Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 26, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: FEB 26, 2014

1. Name the former RAW chief who joined Bharitya Janata Party on 25th February 2013?

[A] Rohan Madan

[B] Jaichand Prashad

[C] Sanjeev Tripathi

[D] Neeraj Chandra

2. Which Country engineers have developed the world’s fastest car with a top speed of 435 kilometres per hour?

[A] United States

[B] Russia

[C] Netherlands

[D] Uganda

3. Name the Uttarakhand minister who booked by Delhi police for molesting a woman at his house?

[A] Satpal Maharaj

[B] Harak Singh Rawat

[C] Ramesh Pokhriyal

[D] Yashpal Arya

4. Name the vice-chancellor of Delhi Technological University who sent on leave pending inquiry into charges of corruption?

[A] Satish Mishra

[B] Dinesh Khurana

[C] Lalit Joshi

[D] P B Sharma

5. Which Indian IIT achieved country’s highest position in electrical engineering under the top 50 QS World University?

[A] IIT-Delhi

[B] IIT-Bombay

[C] IIT-Madras

[D] IIT-Kanpur

6. At least 43 Islamists people killed and dozens injured an attack on secondary school in-

[A] Israel

[B] Mexico

[C] Nigeria

[D] Seychelles

7. Who becomes the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution?

[A] Wang Lijun

[B] Li Guixin

[C] Xi Jinping

[D] Jiang Zemin

8. Which among the following American actor passes away on 25th February 2014?

[A] Rick Moranis

[B] Ivan Reitman

[C] Ernie Hudson

[D] Harold Ramis

9. Name the daughter-in-law of former chief minister Shibu Soren who surrenders in RS polls misconduct case?

[A] Reena Soren

[B] Sita Soren

[C] Maheswari Soren

[D] Sunita Soren

10. Which country issued arrest warrant against former President Viktor Yanukovych?

[A] Spain

[B] Iraq

[C] Ukraine

[D] South Africa

11. The Election Commission of India celebrated the 4th National Voters Day across the country on 25 January 2014. What was the theme for the 4th National Voters Day?

[A] Vote My Right

[B] Exercise your Right

[C] Ethical Voting

[D] Voter's Right

12. Who was awarded UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement on 22 January 2014 during the UNWTO Awards Ceremony held in Madrid, Spain?

[A] Mathew Curzan

[B] Henry Sintha

[C] Richard Quest

[D] Raphael Dildon

13. Union Government launched the project for the development of the stretch of 37 Kilometer of the National Waterway-four (NW-4) between Sholinganallur to Kalpakkam in South Buckingham Canal in which state on 24 January 2014?

[A] Karnataka

[B] Tamilnadu

[C] Andhra Pradesh

[D] Maharashtra

14. Who won the Australian Open women’s singles title on 25 January 2014?

[A] Sania Mirza

[B] Kristina Mladenovic

[C] Dominika Cibulkova

[D] Li Na

15. The granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi was honoured with Amdelkufa in South Africa on 26 January 2014. She was honoured for her lifetime contribution to the freedom struggle. Amdelkufa in Zulu language means Sacrifice. Can you name her?

[A] Ela Gandhi

[B] Priyanka Gandhi

[C] Menaka Gandhi

[D] Prachi Gandhi

16. Name the villager from Gehlaur in Gaya, Bihar who is famous world over as the ‘mountain man. He spent 22 years singlehandedly cutting a path through difficult terrain to get his inaccessible village access to hospital facilities. Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate will do a story on him in the near future.

[A] Manoj Kumar Pandey

[B] Subhav Sinha

[C] Dashrath Manjhi

[D] None of these

17. Name the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the State Department of the United States government. The person is also the co-founder of the World Institute on Disability.

[A] Bonnie Sherr Klein

[B] Judith Heumann

[C] Judy Fryd

[D] None of these

18. An Indian scientist at MRC, Laboratory of Molecular Biology received Protein Society award for the study of intrinsically disordered proteins and gene regulation. What does MRC stand for?

[A] Medical Research Council

[B] Materials Research Center

[C] Medicare Research Center

[D] None of these

19. Name the disability rights activist who has taken up the cause for dignified treatment of disabled people in airports & flights. He was recently in news for being security checked because of his calipers at the Hyderabad airport.

[A] Nilesh Singit

[B] Satendra Singh

[C] Javed Abidi

[D] None of these

20. A scientist from India won the Protein Science Young Investigator Award of the Protein Society for his independent contributions to the study of proteins. Name him.

[A] Meyya Meyyappan

[B] M. Madan Babu

[C] Ashwin Vasavada

[D] None of these

21. This veteran Australian swimmer and winner of multiple medals especially at the Olympics volunteered to train Indian swimmers recently. He works with the Australian Sports Commission. Name the sport personality.

[A] Phil Rogers

[B] Ian Thorpe

[C] Martin Roberts

[D] None of these

22. Name the American company that has started a 1.5-MW solar plant at an 80-acre park close to Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu.

[A] Solarcentury

[B] Atsco Solar

[C] SunEdison

[D] None of these

23. The Forest departments are actively involved in raising awareness about trawling and biodiversity conservation. Name the body which dispenses awareness in this regard for the forests departments in Andhra Pradesh.

