Current Affairs Quiz: October 20th 2014

1. Recently Richard Flanagan was awarded with Man Booker Prize 2014. He was from which country?

a) US

b) Australia

c) UK

d) Netherland

 

2. Who among the following was honoured with Asia-Pacific Excellence award?

a) Mithilesh Kumar Singh

b) Abhay Kumar

c) Basant Kumar Gautam

d) Gopal Thakur

 

3. Indian Railways celebrated its.........annual Railway National awards function 2014.

a) 57

b) 58

c) 59

d) 60

 

4. Who among the following was appointed as the new Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd?

a) A S Bhattacharya

b) Gautham Roy

c) S Venkataramana

d) R Pillai

 

5. London-based firm IMImobile Ltd overtook mobile communications company TxtLocal Ltd for...........million euro.

a) 11

b) 12

c) 13

d) 14

 

6. Which among the following bank launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform KayPay?

a) ICICI Bank

b) Kotak Mahindra Bank

c) Karur Vysya Bank

d) Punjab National Bank

 

7. ...............will invest 4 billion US dollar in the British Columbia province to supply LNG from the region.

a) IOC

b) SAIL

c) BHEL

d) CIL

 

8. Recently the Harbin Ice Festival was celebrated in ...............to bring awareness about Indian culture.

a) India

b) China

c) Hong Kong

d) Australia

 

9. Union Finance Ministry has approved..............FDI proposals with total investment of 1546 crore rupees.

a) 23

b) 24

c) 25

d) 26

 

10. A Panel headed by.....................will inquire for delay in developing gas discoveries in ONGC's Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 block.

a) A.N.Talukar

b) B.N.Talukar

c) D.N.Talukar

d) H.N.Talukar

 

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