Current Affairs QUIZ: January 17, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: January 17, 2014

1. Which among the following Delhi’s Bus Depot removes to save river Yamuna by Arvind Kejriwal?

[A] Shadi Pur Bus Depot

[B] Hasanpur Bus Depot

[C] Mori Gate Bus Depot

[D] Millennium Bus Depot

2. How many Delhi Jal Board Engineers arrested by CBI for fraud?

[A] Nine

[B] Fourteen

[C] Six

[D] Eleven

3. Who among the following back as new finance secretary?

[A] M M Kutty

[B] Archana Arora

[C] Yogendra Yadav

[D] Manish Sisodia

4. Which among the following state’s chief minister reduced power tariff rate across the board in his state?

[A] Gujarat

[B] Rajasthan

[C] Haryana

[D] Maharashtra

5. India’s longest surviving tiger Guddu dies at 26 in-

[A] Delhi Zoo

[B] Haryana Zoo

[C] Gujarat Zoo

[D] Kanpur zoo

6. Who has been replaced J Ravinder Gaur as new SSP of Lucknow?

[A] Gaurav Rana

[B] Praveen Kumar

[C] Jameel Ahmed

[D] Subham Yadav

7. Who among the following beats Oprah Winfrey in Forbes’ List of Most Influential Celebrities’ of the year?

[A] Steven Spielberg

[B] James Cameron

[C] Kate Capshaw

[D] Quentin Tarantino

8. Blast kills seven during prayers in Islamic center at-

[A] Nigeria

[B] Afghanistan

[C] Pakistan

[D] Iran

9. Which news paper company launches Gujarati daily NavGujarat Samay?

[A] Lok Prakashan Limited

[B] Amar Ujala Publications Limited

[C] Hindustan Times Media Limited

[D] Bennett Coleman and Co. Limited

10. Name the Yahoo Chief Operating Officer who dismisses by Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer?

[A] Evan G. Greenberg

[B] Henrique de Castro

[C] Jeff Bezos

[D] Muhtar Kent

11. A famous Bengali actress died in Kolkota on 17 January 2014. She was born as Rama Dasgupta in Pabna district of West Bengal on 16 April 1931. She was famously known as the Greta Garbo of Bengali cinema. Can you name her?

[A] Suvarna Sen

[B] Devyani Sen

[C] Geetanjali Sen

[D] Suchitra Sen

12. Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) on 16 January 2014 signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the collaboration within the framework of UKIERI in New Delhi. What does UKIERI stands for?

[A] UK India External and Regional Initiative

[B] UK India Education and Research Initiative

[C] UK India Education and Research Institute

[D] UK Initiative for Education and Research in India

13. Who was appointed as the police chief of District One of Kabul province on 15 January 2014 and hence become the first woman in Afghanistan to be appointed as police chief of an entire district?

[A] Jamila Bayaz

[B] Saira Hayat

[C] Sofiya Bao

[D] Adaa Khan

14. Who was awarded the Thiruvalluvar award on 15 January 2014 by the Tamil Nadu government in Chennai?

[A] Subramanya Bharathi

[B] Bharathidasan

[C] Yushi

[D] P G Vijay

15. India's first hospital for fish has been sanctioned on 16 Jan 2014 and will come up shortly in which city?

[A] Kochi, Kerala

[B] Chennai, Tamilnadu

[C] Mumbai, Maharashtra

[D] Goa, Goa

1. Millennium Bus Depot

The Millennium Bus Depot, constructed as a temporary structure on the Yamuna river bank during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, will be shifted out in a park Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

2. Fourteen

CBI on Thursday registered five cases of cheating and forgery in the supply of sewerage equipment to Delhi Jal Board. It also named eight executive engineers, six junior engineers and a private company.

3. M M Kutty

M M Kutty was brought back as the finance secretary on Wednesday night. He will replace Archana Arora who had got the additional charge of finance under the AAP government.

4. Haryana

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda drastically reduced power tariff across the board in his state. Mr Hooda gave a relaxation of Rs. 1.30 per unit to domestic consumers who use up to a thousand units every two months. The tariff per unit for farmers was reduced from 25 paise to 10 paise.

5. Kanpur zoo

The oldest tiger living in a captive environment, 26-year-old Guddu, died at the Kanpur zoo in Uttar Pradesh late Wednesday night. 

6. Praveen Kumar

Commandant of 41 battalion PAC in Ghaziabad Praveen Kumar will be new SSP of Lucknow in place of J Ravinder Gaur who has been attached with DGP office.

7. Steven Spielberg

Director Steven Spielberg on Wednesday dethroned media mogul Oprah Winfrey as the most influential celebrity in the United States, according to an annual study by Forbes magazine that was dominated by film directors.

8. Pakistan

At least seven people including an eight-year-old child were killed in Pakistan on Thursday when an explosion ripped through a packed Islamic preaching centre during evening prayers.

9. Bennett Coleman and Co. Limited

Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (BCCL), publisher of The Times of India, has launched a Gujarati daily NavGujarat Samay in Ahmedabad.  This launch comes as a part of its strategy to extend footprint in Indian languages.

10. Henrique de Castro

Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer dismissed Chief Operating Officer Henrique de Castro after 14 months, amid disappointment with his efforts to boost growth.

11. [D] Suchitra Sen

12. [B] UK India Education and Research Initiative

13. [A] Jamila Bayaz

14. [C] Yushi

15. [A] Kochi, Kerala