Current Affairs QUIZ: March 04, 2014 1. Who has been appointed as new vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party? [A] Lalji Tandon [B] Kalyan Singh [C] Vinay Katiyar [D] Kalraj Mishra 2. Who has been won the US PGA Tour Honda Classic title 2014? [A] Russell Henley [B] Harris English [C] Tim Clark [D] Kevin Chappell 3. According to National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) report which country most dangerous places in the world? [A] Pakistan [B] Afghanistan [C] India [D] Iraq 4. Who has been appointed as technical director of elite coaching by the England and Wales Cricket Board? [A] Andy Flower [B] Kevin Pietersen [C] Henry Olonga [D] Ashley Giles 5. Which among the following country fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Monday? [A] Malaysia [B] Hong Kong [C] Uganda [D] North Korea 6. Who has been won the best actor award at 86th Annual Academy Awards? [A] Matthew McConaughey [B] Jonah Hill [C] Woody Harrelson [D] Leonardo DiCaprio 7. Who has been quits as head of Lokpal search panel? [A] Adarsh Sein Anand [B] K. G. Balakrishnan [C] Justice K T Thomas [D] P. J. Joseph 8. At least 11 people were killed and 25 injured in a bomb blast in- [A] Syria [B] Pakistan [C] Nepal [D] Sri Lanka 9. Which among the following South African cricketer announced his retirement form international cricket? [A] Graeme Smith [B] Dale Styen [C] AB de Villiers [D] Morné Morkel 10. Who has been appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Navy? [A] Vitali Klitschko [B] Leonid Kuchma [C] Mykola Azarov [D] Denys Berezovsky 11. Which Indian shuttler won the men’s singles German Open Grand Prix title against Danish Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 24-22 19-21 21-11 in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 3 March 2014? [A] Pullela Gopichand [B] Somdev Devvarman [C] Nikhil Kanetkar [D] Arvind Bhat 12. A Retired Supreme Court judge, who was unanimously chosen to head the Search Panel by the Lokpal Selection Committee on 21 February 2014, refused to head the Lokpal Committee Search panel on 3 March 2014. Can you name him? [A] K. T. Thomas [B] Fali Nariman [C] S.Y.Qureshi [D] Mrinal Miri 13. Name the author of the book - India at Risk – Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of security policy, which was released on 3 March 2014? [A] Jayaram Ramesh [B] Jaswant Singh [C] Yashwant Sinha [D] Salman Khurshid 14. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 3 March 2014 declared Hockey India as the sole body responsible towards promoting the sport in India. With this Hockey India has been accorded with the status of a NSF for governing the sport of hockey (both men and women) in India. What does NSF stands for? [A] National Sole Functionary [B] National Sports Functionary [C] National Sports Federation [D] Noted Sports Federation 15. Suspected militant Islamists group Boko Haram attacked a town and killed about 150 people in north-east of Borno State of which country on 2 March 2014? [A] Nigeria [B] Ghana [C] Lebanon [D] Myanmar ANSWERS 1. Kalyan Singh: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh was on Monday appointed the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party. 2. Russell Henley: American Russell Henley emerged as the last man standing to win his second PGA Tour title in a four-way playoff for the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida on Sunday. 3. India: Latest data from National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) show that India suffered 212 bomb blasts in 2013 more than double of what Afghanistan (with 108 blasts) suffered. 4. Andy Flower United States: Former England coach Andy Flower has been appointed as technical director of elite coaching by the England and Wales Cricket Board. 5. United States: North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Monday in the second such launch in less than a week, amid ongoing annual military exercises between Seoul and Washington. 6. Matthew McConaughey: Matthew McConaughey has been named the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 86th annual Academy Awards for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club.” 7. Justice K T Thomas: Justice K T Thomas has refused to be part of the process to select the names for various posts of Lokpal. He said that he arrived at the decision after closely studying the rules. 8. Pakistan: At least 11 people, including a judge, were killed and 25 injured after unidentified terrorists fired randomly before blowing themselves up inside a court in Islamabad on Monday. 9. Graeme Smith: Graeme Smith has announced he will retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the final Test against Australia in Cape Town. 10. Denys Berezovsky: Ukraine’s Interim President, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov has appointed rear admiral Denys Berezovsky commander-in-chief of the Naval Forces of Ukraine. 11. [D] Arvind Bhat 12. [A] K. T. Thomas 13. [B] Jaswant Singh 14. [C] National Sports Federation 15. [A] Nigeria
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