[A] TREE Foundation, Chennai

[B] State Institute of Fisheries, Kakinada

[C] District Forest Officers’ Council, Nellore

[D] None of these

24. This particularly endangered animal is also called the ‘blue bull’. This is because the coat of the male shines a blue tinge when in sunlight. Name the animal.

[A] The Nilgai deer

[B] The Indigo Macaw

[C] The poison Dart frog

[D] None of these

25. This particular animal is being conferred with state heritage status due to its deleting numbers. Also called the ‘Ship of the desert, this animal is indeed a part of the rich culture of Rajasthan.

[A] Chousingha

[B] Camel

[C] Houbara bustard

[D] None of these

26. What is the name of the bitcoin exchange, which was once the largest bitcoin exchange in the world and which on 25 February 2014 came to news for virtually disappearing from the internet with many millions of dollars of customer deposits?

27. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) during February 2014 gave its approval for foreign equity participation up to 74% of the paid-up capital of which private bank based in Kerala?

28. State-run United Bank of India (UBI), which is going through serious financial mess on account of huge increase in non-performing assets (NPAs), is expected to be provided with how much additional funds by the union govt. to meet its capital requirements?

29. India’s airports regulator the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) on 25 February 2014 scrapped the user development fee (UDF) being levied at which international airport with effect from 1 April 2014?

30. Which public sector undertaking (PSU) was recently kept out of the proposed Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)?

31. What is the name of the interim chief of Pakistani Taliban who was shot dead on 24 February 2014 by unidentified gunmen in the militant stronghold of North Waziristan?

1. Sanjeev Tripathi : Former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi on Tuesday joined BJP ahead of the polls, following in the footsteps of several retired bureaucrats and diplomats finding a career in politics.

2. United States: United States engineers have developed the world’s fastest car with a top speed of an incredible 435 kilometres per hour.

3. Harak Singh Rawat: Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat under sections of molestation and criminal intimidation on a woman’s complaint.

4. P B Sharma: The vice-chancellor of Delhi Technological University (DTU), P B Sharma, has been sent on leave pending inquiry into charges of corruption against him.

5. IIT-Delhi: IIT-Delhi achieved the country’s highest position, ranking 42nd in electrical engineering, are among the global top 50 in at least one of the 30 disciplines covered under the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

6. Nigeria: RSuspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria’s troubled northeast.

7. Li Guixin: Li Guixin has become the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution, a state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday.

8. Harold Ramis: Actor-director Harold Ramis, best known for starring in cult comedies like Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, has died at the age of 69.

9. Sita Soren: Sita Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator and daughter-in-law of party chief Shibu Soren, surrendered in CBI court in RS polls misconduct case.

10. Ukraine: Ukraine issued an arrest warrant on Monday for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych over the “mass murder” of protesters.

11. [C] Ethical Voting

12. [C] Richard Quest

13. [B] Tamilnadu

14. [D] Li Na

15. [A] Ela Gandhi

16. Dashrath Manjhi

17. Judith Heumann

18. Medical Research Council

19. Satendra Singh

20. M. Madan Babu

21. Martin Roberts

22. SunEdison

23. State Institute of Fisheries, Kakinada

24. The Nilgai deer

25. Camel

26. MtGox (MtGox’s website was down on 25 February and its founder was unaccounted-for during the day. MtGox is a Tokyo-based exchange which allowed users to trade Bitcoins for US Dollars and several other currencies. MtGox was going through some serious problems after news surfaced that almost 750,000 bitcoins (currently worth more than £200m) were missing in the exchange and this theft went unnoticed for several years)

27. Federal Bank (The 74% foreign equity permission comes with sub-limit of 49% for FIIs and 24% for NRIs)

28. Rs. 1,000 crore (The bank will issue perpetual non-cumulative preference shares to the govt. to over the crisis created by its ballooning NPAs. UBI’s CMD Archana Bhargava had quit the post last week citing health problems. The bank had been earlier stopped from issuing any loans above Rs. 10 crore by the RBI)

29. Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (With this cost of flying from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport will become cheaper from 1 April. Currently, domestic passengers departing from Hyderabad airport have to pay a UDF of Rs 430 plus taxes (effectively Rs 484 per passenger) and international passengers Rs 1,700 plus taxes (Rs 1,910). UDF is a charge levied by airports on passengers as part of their revenue stream)

30. PowerGrid Corporation (With the exit of PowerGrid Corporation the CPSE ETF would now consist of 10 PSU firms. These 10 PSUs are – ONGC, Coal India Limited, GAIL, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), Oil India Limited (OIL), Container Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The proposed CPSE ETF will serve as an additional mechanism for the government to monetise its shareholdings in those CPSEs that eventually form part of the ETF basket)

31. Asmatullah Shaheen (Shaheen was on the Pakistan army’s list of twenty most wanted Taliban commanders, and had had a $120,000 bounty placed on his head since 2009. He was appointed as interim chief of the Pakistan Taliban following the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud, the previous leader, in a US drone strike on 1 November 2013)