Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 10, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: Feb 10, 2014

1. Which of the following countries will host 2018 Winter Olympics?

[A] South Korea

[B] Japan

[C] Singapore

[D] Netherland

2. Recently, RBI has released a draft report on enabling PKI in payment system application. What does PKI stands for___?

[A] Public Key Infrastructure

[B] Primary Key Infrastructure

[C] Primary Key Institute

[D] Public Kiosk Infrastructure

3. What is the name of the only novel written by Charlie Chaplin that is being made public for the first time?

[A] Limelight

[B] The Comedian

[C] Footlight

[D] A Memory Never Fade

4. Who among the following has been elected as president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

[A] Anil Khanna

[B] Rajeev Mehta

[C] Ramachandran

[D] N Srinivasan

5. “Watson” is an artificially intelligent computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed by ____?

[A] Google

[B] IBM

[C] Microsoft

[D] Dell

6. Recently opened Taishan Antarctic research station belongs to which one of the following countries?

[A] South Korea

[B] Japan

[C] China

[D] Singapore

7. Which among the following Latin American country is not a member of MERCOSUR?

[A] Chile

[B] Argentina

[C] Paraguay

[D] Uruguay

8. The government of India has decided to set up a new major port at Dugarajapatnam, which is located in __?

[A] Andhra Pradesh

[B] Karnataka

[C] Tamil Nadu

[D] Kerala

9. Which among the following chemical is most suitable in Food Processing industry, to be used as a food preservatives?

[A] Sodium Carbonate

[B] Acetylene

[C] Methyl Salicylate

[D] Benzoic Acid

10. Tungabhadra Multipurpose project is an interstate project between which among the following states?

[A] Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh

[B] Karnataka & Maharastra

[C] Karnataka, Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh

[D] Karnataka & Goa

11. Who has become the new prime minister of Nepal on Monday, 10th feb 2014?
[A] Khil Raj Regmi
[B] Sushil Koirala
[C] Prachanda
[D] Dinesh Bhattarai

12. She received Amazing Indian Award, instituted by Times Now channel in September 2012, on 6 February 2014 from the hands of the Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari. She was awarded for scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged. Who is she?
[A] Arunima Sinha
[B] Jyoti Singh
[C] Garima Rustagi
[D] Jhumpa Dola

13. Which authority/institution on 7 February 2014 issued a ban on the process of burning of tyres at public places like roads and areas surrounded by residential buildings?
[A] Ministry of Environment
[B] Delhi High Court
[C] National Green Tribunal
[D] Supreme Court of India

14. As announced on 10th Feb 2014, this is the first commercial remote sensing satellite being developed by Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) to be launched in 2015. This satellite would be launched on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in collaboration with ISRO. Can you name this satellite?
[A] SeLEOS-1
[B] TeSG-1
[C] SGTeL-1
[D] TeLEOS-1

15. Which union, on 9 February 2014, declared a two day all India strike of banks from 10th Feb 2014 to protest against proposed banking reforms and in support of their demand for an immediate revision in wages?
[A] United Forum of Bank Unions
[B] Indian Bankers Association
[C] Central Forum of Bank Unions
[D] All Indian Bank Employees Union

16. Who becomes the first Indian state to achieve over 100% sanitation?

[A] Sikkim

[B] Gujarat

[C] Delhi

Himachal Pradesh

17. Who has been appointed as new president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

[A] Dhanraj Choudhary

[B] Anil Khanna

[C] N Ramachandran

Parminder Singh Dhindsa

18. Which political party has announced a tie-up with BJP for the Lok Sabha elections?

[A] Trinmool Congress

[B] Shiv Sena

[C] Janata Dal (United)

[D] MDMK

19. Which among the following country to agreed to allow wider nuclear probe?

[A] Malaysia

[B] Iran

[C] Scotland

[D] Uganda

20. Name the South African president son who investigated over fatal car crash in South Africa?

[A] Duduzane Zuma

[B] David Millar

[C] Christian Vande Velde

[D] Bradley Wiggins

21. Who becomes the third Indian to get a century in the fourth innings of a test match against New Zealand in New Zealand?

