Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 14, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 14, 2014

1. Which among the following player named FICCI Sportsperson of the Year?

[A] Jayanta Talukdar

[B] Virat Kohli

[C] Saina Nehwal

[D] Deepika Kumari

2. Who became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age?

[A] Egypt

[B] Belgium

[C] Jamaica

[D] Canada

3. Which among the following Veteran filmmaker passes away on 13th February 2014?

[A] M. Sasikumar

[B] Kailasam Balachander

[C] Balu Mahendra

[D] Vetrimaaran

4. Which Indian state Transport Corporation has decided to introduce biometric attendance system for its employees?

[A] Haryana

[B] Maharashtra

[C] Delhi

[D] Andhra Pradesh

5. Which among the following South African cricketer equaled of consecutive 50s in test match cricket?

[A] AB de Villiers

[B] Hashim Amla

[C] JP Duminy

[D] Faf du Plessis

6. Who among the following will take over as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?

[A] Koka Subba Rao

[B] Mukul Mudgal

[C] Jagdish Sharan Verma

[D] Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

7. Which country’s Prime Minister to resign after party withdraws support?

[A] Malaysia

[B] Spain

[C] Angola

[D] Italy

8. Name the American comic actor and writer who passes away at 91 on 13th February 2014?

[A] Carl Reiner

[B] Sid Caesar

[C] Mel Brooks

[D] Barry Pearl

9. Which Indian cricketer was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award at the India Sports Awards presented by FICCI?

[A] Rahul Dravid

[B] Sourav Ganguly

[C] Sachin Tendulkar

[D] Anil Kumble

10. Which country’s scientist successfully converted plastic shopping bags into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products?

[A] Japan

[B] China

[C] Philippines

[D] United States

11. What is the name of India’s first public sector unit (PSU), the revival plan for which was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 13 February 2014?

12. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announced on 12 February 2014 that in coming days Indian citizens without a bank account would be able to withdraw cash from an ATM (automated teller machine) with the help of mobile technology. Payment banks will play important role in facilitating this system under which a payment system will facilitate funds transfers from bank account holders to those without accounts through ATMs. Which committee had recently recommended establishment of payment banks?

13. The United States ended its nine-year hands-off distance from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with U.S. Ambassador Nancy J. Powell meeting him in Gandhinagar on 13 February 2014. The U.S. Government had cancelled Narendra Modi’s visa in 2005 under which act, which is applied rarely?

14. What is the name of the expelled Congress MP whose name came to limelight for using the hazardous pepper spray to prevent the introduction of the Telangana bill in the Lok Sabha leading to chaos and disarray in House on 13 February 2014?

15. Balu Mahendra, who passed away on 13 February 2014 at a Chennai hospital, was associated with which field?

1. Deepika Kumari: India’s top archer Deepika Kumari was Thursday named the Sportsperson of the Year at the India Sports Awards, presented by FICCI.

2. Belgium: Belgium became the first nation to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children on Thursday when its lower House passed a new right-to-die legislation by a large majority.

3. Balu Mahendra: Acclaimed director Balu Mahendra who was admitted in Vijaya Hospital due to illness passed away today in the morning.

4. Delhi: Delhi Transport Corporation has decided to introduce biometric attendance system for its employees. Along with other senior officials, the CMD of DTC will also be brought under this.

5. AB de Villiers: Abraham de Villiers, with his unbeaten 52 off 94 balls against Australia on Thursday, equalled a world record held by Vivian Richards of 11 consecutive 50s in test match cricket.

6. Mukul Mudgal:Former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court Mukul Mudgal will take over as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).

7. Italy: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has said he will resign on Friday after his Democratic Party backed a call for a new administration.

8. Sid Caesar,: Comic showman Sid Caesar, a pioneer of American television sketch comedy as the star and creative force of “Your Show of Shows” during the 1950s, died on Wednesday at age 91.

9. Rahul Dravid: Cricket legend Rahul Dravid was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award at the India Sports Awards being presented by FICCI.

10. United States: Indian-origin scientists based in US have successfully converted plastic shopping bags into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products.

11. ITI Limited, which was formerly known as Indian Telephone Industries Ltd (The company was established in 1948 and was incorporated in 1950 under the then Mysore Companies Act, 1938 and later converted as the first PSU of the country to assist the Government in the sensitive and strategic telecommunication field. The company was referred to the Board of Industrial and Financial Restructuring (BIFR) in 2004-05 and declared a sick company. BIFR had recommended a revival plan for ITI Ltd. The revival plan will be supported through financial restructuring by fund infusion of Rs. 4,156.79 crore)

12. Nachiket More Committee on Financial Inclusion (The interesting proposal essentially is that the sender can go to an ATM with a participating bank and ask the money to be withdrawn from his account. The intermediary then processes the payment and sends a code via mobile to the recipient. The recipient takes that code to the nearest ATM of that participating bank, punches in the code and withdraws the money)

13. The Immigration and Nationality Act (This rarely applied U.S. legislation bars grants of visa to applicants such as convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic who might have indulged in severe violation of religious freedom. However, the U.S. govt. is still silent on revoking the visa ban imposed on Modi. Gujarat is not only the location of several American start-ups but the site of a multi-billion-dollar site for nuclear power reactors – the biggest single ticket investment opportunity for the U.S. economy in India. While the European Union was the first in the Western bloc to end the deliberate isolation of Narendra Modi ever since the Gujarat riots of 2002, the Gujarat Chief Minister has been feted by other countries including a high profile visit to China)

14. L. Rajagopal (He represented Congress from Vijayawada. The spray was used in the Well of the House as Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Bill amid vociferous protests by members from Seemandhra)

15. Films (74-year old Balu Mahendra was a renowned Tamil film director and ace cinematographer. His masterpieces such as ‘Azhiyatha Kolangal’, ‘Moontram Pirai’, ‘Veedu’, ‘Santhiya Ragam’ and ‘Vanna Vanna Pookal’ left an indelible mark on the Indian film industry)