Current Affairs QUIZ Feb: 06, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ Feb: 06, 2014

1. Which cricketer become the fastest to score 11,000 Test runs?

[A] Ross Taylor

[B] Kumar Sangakkara

[C] Graeme Smith

[D] Michael Clarke

2. Which country to extend visa-on-arrival facility to tourists from 180 countries?

[A] Japan

[B] United States

[C] Australia

[D] India

3. Which among the following MLA withdraws support to Aam Aadmi Party?

[A] Saurabh Bhardwaj

[B] Vinod Kumar Binny

[C] Shoaib Iqbal

[D] Dharmender Singh Koli

4. Which among the following England cricketer’s career over after he was told he is no longer part of the national team’s plans?

[A] Alastair Cook

[B] Ian Bell

[C] Kevin Peterson

[D] Jonathan Trott

5. At least eight people were killed after a portion of the Bildwar cave collapsed in-

[A] Chhattisgarh

[B] Madhya Pradesh

[C] Punjab

[D] Haryana

6. Who has been appointed as the next dean of the prestigious Princeton University Graduate School?

[A] Mahesh Gupta

[B] Ankit Mishra

[C] Kapil Dhama

[D] Sanjeev Kulkarni

7. How many people have been arrested in connection with drugs found at the New York home of film star Seymour Hoffman?

[A] Ten

[B] Sixteen

[C] Four

[D] Eight

8. Which among the following company’s net profit up 16% to $324.3 million for the quarter ended December 2013?

[A] Wipro Limited

[B] Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

[C] Tech Mahindra

[D] Infosys

9. Which among the following football player has been banned for three Spanish league games?

[A] Lionel Messi

[B] Gareth Bale

[C] Ronaldinho

[D] Cristiano Ronaldo

10. Who has been elected as new head of directorate general of hydrocarbons?

[A] B N Talukdar

[B] S Jaipal Reddy

[C] Jignesh Srivastava

[D] Rupesh Joshi

11. India, on 5 February 2014, signed two umbrella agreements for financial and technical co-operation under bilateral Development Cooperation framework with which country?
[A] France
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] Lebanon

12. On 6th Feb 2014, India decided to extend the visa-on-arrival facility to tourists from 180 nations. It will take 5-6 months for the respective departments to put the required infrastructure in place and it is hoped to implement this from the next tourist session beginning October. India currently offers visa-on-arrival to tourists from how many countries?
[A] 58
[B] 49
[C] 33
[D] 11

13. LG has officially launched its first curved screen smartphone, which is India’s costliest Android smartphone so far at Rs 69,999. What is the model name of this phone?
[A] G Smart
[B] G Flex
[C] G Curve
[D] G Razor

14. Kerala government, on 6th feb 2014, announced a slew of concessions to protect the interests of people, especially fishermen in coastal areas, as a move to meet their grievances and apprehensions due to restrictions in human activity under which Act?
[A] Coastal Regulatory Zone
[B] Fishing Regulation Act
[C] Border Regulation Zone
[D] Waterfront Regulatory Zone

15. The Election Commission of India made an announcement on 5 February 2014 after finalizing the electoral list on 31 January 2014 that it added _________ new voters in the electoral list during 2009-14 period or since 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
[A] 7 crore
[B] 9.7 crore
[C] 10 crore
[D] 10.3 crore

16. The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) during February 2014 issued an advisory to banks to ensure business continuity after Microsoft ends support for its popular Windows XP operating system on 8 April 2014. In its advisory it drew the attention of banks to a study by Microsoft in which it claimed that very large number of Indian public bank branches would become vulnerable following the U.S.-based firm’s decision to stop support to Windows XP. How many public sector bank branches were claimed to be affected?

17. The UPA government faced a major embarrassment on the first day of the extended winter session of Parliament on 5 February 2014 as a united Opposition forced the government to defer the Communal Violence Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The bill, titled the Prevention of Communal Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2014, is intended to replace which bill?