[A] Murli Vijay

[B] Anjikya Rahane

[C] Virat Kohli

[D] Shikar Dhawan

22. At least 11 dead and more than 1,200 injured across the country in a heavy snow at-

[A] United States

[B] New Zealand

[C] Japan

[D] China

23. Who has been elected as new governor of Tokyo?

[A] Yoichi Masuzoe

[B] Toshio Tamogami

[C] Kenji Utsunomiya

[D] Junichiro Koizumi

24. Who among the following player won the Australian Ladies Masters 2013?

[A] Michelle Wie

[B] Beatriz Recari

[C] Charley Hull

[D] Cheyenne Woods

25. Which political party will announce its first list of Lok Sabha candidates between 15 and 17 February 2014?

[A] Bhartiya Janata Party

[B] Congress

[C] Aam Aadmi Party

[D] Samajwadi Party

1. South Korea

The 2018 Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018.

2. Public Key Infrastructure

PKI stands for Public Key Infrastructure. The Reserve Bank of India released a draft technical report on making payment system effective. The objective of an effective payment system is to secure a safe, secure, efficient, robust and sound payment system in the country.

3. Footlight

Footlight is the novel by Charlie Chaplin, the only book the silent film comic ever wrote is being made public for the first time. Footlight, which will be unveiled in London recently, was written by Chaplin in 1948 and later transformed into his film “Limelight” in which a washed-out clown saves a dancer from suicide.

4. Ramachandran

N Ramachandran has been elected as President of Indian Olympic Association. He was a unanimous choice for president in the Indian Olympic Association election. Ramachandran served as the IOA treasurer from 2008 to 2012 and has been president of the World Squash Federation since 2008.

5. IBM

Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed by IBM.

6. China

Taishan station is a China’s fourth Atlantic research base opened recently. Taishan station, which will be used in summers, is expected to be in service for the next 15 years. It will contribute research on bio-ecology and remote satellite sensing.

7. Chile

India has signed a PTA with MERCOSUR in 2004. MERCOSUR is a trading block of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in South America region)

8. Andhra Pradesh

The government has decided to set up two new major ports, one each at Sagar in West Bengal and Dugarajapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

9. Benzoic Acid

10. Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh

11. Sushil Koirala

12. Arunima Sinha

13. National Green Tribunal

14. TeLEOS-1

15. United Forum of Bank Unions

16. Sikkim

Sikkim has become the first state to achieve more than 100% sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Anganwadi centres, an official releases stated.

17. N Ramachandran

World Squash Federation (WSF) president N Ramachandran was elected unopposed as the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday.

18. MDMK

MDMK founder Vaiko, whose party has announced a tie-up with BJP for the Lok Sabha elections, has invited Narendra Modi to address a farmers’ convention in Erode district.

19. Iran

Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog agreed on Sunday on new “practical” steps to increase transparency over Tehran’s controversial nuclear work, although a suspect, military site remained off-limits.

20. Duduzane Zuma

South African President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, is being probed for culpable homicide after his Porsche sports car ploughed into a minivan in Johannesburg, killing one person and critically injuring two.

21. Shikar Dhawan

Shikar Dhawan became the first Indian opener and the third Indian to score a hundred in the fourth innings of a Test match against New Zealand in New Zealand.

22. Japan

The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least 11 dead and more than 1,200 injured across the country.

23. Yoichi Masuzoe

Former TV presenter and cabinet minister Yoichi Masuzoe has won the election for Tokyo governor by a wide margin.

24. Cheyenne Woods

Cheyenne Woods won the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday for her first major professional tour victory, holding off 17-year-old Australian amateur Minjee Lee by two strokes.

25. Aam Aadmi Party

The Aam Aadmi Party will announce its first list of Lok Sabha candidates between February 15 and 17. The party has stopped accepting nominations for 238 Lok Sabha seats that includes all seven Delhi seats.