Current Affairs QUIZ: March 1, 2014

Current Affairs QUIZ: March 1, 2014

1. On 1st March 2014, National Food Security Act came into force covering 75 percent people of total population of the state. In which state the act is implemented?

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[B] Tamilnadu

[C] Karnataka

[D] Rajasthan

2. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 28 February 2014 released a book entitled Akbar, The Aesthete in New Delhi. Who is the author of this book?

[A] Mohd. Imran

[B] Naved Aziz

[C] Dr. Vijay K Tas

[D] Dr. Indu Anand

3. The Union Cabinet on 28 February 2014 approved setting up of a new rail coach manufacturing unit at which place?

[A] Amethi, UP

[B] Kolar, Karnataka

[C] Raebareli, UP

[D] Gwalior, MP

4. Which noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 on 28 February 2014?

[A] Rajmohan Gandhi

[B] Anna Hazare

[C] Chandi Prasad Bhatt

[D] V K Saraswat

5. A music album based on the songs composed by music maestro AR Rahman and written by Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology was launched on 17 February 2014 by Slaman Khan. What was the name of the album?

[A] Antara

[B] Raunaq

[C] Haqiqat

[D] Shor

6. Who won the Australian Open women’s singles title?

[A] Dominika Cibulkova

[B] Li Na

[C] Serena Williams

[D] Ana Ivanovic

7. Who won the Mixed doubles tennis titles at Australian Open 2014?

[A] Sania Mirza and Horia Tecau

[B] Ana Ivanovic and Rafael Nadal 

[C] Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor

[D] Li Na and Andy Murray 

8. Olympic torch was recently lit atop the highest peak of Europe and also Russia. The name of the highest peak is

[A] Mount Elbrus

[B] North Pole

[C] Siberia’s Baikal Lake

[D] None of the above

9. Which one of the following does not form the part of the 4 Special Route designated for the Olympic torch relay undertaken for 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi?

[A] International Space Station, North Pole, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Mount Elbrus

[B] Centre of Pacific Ocean, North Pole, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Black Sea

[C] International Space Station, Black Sea, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Mount Elbrus

[D] International Space Station, North Pole, Centre of Pacific Ocean and Mount Elbrus

10. Who is the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

[A] K Radhakrishnan

[B] G Madhavan Nair

[C] K Kasturirangan

[D] U R Rao

11. What was the minimum tenure fixed for officers of the three premier services — IAS, IPS and IFoS according to new rules announced on 30 January 2014 aimed at checking political interference?

12. Family of late Justice J.S. Verma recently refused to accept an award conferred on him posthumously by the Union Government. In a letter written to President Pranab Mukherjee his family mentioned that accepting it would be against his principles as he never hankered for any such honours. Which award was conferred on late Justice J.S. Verma recently?

13. What was the GDP growth rate figure for Indian economy for 2012-13 declared by the Union Government on 31 January 2014?

14. A special court in Chittagong (Bangladesh) on 30 January 2014 awarded the death penalty to Paresh Barua, chief of the breakaway United Liberation Front of Asom faction. He was awarded this sentence along with 13 others, including two former Bangladesh Ministers. In which criminal offence they were involved?

15. Who was nominated as the new Director of the National Security Agency (NS[A] by U.S. President Barack Obama on 31 January 2014?

16. Who on 30 January 2014 became the first woman to be appointed in an International Cricket Council (IC[C] umpires panel?

1. [A] Madhya Pradesh

2. [D] Dr. Indu Anand

3. [B] Kolar, Karnataka

4. [C] Chandi Prasad Bhatt

5. [B] Raunaq

6. [B] Li Na

7. [C] Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor

8. [A] Mount Elbrus

9. [A] International Space Station, North Pole, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Mount Elbrus

10. [A] K Radhakrishnan

11. Two years (Under the new rules circulated by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of the central government, a cadre officer, appointed to any cadre post, shall hold the office for at least two years unless he or she is promoted, retired or sent on deputation outside the state or for training exceeding two months. However, transfers and postings before two years will be done by a Civil Services Board to be constituted by states under the new rules. States have now been mandated to constitute a civil services board, which is to be headed by the chief secretary)

12. Padma Bhushan (Late Justice J.S. Verma was one of the 25 winners of Padma Bhushan announced by the Union Government on 25 January 2014. Verma, who had headed the government committee to frame stricter laws and suggested legal reforms to deal with sexual assault cases in the wake of the 16 December Delhi gangrape case, died on 22 April 2013)

13. 4.5% (This GDP growth rate is 0.5% lower as compared with the earlier estimate of 5% on account of subdued performance in agriculture, mining and manufacturing. Growth in 2012-13 is the lowest in a decade, with the previous low of 4% recorded in 2002-03. The estimates for 2012-13 were released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation)

14. In an arms haul in 2004 (The police had seized 10 trucks carrying weapons and ammunition from the state-owned Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Ltd. jetty while the arms were being offloaded from two fishing trawlers. Investigations revealed that the weapons were manufactured in China and were being shipped to the ULFA. Paresh Barua and the former Secretary of the Industries Ministry, Nurul Amin, have been absconding since the recovery, and the court sentenced them in absenti[A]

15. Michael Rogers (He is the Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy and would take over at a moment when the spy agency is under unprecedented pressure following leaks from ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Rogers would take over from Gen Keith Alexander at the helm of the NS[A]

16. Kathy Cross of New Zealand (Cross was named as an Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires for 2014 following the annual review and selection process. The panel comprises 11 umpires that sits below the elite panel and these umpires officiate in ICC World Cricket League matches for teams ranked in divisions three to six and other associate and affiliate tournaments)