Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 02, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 02, 2014

1. Which among the following Country’s aviation safety ranking downgraded by US Federal Aviation Administration?

[A] Afghanistan

[B] Britain

[C] India

[D] Bangladesh

2. Which among the following company becomes the biggest tax defaulter in the country, data given by the income tax department under RTI showed?

[A] Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

[B] Aditya Birla Telecom Limited

[C] Vodafone Infrastructure

[D] Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

3. Which Indian states government joins hand with Delhi to not allow FDI in multi-brand retail?

[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Mizoram

[C] Kerala

[D] Rajasthan

4. Who among the following to be named as new Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft?

[A] Ajay Banga

[B] Indra Nooyi

[C] Satya Nadella

[D] Steve Ballmer

5. Which Indian states power tariff to raise 6-8 percent from Saturday?

[A] Delhi

[B] Haryana

[C] Uttar Pradesh

[D] Himachal Pradesh

6. Which among the following company the Gold Trophy for Project export at 45th National Awards for Export Excellence for the year 2012-13?

[A] Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

[B] Ircon International Limited (IRCON)

[C] NTPC Limited

[D] Tech Mahindra Limited

7. Which among the following Indian states chief minister resigned from his post on 31st January 2014?

[A] Uttarakhand

[B] Assam

[C] Sikkim

[D] Jammu and Kashmir

8. Which country launched 370 scholarships worth Rs 10 crore exclusively for Indian students?

[A] Australia

[B] United Kingdom

[C] Japan

[D] United States of America

9. Which Music director joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha Elections?

[A] Rahul Dev Burman

[B] Amit Kumar

[C] Bappi Lahiri

[D] Himesh Reshammiya

10. Who has been takes charge of additional director general, CISF Airport Sector at CISF headquarters in New Delhi?

[A] O P Singh

[B] Madhav Prakash

[C] Harender Verma

[D] Sunil Goyal

11. Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 1 February 2014?

12. Asia’s first Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) was commissioned into the Indian Navy recently with which India joined the select league of just two countries – the United States and Ukraine. Where this SBTF has been established?

13.  Which Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) was on 31 January 2014 elevated to the status of ISRO’s Propulsion Complex giving more autonomy to this centre?

14. In the first-ever move that would adversely affect flight operations to the US, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 31 January 2014 downgraded India’s aviation safety ranking, bringing it below Pakistan and at par with countries like Ghana, Barbados and Bangladesh. Air passengers to and from the US may have to face the brunt as Indian airplanes would have to go through more engineering and other safety checks on the American soil. What would be the main effect of this downgrade on Indian airline companies?

1. India

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lowered India’s aviation safety ranking, finding regulatory oversight to be inadequate, in a move that would impede efforts by Air India Ltd and Jet Airways (India) Ltd to expand flights to American destinations and subject them to stricter scrutiny.

2. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest insurer of the country, has over Rs 7,000 crore in tax demand pending against it, the biggest across various categories.

3. Rajasthan

The new BJP government in Rajasthan on Friday night announced that it would not allow FDI in multi-brand retail in the state as it would adversely affect various stakeholders and reduce jobs.

4. Satya Nadella

Senior Microsoft executive Satya Nadella would replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO, two media reports said today, citing sources familiar with the processes of selecting the new leader at the Redmond-based company

5. Delhi

Delhi’s power distribution companies Friday hiked their surcharge, and as a result the city’s power tariff would increase six to eight percent from Saturday. According to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), the BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) increased its tariff eight percent, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) by six percent and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) by seven percent.

6. Ircon International Limited (IRCON)

Shri Mohan Tiwari, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Ircon International Limited (IRCON), received the Gold Trophy for Project export at 45th National Awards for Export Excellence for the year 2012-13 were given away by Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) India.

7. Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna stepped down from his post on Friday. Meanwhile, central minister Harish Rawat has been informed to take charge of the hill state.

8. United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has launched 370 scholarships worth Rs 10 crore exclusively for Indian students. The scholarship amount is the largest ever allocated for India, and was announced on Friday as part of the ongoing GREAT Britain campaign to bolster the country’s global reputation.

9. Bappi Lahiri

Music director and singer Bappi Lahiri has changed track and moved beyond the Mumbai film industry to join BJP and begin a political career. Party chief Rajnath Singh inducted him into BJP on Friday.

10. O P Singh

Senior IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh Om Prakash Singh has been appointed as the chief of the airport sector of the CISF security at the country’s civil air terminals.

11. Harish Rawat (Rawat was the Union Water Resources Minister in Union Government and he succeeded Vijay Bahuguna who was asked by the Congress high command to step down in a bid to boost the party’s prospects ahead of the April-May Lok Sabha polls. Bahuguna relinquished his post on 31 January 2014. Rawat became the 8^th Chief Minister of the state)

12. at INS Hansa in Panaji (Goa) – The SBTF is primarily used for flight testing of Naval aircraft that operate from aircraft carriers. The SBTF has two parts including the Take-off Area with a ski-jump facility and the Landing Area with arresting wire facility, both of which are a replica of INS Vikramaditya)

13. Mahendragiri centre, at Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli (The Mahendragiri centre, which was functioning under LPSC in Valiyamala near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, would henceforth directly report to the ISRO chairman. The Mahendragiri centre has been instrumental in assembling and testing as many as 125 engines made by ISRO so far. The elevation would be a challenge to the scientists working in the centre)

14.

• This downgrade would effectively bar Air India and Jet Airways from increasing flights to the US from the current level
• They would also not be able to enter into any new code-share relationships with any US airline

(The downgrade does not mean that these airlines are unsafe but shows that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA’s) safety oversight is not enough to properly monitor safety performance of Indian carriers. As per the FAA, the downgrade means that the DGCA does not meet the safety standards set by UN agency International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO))