Quiz on "Person in News"

1. Who of the following was recently chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 ?
(a) Pratibha Ray
(b) Amar Kant
(c) Ravuri Bharadhwaja
(d) Kedamath Singh


2. Who of the following was recently named the next president of the European Commission ?
(a) Jose Manuel Barroso
(b) Jean Claude Juncker
(c) David Cameroon
(d) None of above

3. Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has recently won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014. Which of, the following statements is/are true regarding this ?
(1) He won prize for his work Save Tree, Save the Future.
(2) This is first sand art world cup of USA.

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of above

4. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was recently appointed the Governor of which of the following states ?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Gujarat
(c) Goa 
(d) West Bengal

5. Following persons were recently appointed the governor of various states. Choose the correct match ?
Governor                                   State
(1) K. Rosaiah                 Gujarat
(2) Ram Naik                 Chattisgarh
(3) Balramji Das Tandon UP
(4) Om Prakash Kohli         Tamil Nadu

(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) None of these

6. Who of the following has been recently appointed the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff ?
(a) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh
(b) Lt. General Philip Campose
(c) Gen. Daniel Allyn
(d) Gen. John Campbell

8. Nicolas Sarkozy was recently charged with corruption and influence peddling. He is the former President of which of the following countries ?
(a) Belgium
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Indonesia

9. Keshari Nath Tripathi was recently appointed the governor of which of the following states ?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Goa
(c) Nagaland
(d) Chhattisgarh

10. Who of the following was, recently appointed the Chairman of Coal India Limited ?
(a) Vishal Sikka
(b) S. Narsing Rao
(c) A.K. Dubey
(d) Gopal Singh

11. V.K. Rajah was recently appointed the 8th Attorney-General of Singapore. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding this ?
(1) He is a judge of Indian origin.
(2) He was also appointed as a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for a three-year term.
(3) He will succeed Steven Chong.

(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

12. Chung Hung Won was recently re-elected the Prime Minster of which of the following countries ?
(a) Japan
(b) South Korea
(c) Germany
(d) France

13. Zohra Sehgal, who was recently passed away, was a famous
(a) Author
(b) Veteran Actress
(c) Poet
(d) Painter

14. Shah Rukh Khan has recently been honoured with "Knight of the Legion of Honour" by which of the following countries ?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Canada
(d) Malaysia

ANSWERS
1. d
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. d
6. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
11. d
12. b
13. b
14. a