Current Affairs Quiz: Jan 16, 2014

               Current Affairs Quiz: Jan 16, 2014                         

1. One of the Indian Coast Guard Ship was commissioned in Kochi on 15 January 2014 by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapiyal. This is the third in the series of twenty Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) and has been designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited. Can you name this ship?

[A] Vikrant

[B] Samrat

[C] Rudra

[D] Abhinav

2. Arunachal Pradesh witnessed the first trial run of a rail engine on 15 January 2014. The first trial run was of 20-km from Harmutty in Lakhimpur district of Assam to the Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar. The State government would put a mechanism in place for checking the inner line permit (ILP) of the passengers. The ILP issued under which regulation is necessary even for an Indian citizen to enter Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland?

[A] Eastern Railroad Regulation, 1953

[B] Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1973

[C] Indian Rail Frontier Regulation, 1967

[D] Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1990

3. The Group of Ministers (GoM) on 16 January 2014 approved the incentives to the sugar industry for exports of up to 40 lakh tonnes of raw sugar for two years. Who headed this GoM meet?

[A] K V Thomas

[B] Kamalnath

[C] Sharad Pawar

[D] Manmohan Singh

4. Who won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively on 15 January 2014 at the 20th Screen Awards?

[A] Deepika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan

[B] Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan

[C] Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar

[D] Richa Chadda and Irfan Khan

5. Who was elected as the President of Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) on 12 January 2014?

[A] Sirajuddin Qureshi

[B] S M Khan

[C] Safdar H. Khan

[D] Y S Ansari

6. Indian woman long jumper Anju Bobby George became the first and the only Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships after her silver medal position was promoted to gold medal position due to disqualification of the Gold Medalist Tatyana Kotova of Russia for doping. Anju had won this silver medal in which World Athletics Championships?

7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during January 2014 clarified that the provision of prior RBI nod applies for establishments from Hong Kong and Macau to set up business or related activities in India. As per the existing conditions this provision pertaining to RBI’s approval applies on which 6 countries?

8. Namdeo Dhasal, the Marathi poet, firebrand writer and fierce fighter for Dalit rights, passed away at a Mumbai hospital on 15 January 2014. He was being treated for numerous illnesses including cancer at the hospital. What is the name of the popular movement started by Dhasal which focused on radical approach to solve the problems of Dalits in India?

9. The Parliament of Europe on 14 January 2014 signed a new carbon dioxide restriction treaty which seeks to slash emissions for a segment of transport across the European Union (EU) by 28% from year 2020. The treaty focuses on which transport segment?

10. Who was appointed as new Commerce Secretary on 15 January 2014?

1. [D] Abhinav

2. [B] Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1973

3. [C] Sharad Pawar

4. [C] Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar

5. [A] Sirajuddin Qureshi

6. World Athletics Championships 2005 held at Monte Carlo (At the World Athletics Final in 2005, Anju Bobby George won the Silver Medal with a long jump of 6.75 meter. The Gold Medal was won by Russia’s Tatyana Kotova with a jump of 6.83 meter and the Bronze Medal was won by Grace Upshaw of the US. Following the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on 13 January 2014, Anju was declared winner of long jump event. Eunice Barber of France was awarded the bronze medal)

7. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (As per the existing conditions under the Foreign Exchange Management Regulations, no entity or citizens of these 6 countries is allowed to set up any branch office or a liaison office or a project or any other such business activity without prior permission of the RBI)

8. Dalit Panthers (Dalit Panthers was founded by Namdeo Dhasal in 1972 in Mumbai. The Dalit Panther movement was a radical departure from earlier Dalit movements. Its initial thrust on militancy through the use of rustic arms and threats, gave the movement a revolutionary coloration)

9. Commercial Vans (All new light commercial vehicles sold across the EU come under these new rules, under which these vehicles are to emit a maximum 147 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre instead of 203 grams as per the level set in 2007. The legislation would be reviewed in 2015. According to data released by the European Commission, 12% of emissions in the light-duty vehicle segment are done by vans. These emissions contribute for 1.5% of total European Union carbon dioxide emissions)

10. Rajeev Kher (He will take his charge on 31 January 2014 from SR Rao. Kher is a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is currently special secretary, Department of Commerce under Ministry of Commerce and Industry)