Friday, 10 October 2014

Current Affairs Quiz: October 8th 2014

1. Russian Maria Sharapova smashed who among the following to clinch China Open title?

a) Simona Halep

b) Serena Williams

c) Venus Williams

d) Petra Kvitova

 

2. Tennis ace Novak Djokovic grabbed his fifth China Open title by defeating who among the following?

a) Tomas Berdych

b) Rafael Nadal

c) David Ferrer

d) Roger Federer

 

3. Which Supreme Court has allowed gay marriages in five more states of its country?

a) US

b) UK

c) China

d) Japan

 

4. Ireland has signed a MoU with which country on new joint Visa cooperation?

a) Russia

b) UK

c) China

d) Japan

 

5. .....................firm Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd has recently acquired the New York luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria for $ 1.95 billion.

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a) Chinese

b) Japanese

c) Russian

d) British

 

6. Recently Central Government has launched a new campaign called............... of National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation.

a) Swachhta Udyami Yojana – Swachhta Se Sampannta ki Or

b) Swachhta Karamchari Yojana – Swachhta Se Sampannta ki Or

c) Swachhta Safai Yojana – Swachhta Se Sampannta ki Or

d) Swachhta Harijan Yojana – Swachhta Se Sampannta ki Or

 

7. Who among the following will be appointed as chief executive officer (CEO) of National Institute of Information Technology Limited?

a) Rahul Keshav Patwardhan

b) Rajendra Pawar

c) Vijay Thadani

d) P Rajendran

 

8. Recently an American multinational information technology corporation has announced to split into two publicly traded companies. Name the company.

a) Aban Offshore

b) Affiliated Computer Services

c) AMAX Information Technologies

d) Hewlett-Packard

 

9. Rourkela Steel Plant has honoured which Indian hockey player recently?

a) Prabhjot Singh

b) Sardar Singh

c) Birendra Lakra

d) Rajpal Singh

 

10. ....................Declaration on Forests was released at the UN Climate Summit to take pledge to eradicate deforestation by 2030.

a) Chicago

b) Washington

c) New York

d) Boston

ANSWER SHEET

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A

A

B

A

A

A

D

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C

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