Current Affairs QUIZ: JAN 24 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: JAN 24 2014

1. Who has been appointed as Australia spin coach for World T20?

[A] Anil Kumble

[B] Saqlain Mushtaq

[C] Brad Hogg

[D] Shane Warne

2. Which Indian states face its worst winter in 66 years?

[A] Gujarat

[B] Delhi

[C] Telangana

[D] Arunachal Pradesh

3. Which among the following company won the Golden Peacock Award for corporate social responsibility for 2013?

[A] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

[B] NTPC Limited

[C] Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

[D] Indian Oil Corporation Limited

4. Which Country’s cricket board approves International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ‘takeover’ plan?

[A] India

[B] Australia

[C] Bangladesh

[D] New Zealand

5. Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of Punjab National Bank by Ministry of Finance government of India?

[A] Manik Chandra

[B] K. V. Brahmaji Rao

[C] Jagdish Mishra

[D] Neeraj Khanna

6. Which company named ‘Best Employer India 2013′ by Aon Hewitt?

[A] Power Finance Corporation Limited

[B] NHPC Limited

[C] Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

[D] Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

7. Name the Jharkhand former deputy Chief Minister who dies at age of 53 on 23rd January 2014?

[A] Haji Hussain Ansari

[B] Gopal Krishna Paatar

[C] Sudhir Mahato

[D] Satyanand Jha

8. Which space agency found 1st asteroid spewing water vapour?

[A] ESA (European Space Agency)

[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

[C] Austrian Space Agency (ASA)

[D] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

9. Which among the following Hollywood star arrested for drunk driving in Miami?

[A] Justin Timberlake

[B] Austin Mahone

[C] Justin Bieber

[D] Chris Brown

10. Which company won the 2013 Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility?

[A] Genpact Limited

[B] WNS Limited

[C] Firstsource

[D] Eclerx Services

11. Which Telugu film became the first to be released on DTH along with its theatrical release on 24 January 2014?

12. President Pranab Mukherjee on 23 January 2014 gave seven more days to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly to discuss and debate the draft Telangana bill in the House before returning it to the Centre. What was the deadline given by the President while sending the bill to the state Assembly?

13. The term ‘Euromaidan’ came to news recently, which stands for a huge spat of civil unrest and anti-government protests in a country. Which country is associated with these protests?

14. A 60-day state of emergency was imposed in which South-East country’s capital on 21 January 2014?

15. Tata Chemicals on 23 January 2014 celebrated its platinum jubilee (75th year) and on this occasion company’s Managing Director R. Mukundan rang the opening bell on the Bombay Stock Exchange. At which place 75 years back Tata Chemicals established its first centre of salt and soda ash production?

16.  What is the name of the Indian-American professor who was recently appointed as the Dean of Harvard College in the United States?

17. i) The chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in 2014 is Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

ii) It is first time in 59 years that the two Prime Ministers (of India and China) exchanged visits within the same calendar year(2013).

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

a) only i

b) only ii

c) both i and ii

d) neither i nor ii

18. i) Kazakhstan is on a verge of sliding into civil war with the ongoing protests.

ii) U.S. Secretary of Defence at present is Chuck Hagel .

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

a) only i

b) only ii

c) both i and ii

d) neither i nor ii

19. i) Stephen Hawking’s new theory suggests that ‘Apparent horizon’ , is a surface along which light rays attempt to rush away from the black hole’s core would be suspended and it would be a black hole’s boundary.

ii) The author of ‘A Brief History of Time’ is Dr. Steven . R. Covey.

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

a) only i

b) only ii

c) both i and ii

d) neither i nor ii

20. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took an action against which drug company of India on Thursday, 23 Jan 2014, prohibiting it from making or selling drug ingredients from its Toansa, India, plant for the U.S. market?

[A] Dr Reddy's Lab

[B] Cipla

[C] Biocon

[D] Ranbaxy Laboratories

21. Union Finance Ministry on 23 January 2014 approved a proposal, which will be in effect from 1 April 2014, to provide minimum monthly pension of how much rupees to workers of organised sector, under the Employees Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95)?

[A] 800

[B] 900

[C] 1000

[D] 1200

22. An Indian-American lady, the first-ever US special representative to Muslim communities, is leaving her position at the State Department to join the Institute of Politics at Harvard University on 24th Jan 2014. Can you name her?

[A] Farah Pandith

[B] Norah Kerry

[C] Sarah Rukhsar

[D] Merry J Keyan

23. Which university became the first public university to accept fees in digital currency, Bitcoin (However the payment of fees through Bitcoin will be only applicable to two new courses on the roles of complimentary currencies in economic systems)?

[A] Cumbria University, UK

[B] Oxford University, UK

[C] National University of Singapore

[D] Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

24. Micromax, India’s leading and world's 11th largest handset maker on Thursday, 23rd January 2014, launched its operations in which country?

