Current Affairs QUIZ: February 27, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: February 27, 2014

1. Who has been appointed as new chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board?

[A] Rashid Latif

[B] Moin Khan

[C] Aamer Sohail

[D] Saqlain Mushtaq

2. Which among the following former captain of Portugal passed away at the age of 78?

[A] António Simões

[B] Mario Coluna

[C] José Augusto Torres

[D] Jaime Graça

3. Name the Indian Navy chief who resigned on 26th February 2014?

[A] Nirmal Kumar Verma

[B] Arup Raha

[C] Norman Anil Kumar Browne

[D] Devender Kumar Joshi

4. Which University scientists developed new software to prevent malware from sending spam emails?

[A] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[B] Emory University

[C] Georgia Institute of Technology

[D] Carnegie Mellon University

5. Who has been to be appointed as new chairman and managing director of United Bank of India?

[A] Mukesh Kumar Jain

[B] Neeraj Sinha

[C] Jagan Sharma

[D] Punit Jain

6. Which continent Parliament approved new rule, advertising for e-cigarettes would be banned from mid-2016?

[A] Asia

[B] South America

[C] Africa

[D] Europe

7. Who has been won the National billiards championship 2014?

[A] B. Bhaskar

[B] Sourav Kothari

[C] Dhruv Sitwala

[D] Ashok Kumar

8. Name the former world champion boxer who kidnapped and Murdered in Venezuela?

[A] Eloy Rojas

[B] Celes Kobayashi

[C] Antonio Cermeno

[D] Leo Gamez

9. Who has been appointed as new head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation?

[A] Dinesh Kumar Sarraf

[B] Sudhir Vasudeva

[C] Dheeraj Goyal

[D] Amit Verma

10. Who becomes the first Bangladeshi captain to post a hundred vs India in One day internationals?

[A] Mushfiqur Rahim

[B] Tamim Iqbal

[C] Shakib Al Hasan

[D] Mashrafe Mortaza

11. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Gulam Nabi Azad inaugurated the new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in which city on 26 February 2014?
[A] Rohtak
[B] Trivandrum
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Bhubaneswar

12. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 25 February 2014 released a commemorative postage stamp in the honour of Maulana Hasrat Mohani in New Delhi. Mohani was a freedom fighter and an eminent poet. He was part of which Committee formed by Indian National Congress in 1919?
[A] Hurriyat Committee
[B] Inqlab Committee
[C] Khilafat Committee
[D] Jagriti Committee

13. An Indian-born scientist, won the Protein Science Young Investigator Award, which is given by the Protein Society for important contribution made in the study of proteins, for 2014 at Cambridge, UK on 20 February 2014. Can upi name him?
[A] Madan Babu
[B] H K Alaveru
[C] P N Subramaniam
[D] R G Raghuvanshi

14. Sun Edison, a US-based solar energy firm, announced on 25 February 2014 to set up a solar park in which Indian state?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Tamilnadu
[C] Karnataka
[D] Rajasthan

15. Who was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister on 25 February 2014?
[A] Hosni Mubarak
[B] Hazem el-Beblawi
[C] Mustafa Jalal
[D] Ibrahim Mehlib

16. Who was appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC Ltd.) on 26 February 2014?

17. Which Kilo-class submarine of the Indian Navy came to news on 26 February 2014 for being involved in an explosion in which two officers were feared dead and seven other Navy personnel seriously injured?

18. Navy Chief Admiral D.K. Joshi resigned on 26 February 2014 taking moral responsibility over the spate of mishaps involving naval warships in the last seven months. He submitted his resignation hours after submarine INS Sindhuratna had a mishap in which seven sailors were taken seriously ill and two officers were missing. How much service of Admiral Joshi was left?

19. What is the name of the volatility index launched by the National Stock Exchange on 26 February 2014 which has been based on the index options prices of Nifty?

20. Cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade on which route resumed between India and Pakistan on 26 February 2014 after remaining suspended for over five weeks?

21. Ennore port was on 26 February 2014 officially renamed as Kamarajar Port Ltd. The decision, which came a few days ago in the form of Union Cabinet approval, was formalised with Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan unveiling a plaque at a function organised by the port at Chennai on 26 February. Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of major ports (three) in India. Which are the other two major ports in Tamil Nadu?

1. Rashid Latif: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed former test captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif as the new chief selector.

2. Mario Coluna: Mario Coluna, who captained Portugal to a third-place finish at the 1966 World Cup, has died aged 78.

3. Devendra Kumar Joshi: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi resigned from his post on Wednesday evening, hours after a fire broke out on the submarine INS Sindhuratna. The government has accepted his resignation.

4. Georgia Institute of Technology: Scientists of Georgia Tech have developed new software to prevent malware from sending spam emails and instant messages while blocking unauthorized money transfers.

5. Mukesh Kumar Jain: Punjab & Sind Bank executive director Mukesh Kumar Jain tipped to be moving to Kolkata as the new chairman and managing director of United Bank of India.

6. Europe: The European Parliament on Wednesday approved rules for the region’s fast-growing market for electronic cigarettes, from mid-2016; advertising for e-cigarettes would be banned in the 28 nations of the European Union.

7. Sourav Kothari: Sourav Kothari defeated Alok Kumar 5-3 to lift his maiden title in the National billiards championship here on Wednesday.

8. Antonio Cermeno: Former world champion boxer Antonio Cermeno was kidnapped and killed in his native Venezuela amid ongoing violence, police said.

9. Dinesh Kumar Sarraf: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday cleared the appointment of Dinesh Kumar Sarraf as the next head of the country’s most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

10. Mushfiqur Rahim: Mushfiqur Rahim (117) becomes the first Bangladeshi captain to post a hundred vs India in One day internationals on Wednesday in Asia Cup.

11. Bhubaneswar 

12. Khilafat Committee

13. Madan Babu
14. Tamilnadu

15. Ibrahim Mehlib

16. Dinesh K. Sarraf (The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Sarraf, who at present is the Managing Director of ONGC’s overseas arm, ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL). Sarraf replaces Vasudeva who turned 60 on 25 February and retires on 28 February. The Union Govt. earlier rejected Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily’s proposal to give Sudhir Vasudeva a post-retirement extension. ONGC Ltd. is India’s most profitable company)

17. INS Sindhuratna (INS Sindhuratna is a Russian-origin Kilo Class submarine of the Indian Navy which was involved in an exercise along the Mumbai harbour when a leakage in the battery compartment of the submarine occurred. This is the tenth accident involving an Indian Navy warship and the third submarine mishap in the last seven months. Indian Navy went through one of the most serious accidents involving a submarine on 14 August 2013 when INS Sindhurakshak suffered a major fire and sank at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard. 18 naval crew members died in this accident)

18. About 15 months (The Defence Ministry immediately accepted his resignation and ordered that Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan should take over as the Acting Chief till a regular Chief is appointed. Admiral D.K. Joshi became the first military chief to resign from his post since independence)

19. India VIX (India VIX would provide future contracts facility to investors and would help investors hedge near-term volatility risks in their equity portfolio. India VIX indicates the investor’s perception of the market’s volatility in the near term. The index depicts expected market volatility over the next 30 calendar days. A high India VIX value would suggest that the market expects significant increase in volatility, while a low value indicates the reverse. India VIX and Nifty have a negative correlation)

20. Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route (The PoK authorities suspended the cross-LoC trade on 17 January 2014 after 114 packets of brown sugar were recovered from a truck and the driver was arrested. The travel on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was also suspended. The trade between the two sides of Kashmir on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road resumed following agreement between the two sides to this effect on 24 February)

21. Chennai and Tuticorin