Current Affairs Interactive Quiz: June 16 – June 22, 2014
- 1.Who was awarded Tang Prize 2014 for sustainable development on 18 June 2014?
- A.
Gro Harlem Brundtland
- B.
Angela Merkel
- C.
Hakob Sanasaryan
- D.
Anadish Pal
- 2.Who was the elected as the first speaker of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation on 20 June 2014?
- A.
Jana Reddy
- B.
Chandrababu Naidu
- C.
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
- D.
Jagan Mohan Reddy
- 3.Who won inaugural Tang Prize 2014 for Sinology?
- A.
American Michael Loewe
- B.
Chinese American, Historian Yu Ying-shih
- C.
Japanese Paul Thompson
- D.
All of the above
- 4.El Nino has been in news for past one month as it may affect the Indian Monsoon. In this context which phenomenon is known as Indian Nino?
- A.
Indian Ocean Dipole
- B.
Southern Oscillations
- C.
Himalayan low pressure belt
- D.
Bay of Bengal low pressure belt
- 5.Who was awarded Tang Prize for The Rule of Law?
- A.
Albie Sachs
- B.
Stacey Gardner
- C.
Jose Baez
- D.
None of the above
- 6.Recently India-born Pratishtha Khanna was recognized as one of the ten Champions of Change by the White House and all the ten Champions of Change were beneficiaries of a US programme DACA launched in 2012. What is the full form of DACA?
- A.
Department of Assessment, Commerical Affairs
- B.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival programme
- C.
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
- D.
None of the above
- 7.Which country topped the Global Peace Index 2014 released by Institute for Economics and Peace on 18 June 2014?
- A.
Ice land
- B.
Norway
- C.
Australia
- D.
Finland
- 8.What is the rank of India in Global peace index 2014?
- A.
153 rank
- B.
100 rank
- C.
143 rank
- D.
136 rank
- 9.Who was appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently?
- A.
Arjun Kumar
- B.
Syamal Kumar Sarkar
- C.
PK Misra
- D.
Rajeev Topno
- 10.Name the Taiwanese poet who translated Tirukuural and Subramanya Bharathi’s Poems in Mandarin language?
- A.
Yu His
- B.
Lin Dan
- C.
Hein Tsang
- D.
Wang Yi
- 11.Who won the Women’s Hockey World Cup 2014?
- A.
Netherlands
- B.
Australia
- C.
Brazil
- D.
India
- 12.In the Men’s Hockey World Cup held recently in The Hague, Netherlands, Indian team finished at which position?
- A.
Fifth
- B.
Seventh
- C.
Ninth
- D.
Third
- 13.Who was honoured with World Food Prize of 2014 on 18 June 2014 by World Food Prize Foundation?
- A.
Sanjaya Rajaram
- B.
M S Swaminathan
- C.
Max Born
- D.
Gerty Theresa Cori
- 14.Who won the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2014?
- A.
Netherlands
- B.
Australia
- C.
Germany
- D.
Argentina
- 15.Who was elected as President of Colombia recently?
- A.
Oscar Ivan Zuluaga
- B.
Hun Sen
- C.
Lol Nol
- D.
Juan Manuel Santos
- 16.Which State on 16 June 2014 launched India’s first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) named Gauravi for women who are victims of violence?
- A.
Gujarat
- B.
Andhra Pradesh
- C.
West Bengal
- D.
Madhya Pradesh
- 17.The Madhya Pradesh Government on 18 June 2014 approved the linking of which three rivers to provide irrigation facility?
- A.
Narmada- Sipra-Gautami
- B.
Narmada-Sipra-Gambhir
- C.
Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir
- D.
Narmada-Malwa-Betwa
- 18.World Refugee Day is observed on?
- A.
19 June
- B.
20 June
- C.
21 June
- D.
23 June
- 19.Name the gas that leaked in the Bhilai Steel Plant accident in which 6 people were killed and over 30 were injured?
- A.
Nitrous Oxide
- B.
Methane
- C.
Sulphur dioxide
- D.
Bromine
- 20.Supersonic Surface-to-Air Missile Akash was recently test-fired from ITR Balasore, Odisha at a particular low altitude. What was the altitude when the missile hit unmanned aerial vehicle, Banshee?
- A.
30 meters above sea level
- B.
40 meter above sea level
- C.
70 meter above sea level
- D.
90 meter above sea level
- 21.Name the governor of Chhattisgarh who resigned on 18 June 2014?
- A.
Shekhar Dutt
- B.
BL Joshi
- C.
Shiela Dikshit
- D.
None of the above
- 22.India won the Bangladesh series 2-0 in Bangladesh on 19 June 2014. Name the Indian bowler, who made the record of claiming 6 wickets for four runs in the series?
- A.
Stuart Binny
- B.
Mohit Sharma
- C.
Ishant Sharma
- D.
Suresh Raina
- 23.Name the Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) who on 17 June 2014 resigned from his post
- A.
KN Shrivastava
- B.
JK Bansal
- C.
KN Srivastava
- D.
M Shashidhar Reddy
- 24.Who is the Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) that was established in 2005?
- A.
Home Minister of India
- B.
Prime Minister of India
- C.
Finance Minister of India
- D.
None of the above
- 25.Name the Infrastructure Company of India that won arbitration award against Maldivian government for wrongful termination of Airport project contract?
- A.
GMR
- B.
DLF
- C.
Amrapali
- D.
None of the above
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