Current Affairs Interactive Quiz: July 28 – August 3, 2014
- 1.Supreme Court recently appointed one man commission to probe 2006 Meerut fire tragedy. The one man commission will be headed by
- A.
Justice (retd) Markandey Katju
- B.
Justice (retd) A P Shah
- C.
Justice (retd) S B Sinha
- D.
Justice (retd) Venkatchelliah
- 2.Which Bollywood star was appointed as horticulture ambassador by the Maharashtra government?
- A.
Shah Rukh Khan
- B.
Aamir Khan
- C.
Anupam Kher
- D.
Amitabh Bachchan
- 3.Narendra Modi led government on 26 July 2014 launched the MyGov web platform to facilitate
- A.
Citizen engagement in good governance
- B.
Business engagement in good governance
- C.
Civil society engagement in good governance
- D.
Centre-State partnership in good governance
- 4.World Hepatitis Day was observed on
- A.
28 July
- B.
29 July
- C.
30 July
- D.
31 July
- 5.Consider the following statements about Rashtriya Gokul Mission.I. It will promote conservation and developments of indigenous breeds of cows in a focused and scientific manner.II. It is a focussed mission under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development.Which is/are correct?
- A.
I only
- B.
II only
- C.
Both I and II
- D.
Neither I nor II
- 6.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 28 July 2014 cancelled the certificate of registration of six non-banking financial company (NBFCs). Which one of the following is not one of the NBFCs whose certificate of registration has been cancelled?
- A.
Profound Exports Private Limited
- B.
Two Brothers Holding Limited
- C.
Swank Services Private Limited
- D.
Kamal Auto Finance Limited
- 7.Who is the author of the book The Vijaya Mallya Story published recently?
- A.
Faraz Ahmad
- B.
R D Pradhan
- C.
K Giriprakash
- D.
Neel Mukherjee
- 8.Which Indian author has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 recently?
- A.
Jhumpa Lahiri
- B.
Arvind Adiga
- C.
Amitav Ghosh
- D.
Neel Mukherjee
- 9.Indian Air Force on 28 July 2014 received its sixth C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Name the country from which India has procured these aircraft?
- A.
France
- B.
Spain
- C.
The USA
- D.
The UK
- 10.Who was recently elected as the seventh President of Iraq?
- A.
Nuri-al Maliki
- B.
Fuad Masum
- C.
Hanan al-Fatlawi
- D.
Hussein al-Masawi
- 11.Who has been named as the Chairman of the Committee that was recently appointed by the Union government to review the Rangarajan formula for pricing of gas?
- A.
Kirit Parikh
- B.
Kirit Somiah
- C.
Devendra Sharma
- D.
Suresh Prabhu
- 12.Who took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee on 30 July 2014?
- A.
Lt-Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
- B.
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
- C.
Admiral R K Dhowan
- D.
Lt-Gen Amit Sharma
- 13.Who became the fourth Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 30 July 2014?
- A.
S S Mundra
- B.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
- C.
Deepak Parekh
- D.
Ashima Goyal
- 14.What is the name of the autobiography of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh that was released on 1 August 2014?
- A.
Live of Others
- B.
One Life is Not Enough
- C.
Corridors of Power
- D.
Countdown
- 15.Malin village which was in news recently due to a landslide caused by heavy downpour that killed more than hundred peoples is in which State?
- A.
Maharashtra
- B.
Uttarakhand
- C.
Uttar Pradesh
- D.
Himachal Pradesh
- 16.Who became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Gymnastic at 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland?
- A.
Mohini Bhardwaj
- B.
Dipa Karmakar
- C.
Priti Das
- D.
Meenakshi
- 17.Who recently was selected for 22nd edition of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award?
- A.
D R Mehta
- B.
Gautam Bhai
- C.
Muzaffar Ali
- D.
Nirmala Deshpande
- 18.Who on 31 July 2014 became the first Indian to win gold medal in Men’s Athletics event at Commonwealth Games after Milkha Singh?
- A.
Vikas Gowda
- B.
Joseph Abraham
- C.
Anil Kumar
- D.
Om Prakash Singh Karhana
- 19.At the recently concluded 2014 Commonwealth Games, India finished at 5th position in the medal tally with
- A.
69 medals
- B.
64 medals
- C.
72 medals
- D.
104 medals
- 20.Name the Committee set up by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to review the status of University Grants Commission?
- A.
Hari Gautam Committee
- B.
Raghunath Mashelkar Committee
- C.
Suresh Prabhu Committee
- D.
Arun Nigvekar Committee
- 21.Name the organisation from Pakistan which won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2014 announced on 31 July 2014?
- A.
Centre for Legal Assistance to pollution victims
- B.
The Citizens Foundation
- C.
The HELP
- D.
Society for The Empowerment of People (STEP)
- 22.Who got the 2014 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership on 31 July 2014?
- A.
Wang Canfa of China
- B.
Omara Khan Masoudi of Afghanistan
- C.
Randy Halsan of the Philippines
- D.
Hu Shuli of China
- 23.Which Public Sector Undertaking has become the 17th Navratna Company of the country recently?
- A.
Container Corporation of India (CONCOR)
- B.
Engineers India Limited (EIL)
- C.
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
- D.
BEML Limited
- 24.Name the mission that will be launched by NASA to examine habitability of Mars environment?
- A.
ExoMars Mission
- B.
Mars 2020 Rover Mission
- C.
InSight
- D.
MAVEN Orbiter
- 25.Pashupatinath Temple into which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers on his visit to Nepal is situated on banks of which river?
- A.
River Bagmati
- B.
River Sapt Koshi
- C.
River Arun
- D.
River Bisnumati
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