Current Affairs QUIZ: Feb 19, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: Feb 19, 2014

1. Who became the first New Zealand cricketer to hit triple century in test match cricket?

[A] Martin Guptill

[B] Kane Williamson

[C] Brendon McCullum

[D] Ross Taylor

2. Which is the most expensive office location in India?

[A] Connaught Place

[B] Bandra-Kurla Complex

[C] Bangalore

[D] Chandni Chowk

3. Which high court banned the transfer of IAS, IPS and IFS officers till the re-composition of the Civil Services Board?

[A] Delhi High Court

[B] Allahabad High Court

[C] Gujarat High Court

[D] Haryana High Court

4. Which country’s scientists have invented a revolutionary new printer that uses water instead of ink on a re-writable paper?

[A] Angola

[B] Ukraine

[C] Belgium

[D] China

5. Which actor will become UKs first same-sex couple to be married as soon as a new law comes into force on March 29?

[A] Colin Firth

[B] Andrew Wale

[C] Benedict Cumberbatch

[D] Daniel Craig

6. Who has been elected rector of Glasgow University in Scotland?

[A] Chelsea Manning

[B] Julian Assange

[C] Glenn Greenwald

[D] Edward Snowden

7. Which music producer has been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing pornography and an immigration offence?

[A] Jay Reynolds

[B] Just Jack

[C] Haydn Bendall

[D] Alex Cornish

8. Which country overtook India as the world’s largest gold consumer, according to a World Gold Council report?

[A] South Africa

[B] United States

[C] China

[D] Bhutan

9. Name the former Santosh Trophy player who passes away on 18th February 2014?

[A] Jeje Lalpekhlua

[B] Bhabani Banerjee

[C] Gouramangi Singh

[D] Syed Nabi

10. Which country cricket board finally decided to back the controversial ICC revamp plan proposed by India, England and Australia?

[A] Sri Lanka

[B] Bangladesh

[C] West Indies

[D] New Zealand

11. Which Marathi film on 17 February 2014 won the Crystal Bear (Glasernen Bar) for the best film award by the Children’s jury in Generation Kplus section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival?

[A] Zilla

[B] Killa

[C] Liar’s Dice

[D] Vihir

12. First pro-Hindi political party of Tamil Nadu was launched by Madras High Court Advocates Association in Tamil Nadu on 17 February 2014. What is the name of this new party?

[A] Tamil Dravida Katchi

[B] Tamil Dravida Kazhagam

[C] Tamil Maanila Katchi

[D] Tamil Dravida Samagam

13. Which French Olympic champion on 15 February 2014 broke 21-year-old world record of pole vault of Sergey Bubka with a leap of 6.16 meter at Donetsk in the Ukraine?

[A] Renaud Lavillenie

[B] Thomas Bach

[C] Conrad MeGuire

[D] John Sabastine

14. Central Zoo Authority on 18 February 2014 selected the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) for creation of a conservation breeding centre for which endangered wild dog(This will be the first zoo in India to have a breeding centre for these wild dogs)?

[A] Pups

[B] Dhole

[C] Shepherd

[D] Aidi

15. Who was appointed as Pakistan’s high commissioner to India on 17 February 2014?

[A] Salman Bashir

[B] Imran Ul Haq

[C] Salim Pasha

[D] Abdul Basit

16. A historic bill to carve out Telangana State out of Andhra Pradesh was on 18 February 2014 passed by the Lok Sabha amid din and strong protests by members from Seemandhra region. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 was adopted by voice vote with main opposition BJP supporting Congress. Which major parties opposed this bill?

             

17. In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on 18 February 2014 granted relief to the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan – by commuting their death sentence into life term. What was the ground for commuting death sentence of these three convicts?

18. What is the name of the proposed agency for better management of the government’s borrowings which was announced by the Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his vote-on-account on 17 February?

19. Italy on 18 February 2014 recalled its Ambassador to India for consultations, asserting it will decide to deal with the situation of ambiguous and unreliable behaviour by Indian authorities in matter pertaining to involving marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, facing murder charges. What is the name of the Italian Ambassador who has been recalled?

20. Amarkant, who passed away at the age of 88 years at Allahabad on 17 February 2014, was associated with which field?

21. Which express train will become the first train in India to be attached with a Braille-embedded AC coach for visually-challenged passengers?