18. The Kerala Public Expenditure Review Committee on 4 February 2014 recommended raising of the retirement age of State employees and teaching and non-teaching staff of private aided educational institutions and autonomous bodies such as universities from 56 to

19. Who was presented with the 26^th Moorti Devi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith on 4 February 2014?

20. Which Indian automobile company during February 2014 unveiled – Zest and Bolt – two new car models?

21. The international career of maverick England batsman Kevin Pietersen came to an abrupt end on 5 February because

1. Kumar Sangakkara: Kumar Sangakkara has become the fastest to score 11,000 Test runs and scored his maiden triple hundred against Bangladesh.

2. India: India will extend visa-on-arrival to tourists of all nations barring eight, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iran, as it looks to boost tourism, Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla said on Wednesday.

3. Vinod Kumar Binny: Rebel MLA Vinod Kumar Binny on Wednesday announced his decision to withdraw support to the Aam Aadmi Party-led government.

4. Kevin Peterson:Kevin Pietersen’s England career is over after he was told he is no longer part of the national team’s plans. The 33-year-old batsman, England’s all-time leading run-scorer across all formats.

5. Chhattisgarh: At least eight people, including college girl students, were killed after a portion of the Bildwar cave collapsed in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh.

6. Sanjeev Kulkarni: Another Indian-American has been named to a top academic job with the appointment of Sanjeev Kulkarni as the next dean of the prestigious Princeton University Graduate School.

7. Four: Four people have been arrested in connection with drugs found at the New York home of film star Seymour Hoffman. Police found Hoffman dead in his bathroom with a syringe in his arm on Sunday.

8. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation: Cognizant on Wednesday announced net profit of 16% to $324.3 million for the quarter ended December 2013.

9. Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned for three Spanish league games for receiving a red card and then making a mocking gesture toward the match officials in a game at Athletic Bilbao.

10. B N Talukdar: B.N. Talukdar, director for exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL), will be the new director general of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

11. [C] Germany

12. [D] 11

13. [B] G Flex

14. [A] Coastal Regulatory Zone

15. [B] 9.7 crore

16. 34,000 (The fiscal impact of this could be as much as a loss of business opportunity worth Rs.1,100 crore in a day and a loss of income worth Rs.330 crore over a period of three days. Windows XP – launched in October, 2001 – is three generations behind the latest operating system Windows 8, which was launched in October, 2012)

17.  Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005 (Government deferred the bill as the opposition parties stepped up their attack on the government, accusing it of going against the spirit of federalism and encroaching upon States’ rights)

18. 58 years (The committee, in its report tabled in the Kerala Assembly on 4 February, pointed out that there was an unprecedented 45.71% increase in expenditure on payment of salaries to government employees and teaching and non-teaching staff in all institutions coming under the government payment system during 2011-12. The year witnessed a 50.85% increase in pension payments. The two payments together constituted 48.69% of the total expenditure, resulting in acute resource crunch)

19.  Haraprasad Das, the renowned Odia writer (The award consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs 4 Lakhs. Moorti Devi Award is among the highest rated literature awards in India)

20.  Tata Motors (The company unveiled the sedan Zest and hatchback Bolt. These will be launched in India in 2014. These two are Tata’s new models after almost four years)

21. He was dumped from the team for the upcoming tour of the West Indies and the subsequent World Twenty20 Championships in Bangladesh (The dramatic announcement was made by the ECB after a disastrous Ashes series in Australia which the English team lost 0-5. The 33-year-old swashbuckling batsman, who played 104 Tests and 136 ODIs, is set to end as England’s highest run-scorer in all formats of the game after a career spanning nine years. Pietersen has 8181 Test runs at an average of 47.28 and 4440 ODI runs at 40.73 under his belt. The right-hander has 1176 runs in the 37 Twenty20 Internationals he has played so far)