Who among the following has become thefirst Indian author to winConspiracy Novelof the Year award from the AmericanLiterary Forum Society? [A]Amithav Ghosh [B]Chetan Baghat [C]Nikhil Chandwani [D]RavichandranSingh India ranking in different Indexes for 2013 ‐ 14:---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Global Environment Performance Index 2014– 155 2. Intellectual property (IP) environment 2014– 25 (US ranked on the top followed by UKand France) 3. World Press Freedom Index 2014 ‐ 140 inthe list of 180 countries 4. Worlds best countries for doing business2014 – 134 5. Global Peace Index 2014 – 143 6. Global Hunger Index 2013 ‐ 63 7. World Prosperity Index 2013 –106. 8. Human Development Report 2013 – 136 9. Global Corruption Index 2013 – 94 10. Global CompetitivenessIndex 2013 ‐60 for2013 (Switzerland top in this report) Current Affairs MCQs for Postal Assistant exams: 1. Which Indian Cricketer was recently named one of Wisdens Five Cricketers of the Year?(A) Virat Kohli(B) M S Dhoni(C) Sachin Tendulkar(D) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Name Indian Navys first aircraft carrier which was sold toship-breaker company for Rs 60 crore recently (April 2014)?(A) INS Virat(B) INS Vikrant(C) INS Vijay(D) INS Sindhurakshak 3) Which prolific cricketer adorned the covers of the 151stedition of the Wisden CricketersAlmanack released in April 2014?(A) Sachin Tendulkar(B) Jacques Kallis(C) Don Bradman(D) Sunil Gavaskar 4) Which bollywood actor was recently appointed brand ambassador for Lenovo smartphones?(A) Aamir Khan(B) Shahid Kapoor(C) Irfan Khan(D) Ranbir Kapoor 5) World Bank on 9 April 2014 projected an economic growth rate of ..... per cent in 2014-15 for India?(A) 5.7(B) 4.5(C) 5(D) 6.7 6) Software services industry group Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) has named whom, as its new chairman for the 2014-15 financial year?(A) Krishnakumar Natarajan(B) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy(C) R. Chandrasekaran(D) Rana Kapoor 7) Which Israeli Startup has developed a smartphone batterywhich charges in just 30 Seconds, demonstrated their pioneering progress at Microsofts Think Next symposium in Tel Aviv recently?(A) Bat Cell(B) Charge thunder(C) Limelight(D) StoreDot 8) Which player was named icon of IPL team Mumbai Indians for IPL season 7?(A) Rohit Sharma(B) Sachin Tendulkar(C) Ricky Ponting(D) Ambadi Rayidu 9) A new law legalizing sale of self-testing kits for HIV came into force in which country on 6 April 2014?(A) Bangladesh(B) Australia(C) UK(D) China 10) Indias first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant was recently sold for60 crore rupees to a company named?(A) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd(B) IRB Construction Ltd(C) JRB Ships Pvt Ltd(D) ITBB Scraps pvt Ltd.Answers1) Ans. (D) Shikhar Dhawan2) Ans. (B) INS Vikrant3) Ans. (A) Sachin Tendulkar4) Ans. (D) Ranbir Kapoor5) Ans. (A) 5.76) Ans. (C) R. Chandrasekaran7) Ans. (D) StoreDot8) Ans. (B) Sachin Tendulkar9) Ans. (C) UK10) Ans. (A) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd]
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