Current Affairs Interactive Quiz: June 30 – July 6, 2014
- 1.Name the winner of 2014 Wimbledon Tennis Open in men’s category.
- A.
Roger Federer
- B.
Novak Djokovic
- C.
Noah Rubin
- D.
Vasek Pospisil
- 2.Name the person, who captained Marylebone Cricket Club XI that played during the celebration of bi-centenary of Lord’s cricket ground.
- A.
Sachin Tendulkar
- B.
Shane Warne
- C.
Rahul Dravid
- D.
Aaron Finch
- 3.Name the person, who captained Rest of the World XI that played against Marylebone Cricket Club XI during the celebration of bi-centenary of Lord’s cricket ground.
- A.
Kumar Sangakaara
- B.
Shane Warne
- C.
Bret Lee
- D.
Aaron Finch
- 4.Name the Gujarat Governor, who was transferred to Mizoram as Governor for rest of his/her tenure?
- A.
Vakkom Purushothaman
- B.
Kamla Beniwal
- C.
Margaret Alva
- D.
DY Patil
- 5.Name the Mizoram Governor, who was transferred to Nagaland as Governor for rest of his/her tenure?
- A.
Vakkom Purushothaman
- B.
Kamla Beniwal
- C.
Margaret Alva
- D.
DY Patil
- 6.Name the Rajasthan Governor, who has been given the additional charge of Gujarat as a Governor till some permanent arrangement is not made?
- A.
Vakkom Purushothaman
- B.
Kamla Beniwal
- C.
Margaret Alva
- D.
DY Patil
- 7.State Government of Maharashtra on 5 July 2014 invoked Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) 2011 against medical officers’. Which of the following statement is/are correct under this act?
- Any police officer can arrest any person without any warrant who is reasonably suspected of having committed any offence under this Act.
- All offences under this Act is non-bailable and can be imprisoned for a term which extends to one year or with fine that extends up to 2 thousand rupees or both.
- A.
Only Statement II is correct
- B.
Only statement I is correct
- C.
Statement I and II are correct
- D.
Neither I nor II
- 8.Name the governor of West Bengal, who resigned from his office recently
- A.
B.V. Wanchoo
- B.
Kailash Joshi
- C.
Kesri Nath
- D.
MK Narayanan
- 9.ISRO’s PSLV C23 was launched on 30 June 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying five satellites belonging to four countries. Name the countries
- A.
Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh and Japan
- B.
Japan, Germany, France and Singapore
- C.
France, Germany, Canada and Singapore
- D.
France, Singapore, England and Australia
- 10.Name the first player in the world to win world title in the longer and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker?
- A.
Pankaj Advani
- B.
Kacper Flilpiak
- C.
Jurys-Sheffield
- D.
Neil Robertson
- 11.Name the winner of the women’s single final of 2014 Wimbledon?
- A.
Maria Sharapova
- B.
Petra Kvitova
- C.
Eugenie Bouchard
- D.
Venus Williams
- 12.Name the badminton player who won 750000 US dollar Australian Open Super Series played at Sydney
- A.
Carolina Marin of Spain
- B.
Saina Nehwal of India
- C.
Bae Yeon Ju of Korea
- D.
Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand
- 13.National Doctors’ Day is observed in India on?
- A.
30 June
- B.
1 July
- C.
2 July
- D.
3 July
- 14.India’s National Doctors’ Day is observed in honour of which famous Indian physician?
- A.
K Hari Prasad
- B.
Pratap C Reddy
- C.
Bidhan Chandra Roy
- D.
Vagbhata
- 15.Of the following, who was awarded with Sant Kabir Award for 2011 on 1 July 2014?
- A.
Gour C Basak of West Bengal
- B.
Ghulam Mehdi Joo of Jammu and Kashmir
- C.
MM Mahapatra of Odisha
- D.
Ghanshyam Nimbark of Rajasthan
- 16.India on 30 June 2014 ratified the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty is related to
- A.
Facilitating borderless trade and commerce
- B.
Facilitating access to published works to visually impaired
- C.
Facilitating peaceful use of nuclear energy
- D.
Facilitating national lawmaking attuned with rehabilitation of refugees
- 17.The age of the recipient of the Shilp Guru Award that was established in 2002 should not be less than
- A.
45 years
- B.
50 years
- C.
55 years
- D.
60 years
- 18.Name the Indian-born American scientist on whose name the United States on 30 June 2014 named a mountain in Antarctica?
- A.
Bijoy Majumdar
- B.
Granville Austin
- C.
Akhouri Sinha
- D.
Ashutosh Saxena
- 19.Name the Indian pistol shooter, who was ranked number 1 in the men’s 10m air pistol category on 1 July 2014?
- A.
Gagan Narang
- B.
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
- C.
Ronjon Sodhi
- D.
Jitu Rai
- 20.Rajasthan recently declared an animal as the State Animal. Name it?
- A.
Cheetal
- B.
Nilgai
- C.
Camel
- D.
Baghera
- 21.Name the wildlife sanctuary that has been approved to be the 47th Tiger Reserve of India and 6th in Maharashtra?
- A.
Melghat
- B.
Bor
- C.
Nagarjunasagar
- D.
Dibang
- 22.A coffee-table book titled First Citizen: Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan has been published by?
- A.
India Today
- B.
Jagran Prakashan
- C.
Zee Business
- D.
The Week
- 23.National Assembly of Pakistan on 2 July 2014 approved Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014. Which of the following statements is/are not a part of the Bill?
- It contains a list of scheduled offences which among others include cybercrimes and offences related to information technology and crossing of national boundaries illegally
- This Bill will remain in force for five years
- It also allows the security forces to detain suspects for a period of 60 days after getting judicial remand
- The punishments for these scheduled offences can be extended to 20 years
- A.
Statement I is not correct
- B.
Statement II is not correct
- C.
Statement I and II are not correct
- D.
Statement III and IV are not correct
- 24.The CCEA on 2 July 2014 approved the inclusion of two items under the purview of stock holding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and will remain in force for a year. Name the two items that has been included?
- A.
Onion and Tomato
- B.
Tomato and Potato
- C.
Onion and Garlic
- D.
Onion and Potato
- 25.Name the former President of France, who has been charged with corruption and influence peddling?
- A.
François Hollande
- B.
Nicolas Sarkozy
- C.
Alexandre Millerand
- D.
Jacques Chirac
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