Current Affairs - December 14, 2013

Current Affairs

December 14, 2013

1. Statue Of Unity of Sri Sardar Vallabhbhai to be revealed, a final tribute to be paid

·         Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG) is organizing Run For Unity at various locations on 15/12/2013 

·         Sri Narendra Modi Ji will be flagging of the run from Vadodara at 8:.00 AM 

2. Walmart CEO India: Mr. Krish Iyer

·         CEO – Mike Duke 

·         H/O – Bentonville, USA 

3. C.V.R. Rajendra new CMD of Andhra bank

·         H/O – Hyderabad 

4. Shahrukh Khan tops Forbes Celebrity List

·         Mahendra Singh Dhoni at No.2, followed by Salman Khan and Sachin Tendulkar 

·         Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is at No 5 

5. ICC Annual Awards

·         Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer Of The Year: Michael Clarke (Australia) 

·         ICC Test Cricketer Of The Year: Michael Clarke (Australia) 

·         Emerging Cricketer Of The Year: Cheteshwar Pujara - India, Saurashtra, RCB (IPL) 

·         LG’s People’s Choice Award: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) 

6. Indian Women wins Kabbaddi World cup in Jalandhar

·         Beats New Zealand by 49-21 

·         Third Consecutive Title win for Indian Women’s Team 

WORLD

7. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has dismissed two top officials suspected of being involved in a crackdown on protesters last month, the presidential press service reported

8. Ukraine appeared to be on the brink of signing economic agreements next week that may well spell the end of a deal that would bring Kiev closer to Europe, following announcements by the country’s premier that it was ready for a deal with Moscow

9. Two Russian Air Force crew members ejected to safety when their MiG-31 interceptor crashed on Saturday in the Far Eastern Primorye region, local authorities said

10. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described the EU’s reaction to the Ukrainian decision to reject an economic association agreement with the union as “bordering on hysterical”

11. Representatives of the Russian-led Customs Union are in talks over creation of a free trade zone with New Zealand and some non-EU European nations, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

12. The orbit of the International Space Station was raised on Friday to ensure safe docking of a Russian spacecraft early next year, said a spokesman for Russia’s mission control

13. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized Washington for its reaction to Russian diplomats’ alleged law violations in the United States

QUIZ

1. Anthony Bourdain is famous in what profession?

A) Chef

B) Sculptor

C) Poet

D) Painter

2. What was badly damaged when the ship "Shen Neng I" got into difficulties on 3 April 2010?

A) Canary Wharf, London

B) The beaches on the Côte d'Azur

C) The gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand

D) The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

3. Ski orienteering was last considered in 2002 for inclusion in the Olympic Games and has far been turned down. Which of these was not published as one of the reasons?

A) None of the IOC members has a connection with the sport

B) It is too difficult for spectators and broadcasting media to follow the competition

C) It is mostly practised only in Nordic cou ntries

D) The new technology and results system were too costly

4. Which of these is not a "portmanteau" word?

A) Napalm

B) Gerrymander

C) Tanzania

D) Smarm

5. In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?

A) Serviette

B) Aeroplane

C) Tiger

D) Chase

6. The iron pillar of Delhi, India, a 7 meter (22 feet) high pillar that is 98% pure wrought iron, has withstood corrosion in the open air for how long?

A) 100 years

B) About 4,000 years

C) Over 1,600 years

D) 500 years

7. Who recorded the theme songs for three James Bond films?

A) Shirley Bassey

B) Nina Simone

C) Tom Jones

D) Paul McCartney

Answers:

1. Correct Answer: Chef

2. Correct Answer: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The ship ran aground on the reef and gouged a scar 3km long and 250 metres wide. It was estimated that the reef will take 20 years to recover.

3. Correct Answer: None of the IOC members has a connection with the sport

Ski orienteering has been a sport in the World Games since 2001, and is a sport in the Summer Deaflympics.

4. Correct Answer: Smarm

A portmanteau word is a combination of two or more word parts and their meanings into one new word. Napalm is the combination of naphthene and palmitate; Tanzania is the combination of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; gerrymander combines the name of the politician Elbridge Gerry with the salamander shape of one of the districts he artificially contrived.

5. Correct Answer: Tiger

6. Correct Answer: Over 1,600 years

7. Correct Answer: Shirley Bassey

They were "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and "Moonraker" (1979).