22. Who became the first Indian bowler to grab a hat-trick in the under-19 cricket World Cup in a match against Scotland on 17 February 2014?

1. Brendon McCullum: India draw their second Test and lost the series 0-1 against New Zealand on Tuesday after Brendon McCullum became the first Kiwi to hit a triple century.

2. Connaught Place: Delhi’s Connaught Place, which is the most expensive office location in India, has dropped four notches to number eight on the global charts from last year.

3. Allahabad High Court: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday banned the transfer of IAS, IPS and IFS officers till the re-composition of the Civil Services Board in adherence to the recent amendment in IAS cadre rules.

4. China: Chinese scientists have invented a revolutionary new printer that uses water instead of ink on a re-writable paper.

5. Andrew Wale: Neil Allard and Andrew Wale will become the first same sex married couple in England when they get married on 29th Mar 2014 in the Pavilion in Brighton.

6. Edward Snowden: Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency analyst was elected rector of Glasgow University in Scotland on Tuesday.

7. Jay Reynolds: Former US Rep Melvin Jay Reynolds, 62 has been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing pornography and an immigration offence.

8. China: China has overtaken India as the world’s largest gold consumer, according to a World Gold Council report released on Tuesday.

9. Bhabani Banerjee: Bhabani Banerjee, the man who helped Delhi register its lone triumph in the national championship for the Santosh Trophy in 1944, passed away in the capital on Monday after a brief illness. He was 88.

10. Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Cricket has finally decided to back the controversial ICC revamp plan proposed by India, England and Australia, saying that it’s satisfied with the revised resolutions tabled at the Board Meeting of the world body early this month.

11. Killa

12. Tamil Maanila Katchi

13. Renaud Lavillenie

14. Dhole

15. Abdul Basit

16. CPI (M), Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress (There was no live telecast by the Lok Sabha TV for 90 minutes during clause by clause consideration of the bill before its passage and this decision of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was opposed vehemently by many members saying it was against the democratic norms and a black day in the country’s democracy)

17. On the grounds of inordinate delay in disposal of their mercy petitions by the President (A three-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice P. Sathasivam rejected the contention of the Centre that the three convicts did not deserve any mercy as they never showed remorse for the killing of the former Prime Minister and they enjoyed their prison life.  In May 2012, the apex court had transferred to itself the writ petitions filed by three convicts in the Madras High Court challenging the rejection of their clemency plea by the former President Pratibha Patil after 11 years. The High Court on 30 August 2011 stayed their execution)

18. Public Debt Management Agency – PDMA (Chidambaram announced that the Centre is ready with the Public Debt Management Agency Bill and that the proposed agency will be established as a non-statutory body and is expected to begin work in the next fiscal. Former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had first announced setting up of PDMA in his budget speech of 2011-12. The PDMA is expected to consist of RBI officials, civil servants and people from the private sector)

19. Daniele Mancini

20. Hindi Literature (Amarkant, a winner of the Jnanpith Award in 2009, is considered as one of the prominent writers of story writing pioneered by Munshi Prem Chand. Kant’s prominent novels are “Inhin Hathiyaron Se”, “Katili Raah ke Phool”, “Sookha Patta”, “Kale Ujle” and “Beech ki Deewar”. His other story collections are “Zindagi Aur Jonk”, “Desk Ke Log”, “Maut Ka Nagar”, “Mitra Milan” and “Kuhasa”. He had won several awards, including Jnanpith award in 2009, Sahitya Acdemy Award in 2007, Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan Award, Maithli Sharan Gupta Award, ‘Amarkant Keerti Samman’ from MP Govt. among others)

21. Purushottam Express (Purushottam Express is a superfast train running between New Delhi and Puri (Odisha). In a first of its kind, the Railways manufactured an AC three-tier coach with Braille signages as part of its social commitment to make trains and stations more-friendly towards specially-abled passengers. This coach would be first attached to the Purushottam Express by the end of February 2014. Expected to be a major step for facilitation of visually-impaired passengers during journey in trains, Railways plans to equip more AC and non-AC coaches with Braille-embedded signages)

22. Kuldeep Yadav (Kuldeep is a left-arm spinner from Kanpur (UP) and he and Aamir Gani were the pick of Indian bowlers with four wickets apiece. Kuldip’s historic feat came in the 19^th and 21^st over.