A] China

[B] Germany

[C] Russia

[D] Bangladesh

1. Shane Warne

Shane Warne has been appointed as spin coach for Australia’s World Twenty20 campaign in Bangladesh in March. Cricket Australia announced on Thursday that Warne would support head coach Darren Lehmann as a consultant, providing specialist coaching to the squad’s spinners.

2. Delhi

Delhiites experienced one of the worst winters this year during the last 66 years. It was the third severe most cold in Delhi this season; the coldest being the month of January in the years 2003 and 1999 following it.

3. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) today received the Golden Peacock Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Award -2013 in the Oil Production Category. CMD ONGC Sudhir Vasudeva, Director Exploration & I/c HSE Narendra K Verma and ED-Chief HSE M L Jain received the award- a trophy and a citation from Hon’ble Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari at New Delhi.

4. India

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Thursday formally approved and backed the plan which proposes to overhaul the world body, International Cricket Council (ICC), by handing over executive decision-making to India, Australia and England.

5. K.V. Brahmaji Ra

K.V. Brahmaji Rao has been appointed as Executive Director, Punjab National Bank  by Ministry of Finance, Government of India w.e.f 22/01/2014. Prior to joining Punjab National

Bank Shri Rao was General Manager Vijaya Bank and served the Bank for over 3 decades.

6. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) has been named ‘ Best Employer India 2013′ by Aon Hewitt in a presentation ceremony held at New Delhi on 15.01.2014, in a survey across both the public and private sector employers. In yet another category the corporation was also awarded ‘ The Aon Hewitt Voice of Employee Award Public Sector Enterprise India 2013′.

7. Sudhir Mahato

Former Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister and JMM leader Sudhir Mahato died on Wednesday following a massive heart attack at Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of the state. He was 58.

8. ESA (European Space Agency)

ESA’s (European Space Agency) Herschel space observatory has discovered water vapour around Ceres, the first unambiguous detection of water vapour around an object in the asteroid belt, according to an announcement by the space agency on Thursday.

9. Justin Bieber

Singer Justin Bieber left a Miami-county jail Thursday following his arrest earlier in the day in Miami Beach on charges including driving under the influence and resisting arrest.

10. WNS Limited

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, has been recognized with the prestigious Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility for the second consecutive year. WNS received this award for its ongoing ‘Community Development and Outreach Program’, under the auspices of the WNS Cares Foundation (WCF).

11. Minukumanna Minugurulu (This film was released on Airtel Digital TV at 00.30 hours on 24 January (the day of its release) and would be available on this DTH platform for 5 days. Directed by Ayodhyakumar Krishnamsetty, the film’s cast includes national award winning actors Ashish Vidyarthi and Suhasini Maniratnam along with internationally acclaimed actor Raghubir Yadav)

12. 23 January 2014 (The decision has been taken by the President following a request of the Andhra Pradesh government which sought four weeks extension of the 23 January deadline. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill now has to be returned by the state Assembly by 30 January 2014 with or without its view)

13. Ukraine(‘Euromaidan’ mean ‘Eurosquare’. It stands for the ongoing protests and civil unrest undertaken by a large section of Ukrainian populace demanding country’s closer integration with Europe. The protests started on 21 November 2013 from Ukraine’s capital Kiev and since then have grown into a strong movement against President Viktor Yanukovych and his government. The protests against Yanukovych started after his apparent move to incline towards Russian Govt. and moving away from European influence. ‘Euromaidan’ is the largest ever pro-European movement in the history. The protest took an ugly and violent form on 19 January and became more violent on 23 January)

14. Thailand (A 60-day state of emergency was imposed in Thailand’s capital Bangkok to suppress the anti-government protests that has blocked the parts of the capital and to take care of the situation and to enforce the law. This emergency came into effect from 22 January and it bans public gatherings, brings into effect censoring of news reports and imposition of curfew for next 60 days)

15. Mithapur

 Gujarat (Tata Group was associated with Mithapur in 1939 when it took over the Okha Salt Works at Mithapur near Okha. Mithapur, situated between Okha and Dwarka, is a small colony supported by Tata Chemicals Limited, which is one of the flagship companies of the Tata Group)

16. Prof. Rakesh Khurana (He will assume his new charge from 1 July 2014. Harvard College is the school within Harvard University that grants undergraduate degrees. Rakesh will thus become the latest addition to a long list of Indian-origin academicians assuming leadership roles at renowned global universities. Before this India-born Prof. Nitin Nohria had also assumed his responsibility as Dean of the Harvard Business School)

17. C

18. B

19. A

20. Ranbaxy Laboratories

21. 1000

22. Farah Pandith

23. Cumbria University, UK

24. Russia