CURRENT AFFAIRS : May 1st Week 2014 1) Which company has been ranked 1 among top 406 defaulters against whom banks have initiated legal actions? 1. Kingfisher Airlines 2. Surya Vinayak Industries 3. Strerling Bio Tech 4. Winsome Diamond & Jewellery Co. Correct option is: 1 2) As per the data released by the International Comparison Program, hosted by the Development Data Group at the World Bank Group, which of the following countries is the third largest economy of the world? 1. China 2. Japan 3. Indonesia 4. India Correct option is: 4 3) A 16.3 km long tunnel, located on the world’s altitude has been opened for high-speed train in which of the following countries? 1. India 2. China 3. Russia 4. Bolivia Correct option is: 2 4) Who among the following writers and theatre artistes is the winner of ‘The Hindu-MetroPlus Playwright Award 2014’? 1. Manjima Chatterjee 2. Anshuman Acharya 3. Prashanth Kumar Nair 4. Neel Chaudhuri Correct option is: 2 5) World Press Freedom Day observed on: 1. May 5 2. May 1 3. May 3 4. May 7 Correct option is: 3 6) King Bhumibol, who celebrated 4oth anniversary of his reign and thus becoming the world’s longest-reigning monarch belongs to 1. Bhutan 2. Indonesia 3. Malaysia 4. Thailand Correct option is: 4 7) Archeologists have unearthed a granary with walls of mud-bricks at Rakhigarhi village, a Harappan civilization which is located in 1. Haryana 2. Rajasthan 3. Punjab 4. Uttar Pradesh Correct option is: 1 8) Who is the winner of UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014 1. Reeyot Alemu 2. Eynulla Fatullayev 3. Ahmad Zeidabadi 4. Ahmet Sik Correct option is: 4 9) Name the First indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired on May 4, 2014 from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa. 1. Astra 2. Sea Eagle 3. Akash 4. BrahMos Correct option is: 1 10) Name the dornier light-weight aircraft which has been handed over to the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) by State-run aerospace firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). 1. Nabhtara 2. Nabhrathna 3. Nabhmandal 4. Nabhrakshak Correct option is: 2 11) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) has been launched in which of the following countries? 1. UK 2. South Africa 3. UAE 4. Mauritius Correct option is: 3 12) India finds a place in the worlds top 100 university rankings for the first time with inclusion of which of the following Institutes? 1. IIT, Guwahati 2. IIT, Kanpur 3. IIT, Delhi 4. IIT, Mumbai Correct option is: 1 13) In the latest world chess ranking list, effective from May 1, who topped the list? 1. Levon Aronian 2. Alexander Grischuk 3. Magnus Carlsen 4. Viswanathan Anand Correct option is: 3 14) according to the latest rankings, who is the number one golf player of the world? 1. Henrik Stenson 2. Tiger Woods 3. Adam Scott 4. Bubba Watson Correct option is: 2 15) For setting up solar photovoltaic (PV)-based power plants, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has signed recently an agreement with which of the following countries? 1. Yemen 2. Bahrain 3. Oman 4. Qatar Correct option is: 1 16) The International Monetary Fund board has approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package for: 1. Syria 2. India 3. South Sudan 4. Ukraine Correct option is: 4 17) ‘Shivaji, the Real Hero’, a pictorial book on Maratha warrior Shivaji, containing 100 paintings by an Indian tribal artist, has been released in the parliament of: 1. USA 2. UK 3. South Africa 4. Germany Correct option is: 2 18) Who among the following Indian- American has been named as Federal Judge in Illinois by US senate recently? 1. Manish S. Shah 2. Vince Girdhari Chhabria 3. Neal Katyal 4. Srikanth Sri Srinivasan Correct option is: 1 19) Name the Minister of Slovenia who resigned on May 5, 2014 and was first women Prime Minister of Slovenia? 1. Alenka Bratusek 2. Jelka Reichman 3. Petra Majdič 4. Vesna Fabjan Correct option is: 1 20) Which pharmaceutical company has recalled 29790 packs of an allergy-relief drug manufactured by Ohm Labs plant in New Jersey in the US, due to defective packaging? 1. Sun Pharma 2. Astellas Pharma 3. Ranbaxy 4. Novo Nordisk Correct option is : 3
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 18:17:54 +0000
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