Current Affairs QUIZ: JAN 26 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: JAN 26 2014

1. On Friday, 25 Jan 2013, Air India has been rated the world's third-most unsafe commercial airline in a ranking among 60 global carriers after China Airlines and TAM Airlines by Hamburg-based JACDEC that monitors plane crashes around the world. To arrive at the rankings, Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center (JACDEC) said it culled data on air crashes and fatalities in the last 30 years and factored in international safety benchmarks. Which airlines was graded the safest?

[A] China Airlines

[B] Jet Airways

[C] Cathay Pacific

[D] Finnair

2. Who is going to become new Chief Minister of Capital of After Sheela Dixit?

3. What is new circular of RBI Reserve Bank of India?

4. Indian Government has decided to confer “Bharat Ratna” which is the highest civilian award. Which are the two persons who are going to get the owner of getting this award?

5. Which new state is about to build up in India and from which state?

6. Who will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Celebrations 2014 to be celebrated on 26 January 2014?

7. What is the name of India’s new Political Party?

8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 22 January 2014, warned that it would withdraw from circulation all old banknotes and announced that it will withdraw all old notes from 31 March 2014. From 1 July 2014 these old notes would be put out of circulation. Notes issued before which year will be withdrawn by the RBI?

9. Who was the head of RBI’s committee on strengthening monetary policy framework, which in its recommendations has suggested that the target for inflation should be set at 4% with a band of +/- 2% around it?

10. In which India is playing cricket in the month of December 2013?

11. Who was selected to head the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), who will become the first ever person from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to hold the position of NDDB Chairman?

12. Legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao (lovingly called ANR) passed away at a private hospital in Hyderabad on 22 January 2014 at the age of 91 years. Father of Telugu superstar Nagarjuna, he founded which famous studios in Hyderabad, which helped in establishing Telugu film industry in this city?

13. The King of Bhutan on Friday, 25 Jan 2013, appreciated India’s assistance in the socio-economic development of his country over the past century and said continued help would be “indispensable” for its future growth. New Delhi’s helping hand, he said, had led to Bhutan evolving a political system in which democracy is now an integral part. The King was speaking at a state banquet in his honour on the eve of Republic Day, at which he is the chief guest. Can you name the king?

[A] Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

[B] Jigme Khesar Wangchuk

[C] Jigme Singye Wangchuk

[D] Ugyen Wangchuk

14. Which bank came to highlight recently for declaring an interim dividend of 9000%, which is said to be the highest in India’s banking industry?

15. The state government on Friday, 25 January 2013, announced to raise the social security pension from Rs 450 to Rs 500 per month on the occasion of 43rd statehood day. It was on this day in 1971 that this state was carved out as the 18th state of the country. Which state has celebrated its 43rd statehood day on 25 Jan 2013?

[A] Maharashtra

[B] Himachal Pradesh

[C] Assam

[D] Orissa

16. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is a literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South Asia themes such as culture, politics, history, or people. Who has been named the winner of the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his debut novel 'Narcopolis' on Friday, 25th January 2013?

[A] Jeet Thayil

[B] Shehan Karunatilaka

[C] Uday Prakash

[D] Tahmima Anam

17. The government came out with a list of 108 Padma awardees on Friday, 25th January 2013, that included actress Sridevi, actors Nana Patekar and Malayalam star Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar. In all four personalities were awarded Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. Noted physicist Yash Pal, space scientist Roddam Narasimha, renowned sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and __________ were on Friday chosen for this year’s Padma Vibhushan.

[A] Jaspal Bhatti

[B] Saroja Vaidyanathan

[C] S. Haider Raza

[D] Adi Godrej

1. [D] Finnair

2. Arvind Kajriwal

3. Not any Note of any denomination will be accepted by any branch of Bank after 31st December 2013.

4. Sachin Tendulkar & Prof. CNR Rao

5. Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.

6. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to New Delhi from January 25-27 and will be the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day celebrations)

7. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

8. 2005 (According to an RBI advisory, anybody who had such currency notes would have to approach a bank in order to exchange them. The RBI would start withdrawing the notes after 31 March 2014. This step will apparently hit currency hoarders and counterfeiters. However, the currency notes issued before 2005 would remain legal tender. But from 1 July 2014 those wanting to exchange more than 10 pieces of 500 and 1000 rupee notes in a bank where they do not have an account will have to provide proof of residence and identity)

9. Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor of the RBI (This inflation target is in view of vulnerability of the Indian economy to supply/external shocks and the relatively large weight of food in Consumer Price Index (CPI))

10. South Africa

11. T. Nanda Kumar (Nanda Kumar, currently Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), is slated to take over from 1 March 2014. He will replace Amrita Patel who has been holding the post since 1998. Both Patel and her illustrious predecessor Verghese Kurien, who was chairman from 1965 to 1998, had dairy professional backgrounds. NDDB’s heydays were in 1970-95, when it implemented the Operation Flood programme that made India self-sufficient in milk production and end reliance on imports of milk powder and butter oil)

12. Annapurna Studios (He always wished to stay in Andhra Pradesh as this is where his audience was. With the support of the government, he bought land and developed Annapurna Studio primarily to encourage the migration of the Telugu film industry from Chennai. ANR was awarded Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1991 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011, which is second highest civilian award of the country)

13. [B] Jigme Khesar Wangchuk

14. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank – TMB (Tuticorin-based TMB took a decision to this effect at a meeting held on 18 January 2014. This dividend stands at Rs. 900 per share of Rs 10 each, for the fiscal ending March 2014. This is the second year in a row that the bank has declared such a high dividend. The bank’s board had approved a dividend of Rs 750 per share for 2008-09 and Rs 1,000 per share the following year)

15. [B] Himachal Pradesh

16. [A] Jeet Thayil

17. [C] S. Haider Raza