of largest economy in the recent World Bank Report in terms of the Purchasing Power Parity?

A
Third largest Economy
B
Fourth Largest Economy
C
Fifth Largest Economy
D
Second largest Economy

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