Current Affairs QUIZ April 12-13, 2014 1. Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India? [A] Kurian Joseph [B] Goolam Essaji Vahanvati [C] Rajendra Mal Lodha [D] H. L. Dattu 2. How many percent India’s Industrial output drops in February 2014? [A] 1 Percent [B] 2.4 Percent [C] 3 Percent [D] 1.9 Percent 3. Which among the following author recently passes away at age of 68? [A] Helen Fielding [B] Sue Townsend [C] Nina Bawden [D] Malorie Blackman 4. Who has been appointed as new BJP chief for Maharashtra? [A] Vinod Tawde [B] Gopinath Pandurang Munde [C] Devendra Fadnavis [D] Sudhir Mungantiwar 5. Which Indian state won the men’s National basketball 3×3 championship 2014? [A] Tamil Nadu [B] Delhi [C] Haryana [D] Madhya Pradesh 6. Name the Test tube baby pioneer who recently died at the age of 87? [A] Patrick Steptoe [B] Richard F. Heck [C] Bruce Beutler [D] Robert Edwards 7. Which among the following south Indian actress missing from Hyderabad hotel? [A] Anjali [B] Hansika Motwani [C] Shriya Saran [D] Tamannaah Bhatia 8. Which Insurance company imposed a fine of Rs 1.77 crore on Reliance Life Insurance for violation? [A] Birla Sun Life Insurance [B] IRDA [C] Sahara Life Insurance [D] Max Life Insurance 9. Name the Palestinian’s prime minister who recently resigned from his post? [A] Salam Fayyad [B] Rami Hamdallah [C] Ismail Haniyeh [D] Saeb Erekat 10. Who has been appointed as special advisor to Sunil Gavaskar, interim-president of BCCI for Pepsi-IPL-7? [A] Deepak Parekh [B] Uday Kotak [C] Kumar Mangalam Birla [D] Azim Premji 11. Who has been becomes the youngest winner of professional golf tour of India (PGTI)? [A] Ratan Saxena [B] Shubhankar Sharma [C] Mukul Prasad [D] Jaichand Kumar 12. Which among the following Indian poet will be honoured with 2013 Dadsaheb Phalke award? [A] Sahir Ludhianvi [B] Javed Akhtar [C] Salim Khan [D] Gulzar 13. Who has been conferred with International Water Performance Initiative Award for the year 2014? [A] Delhi Jal Board [B] Maharastra Jal Board [C] Rajasthan Jal Board [D] Gujarat Jal Board 14. Which SP leader banned by Election Commission from addressing public meetings over his controversial remarks on Kargil war? [A] Amar Singh [B] Raghuraj Pratap Singh [C] Azam Khan [D] Shahid Siddiqui 15. Which Indian player won the gold medal at ISSF Shotgun World Cup? [A] Manavjit Singh Sandhu [B] Sanjeev Rajput [C] Gagan Narang [D] Vijay Kumar 16. Which country rejected US decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the UN? [A] India [B] China [C] Russia [D] Iran 17. Which among the following football club entered the final of Under-19 I-League 2014? [A] Garhwal Football Club [B] Hindustan Football Club [C] Bengaluru Football Club [D] East Bengal Football Club 18. Which among the following country’s foreign minister to visit Cuba after 30 years? [A] Spain [B] Malaysia [C] France [D] Netherlands 19. At least 14 people, including poll officials and CRPF jawans were killed in two Maoist attacks in- [A] Chhattisgarh [B] Jharkhand [C] Assam [D] Tamil Nadu 20. Name the former German President who recently faces corruption charges? [A] Joachim Gauck [B] Olaf Glaeseker [C] Horst Köhler [D] Christian Wulff 21. A documentary entitled Gulabi Gang will be screened at the 14th New York Indian Film Festival to be held from 5 May to 10 May 2014. The documentary is based on the life of which activist? [A] Medha Patkar [B] Irom Sharmila [C] Sampat Devi [D] Kamlesh Devi 22. Which company announced on 10 April 2014 to sold its equity stake to Vodafone India for 8900 crore rupees? [A] Piramal Enterprises [B] Shyam Telecom [C] NSN Technologies [D] Maytas Group 23. Name the British-American physicist, who won Millennium Technology Prize 2014 for discoveries leading to a thousand-fold increase in digital data storage on magnetic disks. [A] Shuji Nakamura [B] Tim Berners-Lee [C] Michael J Francis [D] Stuart Parkin 24. State Bank of India (SBI) on 11 April 2014 launched its Twitter handle account. SBI aims to strengthen its social media presence with this launch. What is the twitter handle of SBI? [A] SBIOnline [B] TheOfficialSBI [C] OnlineSBI [D] SBITweet 25. On 11 April 2014, who was appointed as Next Chief Justice of India by President of India? [A] Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha [B] Justice P. Sathasivam [C] Justice A F Hussain [D] Justice P N Singhvi ANSWERS 1. Rajendra Mal Lodha: Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and he will assume charge on April 27. Justice Lodha (64) is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court after CJI P Sathasivam. 2. 1.9 Percent: India’s industrial output contracted by 1.9 percent in February against a growth of 0.8 percent in the previous month due to a sharp drop in manufacturing production, government data showed Friday. 3. Sue Townsend: Novelist Sue Townsend, best known as the author of the successful Adrian Mole series died on Thursday. Townsend was 68 years old and died at her home after a short illness. 4. Devendra Fadnavis: Devendra Fadnavis, a young leader who has made a mark as an opposition legislator in Maharashtra, was on Thursday made the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. 5. Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu handled a gripping climax with competence to beat Railways 22-20 in extra-time in the men’s final of the inaugural National basketball 3×3 championship at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. 6. Robert Edwards: Robert Edwards, the British Nobel Laureate who pioneered the development of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) that led to the birth of the world’s first “test tube baby” , died on Wednesday after a long illness, Cambridge University said. He was 87. 7. Anjali: South Indian actress Anjali has starred in various Tamil and Telugu films. She went missing from the hotel in Hyderabad. She has been missing since Monday morning, and her cell phone has also been switched off. 8. IRDA: Insurance regulator Irda imposed a fine of Rs 1.77 crore on Reliance Life Insurance for violation of various norms including obtaining business from unlicensed entities. 9. Salam Fayyad: The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has resigned after weeks of tension within the leadership, in a move likely to dismay the United States which has strongly supported the Western-trained economist. 10. Deepak Parekh: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Deepak Parekh as Interim President, Sunil Gavaskar’s special advisor for the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League. 11. Shubhankar Sharma: Shubhankar Sharma claimed his maiden title in style after posting a fourunder-32 in the final round of the PGTI Cochin Masters. Shubhankar, who totalled nine-under-135 for the tournament, became the youngest winner on the PGTI at the age of 17. 12. Gulzar: Renowned poet, author and filmmaker Gulzar will be honoured with the 2013 Dadsaheb Phalke award, the country’ highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India. The 79-year-old was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. 13. Delhi Jal Board: The Delhi Jal Board bagged the prestigious international Water Performance Initiative Award for the year 2014. DJB emerged as the winner out of a list of nominees from across the world under the ‘Water Performance Initiative of the Year Award 2014’ category. 14. Azam Khan: SP leader Azam Khan, who was banned by the Election Commission from addressing public meetings over his controversial remarks on Kargil war, on Saturday, defended himself saying he had not said anything other than facts. 15. Manavjit Singh Sandhu: Indian shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu bagged the gold in the trap event by overcoming Australia’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup here. 16. Iran: Iran on Saturday rejected a US decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the UN, pledging to take up the case directly with the world body in a dispute that has reopened old wounds dating to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. 17. Hindustan Football Club: Delhi’s Hindustan Football Club made it to the final round of the U-19 I-League after defeating Bengaluru FC by 31 here on Saturday. Captain Pawan Joshi scored from the spot in the 53rd minute followed by Rakib Khans strike in the 66th minute. 18. France: Frances foreign minister Laurent Fabius was expected to arrive in Cuba on Saturday for a brief but historic visit, the first by such a high-ranking French official in 30 years and a sign of the quickening pace of improving ties between the European Union and Havana. 19. Chhattisgarh: Seven members of a polling team and five CRPF personnel were among 14 killed as Maoists struck twice in less than an hour in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, just two days after peaceful elections were held in the region. 20. Christian Wulff: Prosecutors in Hanover on Friday filed corruption charges against former German President Christian Wulff, a prominent figure from Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. 21. [C] Sampat Devi 22. [A] Piramal Enterprises 23. [D] Stuart Parkin 24. [B] TheOfficialSBI 25. [A] Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha
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