Current Affairs Quiz 1.. Name the Prime Minister of New Zealand? (1) Helen Clark (2) Kevin Rudd (3) John Key (4) Christina Ligand (5) None of these 2. Which among the following has selected for Vyas Samman for 2013? (1) Vishnu Sharma (2) Vishwanath Tripathi (3) Haridutt Gupta (4) Dr. Hazari Prasad Mishra (5) None of these 3. Recently which among the following Indian bank has applied to open its bank branch in Pakistan? (1) SBI (2) PNB (3) Bank of Baroda (4) Bank of India (5) None of these 4. Recently US envoy has meet to the BJPs PM candidate Narandra Modi in Gujarat. Identify the name of US envoy to India? (1) Nancy Powell (2) Timothy Romer (3) Robert Blackwell (4) Albert Peter (5) None of these 5. Which among the following is not a part of the selection committee for choosing the Lokpal person, according to the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act 2013, (1) President (2) Speaker of Lok Sabha (3) Prime Minister (4) Chief Justice of India (5) None of these 6. Recently Prof CN Rao awarded with Bharat Ratna Award. He is the head of the which among the following offices? (1) Chairman of ISRO (2) Chairman of DRDO (3) Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (4) Head of the Scientific Advisory council to Prime Minster (5) None of these 7. Country first Minority Cyber Village open in which state? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Haryana (3) Rajasthan (4) Gujarat (5) None of these 8. According to the RBI, which among the following states ranks has the best performing state in most of the key fiscal parameters? (1) Gujarat (2) Punjab (3) Maharashtra (4) Madhya Pradesh (5) Chhattisgarh 9. Which among the following panel has recommended all investment above 10 percent as Foreign Direct investment (FDI)? (1) Nachiket Mor (2) Arvind Mayaram (3) Mukul Mudgal (4) KC Chakraborty (5) None of these 10. Who among the following has won the Best Actor and Actress award at 20th Screen Award? (1) Farhan Akhtar, kareen Kapur (2) Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone (3) Ranbir Kapur, Katrina Kaif (4) Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone (5) None of these Answers with Explanations: 1. (3) John Key 2. (2) Vishwanath Tripathi, the eminent Hindi writer has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013. He has been chosen for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh that is a biography of the noted Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi. 3. (2) Punjab National Bank has applied for opening of two branches in Pakistan, one each in Lahore and Karachi, but these branches have not been approved by the competent authority,. No Indian bank has presence in Pakistan till now. 4. (1) Nancy Powell 5. (1) The five member selection committee will choose Lokpal and other members. The Lokpal provides for a selection committee consisting of the Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Chief Justice of India or a sitting judge of Supreme Court and the fifth member selected by these four members. 6. (4) Prof CN Rao is the third scientist who received Bharat Ratna After APJ Abdul Kalam and CV Raman. 7. (3) Minister for Minority Affairs K Rehman Khan inaugurated country’s first Minority Cyber Village in Chandoli in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Aim of this ambitious Cyber village project is to provide computer education to the people of 15 to59 age group.Ministry of Minority Affairs has targeted villages with substantial population of minorities for yhis project. 8. (5) Chhattisgarh has ranked the best performing state in most of the key fiscal parameters according to RBI. As per the study Chhattisgarh has done reasonably well in spending money in development sector, one of the key parameters to judge States overall performance. 9. (2) The economic affairs secretary Aravind Mayaram headed panel has recommended classification of all investment above 10 percent as FDI and below that as foreign portfolio investment (FPI). 10. (4) Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone has won the Best Actor and actress awards respectively at 20th Screen award
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