Thursday, September 4, 2014

Current Affairs Quiz


Ques. : 1 Laurent Fabius, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) Singapore
3) France
4) Spain
5) None of these


Ques. : 2 As per a recent UNESCO report, though India has managed to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the past decade, yet more than __________ children were out of school in 2011.
1) 1 million
2) 2 million
3) 3 million
4) 5 million
5) None of these

Ques. : 3 The world’s largest multination naval exercise, 24th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, was conducted with 22 nations and six observer nations recently. Which of the following nations was NOT a participant in this year’s exercise?
1) Japan
2) Indonesia
3) India
4) China
5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Internet giant Google announced its ‘Android One’ programme recently. This programme is aimed at which of the following?
1) Driver-less cars
2) Operating system for PCs
3) An e-commerce application
4) Low-cost devices
5) None of these

Ques. : 5 Which of the following airlines in India is all set to become the first Indian airline to officially join the Star Alliance, a global airline alliance?
1) SpiceJet
2) Air India
3) IndiGo
4) Jet Airways
5) None of these

Ques. : 6 In which of the following states, the govt has launched ‘Amma Pharmacy’ to sell medicines at a fair price recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these

Ques. : 7 The ban on the import of milk and milk products from which of the following countries has been extended for one more year till Jun 2015 recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) China
5) None of these

Ques. : 8 Which of the following two PSUs have been conferred the coveted Navratna status, recently, which would give these firms more financial and operational autonomy?
1) Engineers India Limited (EIL)
2) National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
3) Antrix Corporation Limited
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 1) and 3)

Ques. : 9 An Indian-origin judge Justice VK Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of which of the following countries recently?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) US
5) None of these

Ques. : 10 General Bikram Singh visited which of the following countries, recently? This is the first official visit by an Indian Army Chief to this country in nine years.
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Japan
4) Brazil
5) None of these


ANSWER

1. 3) France
2. 1) 1 million
3. 5) None of these
4. 4) Low-cost devices
5. 2) Air India
6. 2) Tamil Nadu
7. 4) China
8. 4) Only 1) and 2)
9. 1) Singapore
10. 2) China Anne McClain


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