Current Affairs Interactive Quiz: 3 November – 9 November 2014
- 1.Name the person who was selected as the captain of ICC ODI Team for the Year 2014?
- A.
Angelo Mathews
- B.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- C.
George Bailey
- D.
AB de Villiers
- 2.Name the country, who’s Parliament on 5 November 2014 passed a law to block the release of Palestinian prisoners convicted for murder in any future, peace negotiations?
- A.
Iran
- B.
Israel
- C.
Iraq
- D.
Syria
- 3.The scientific term Fallstreak Hole Cloud was in news recently because
- A.
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Britain
- B.
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Burma
- C.
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Australia
- D.
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of New Zealand
- 4.Experts recently discovered at least 20 drawings of the Harappan (Sindhu) era in Gondi dialect on a boulder on top of a hill near Talwarghatta that is adjacent to river Tungbhadra. The place is located in?
- A.
Bastar, Chhattisgarh
- B.
Hampi, Karnataka
- C.
Bet Dwarka, Gujarat
- D.
Kutch desert, Gujarat
- 5.A Torpedo Recovery Vessel, TRV-72 of Indian Navy that sank off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise on 6 November 2014 was of which class?
- A.
Arihant-class
- B.
Astravahini Class
- C.
Chakra (Akula II)-class
- D.
Shishumar-class
- 6.Robert O’Neill was in news recently. Who is he?
- A.
The person who claims that he killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
- B.
The person who was arrested for killing several people in Nigeria through a blast
- C.
The person who was appointed as the defence secretary in the US
- D.
None of the above
- 7.Name the private Indian airline that recently banned shipment of shark fins to protect marine ecosystem?
- A.
Jet Airways
- B.
Kingfisher
- C.
Indian Airways
- D.
Air India
- 8.Hyderabad recently found an intelligent way to manage the traffic problems in the city in a smart way by using H-TRIMS. What is the full form of H-TRIMS?
- A.
Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Maintenance System
- B.
Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management System
- C.
Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Manipulation System
- D.
Hyderabad Traffic Inked Management System
- 9.Recently Catalonia region held a non-binding vote on Independence. From which country does Catalonia seeks independence?
- A.
Russia
- B.
Spain
- C.
The United Kingdom
- D.
France
- 10.Who was recently appointed as the Advocate General of Haryana?
- A.
GS sandhu
- B.
Vitthal das
- C.
Baldev Raj Mahajan
- D.
None
- 11.Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park recently won The Earth Heroes Award for the year 2014. Where is it located?
- A.
Bihar
- B.
Darjeeling
- C.
West Bengal
- D.
Sikkim
- 12.Which international organisation recently passed a resolution of sports autonomy and sports as means to promote peace and development?
- A.
International Olympic Committee
- B.
Commonwealth Games Federation
- C.
United Nations
- D.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 13.Which corporate giant recently announced to launch the Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA) to make available local language content on the internet?
- A.
Yahoo
- B.
Facebook
- C.
IBM
- D.
Google
- 14.What is the name of India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise that started on 3 November 2014 in Colombo?
- A.
Mithra Shakti
- B.
Garud
- C.
Mithra Yudh Abhyas
- D.
Vajra
- 15.Name the team that recently won the 2014-15 Duleep trophy of cricket?
- A.
South Zone
- B.
Central Zone
- C.
Eastern Zone
- D.
Western Zone
- 16.Union Government on 2 November 2014 announced series of measures to help rejuvenate the shipping industry of a state. Name the state?
- A.
Andhra Pradesh
- B.
Kerala
- C.
Goa
- D.
Maharashtra
- 17.Name the Iraqi tribe whose 332 members were executed by militants of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in western Anbar province?
- A.
Al-Douri tribe
- B.
Al-Dhafeer tribe
- C.
Al-Bu Nimr tribe
- D.
Al-Fatlah tribe
- 18.Name the two cars that failed crash test conducted on them under the Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNAP) on 3 November 2014 raising safety concerns.
- A.
Renault Duster and Maruti’s Swift
- B.
Maruti’s Swift and Nissan’s Dastun Go
- C.
Maruti’s Alto K10 and Nissan’s Dastun GO
- D.
Mahindra’s Xylo and Renault’s Duster
- 19.Which country has assured India that it will assist SIT on Black Money in its investigation?
- A.
Cyprus
- B.
Mauritius
- C.
Switzerland
- D.
Liechtenstein
- 20.Oil prices on 4 November 2014 dipped to a four-year low of 82.82 US dollars per barrel. The primary reason for this was
- A.
Fall in demand of oil by emerging economies
- B.
Increase in supply of oil by OPEC members
- C.
Decision of Saudi Arabia to give oil to US at discounted price
- D.
The advance of ISIS in the region
- 21.Name the cheapest automatic car launched by Maruti Suzuki on 3 November 2014.
- A.
Alto K10
- B.
Alto 800
- C.
Swift Dream
- D.
Zen K10
- 22.Law Commission headed by Justice (retd) A P Shah recently recommended deleting 73 more obsolete statutes. In this context which one of the following obsolete Act is not matched with its year of becoming effective?
- A.
Representation of the People Act: 1951
- B.
Special Marriage Act: 1954
- C.
Indian Divorce Act: 1869
- D.
Indian Evidence Act: 1861
- 23.Name the woman who was appointed as the first woman chief of CERN, the particle physics research centre, on 4 November 2014?
- A.
Rolf Heuel
- B.
Fabiola Gianotti
- C.
Sukumari Banerjee
- D.
Christine Lagarde
- 24.Which cricketer on 5 November 2014 won the LG People’s Choice Award for the year 2014?
- A.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- B.
Angelo Mathews
- C.
Kumar Sangakarra
- D.
Virat Kohli
- 25.The Union Cabinet on 6 October 2014 gave its approval for signing a treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between with which country?
- A.
South Africa
- B.
Nigeria
- C.
France
- D.
Bangladesh
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