G.K. QUIZ On Current Affairs 1. In a recent cabinet reshuffle who among the following has been appointed as the New Labour and Employment Minister? (1) K.S. Rao (2) Girija Vyas (3) C.P. Joshi ..(ans) SiS Ram Ola (5) None of these 2. Recently Bahukutumbi Raman passed away in Chennai. He is a ____? (1) Former MP from Rajya Sabha (ans) One of the founders of Indias external intelligence wing -- the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) () Renowned Journalist (4) Telugu writer (5) Former Governor of West Bengal 3. Recently Tan Twan Eng, the Malaysian author was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize 2013 for his English fiction novel ___? (1) The Streets (2) The Stranger’s Child (ans ) The Garden of Evening Mists (4) Bring Up the Bodies (5) None of these 4. Who among the following has been elected as the new President of Iran? (ans) Hassan Rohani (2) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (3) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (4) Mohammad Khatani (5) None of these 5. Recently John Ashe in news. He is ____? (1) Elected as the New US envoy to Libya (ans) Elected as the New President of UN General Assembly (3) Elected as the New President of Indonesia (4) Elected as the New President of ADB (Asian Development Bank) (5) None of these 6. “Umeed” a central social welfare scheme for poor rural women launched in which State/UT? (1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh (ans) J&K (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) None of these 7. 39th G-8 Summit to be held in which among the following countries to discuss the issue of tax avoidance by companies in increasingly globalised economy? (1) USA (2) France (3) Italy (ans) Ireland (5) Russia 8. Recently Google has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the first time in India under its Education Initiative, with which among the following State/ U.T. of India? (1) Bihar (2) Pondicherry (3) Goa (ans) Andhra Pradesh (5) Rajasthan 9. Name the Indo-Russian military exercise is scheduled to take place in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India. (1) Sampriti –III (ans) Indra (3) Kurukshetra (4) Yudh Abhyas (5) None of these 10. Who among the following took charge as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Secretary? (1) Rajiv Takru (ans) M. F. Farooqui (3) Rentala Chandrashekhar (4) RK Singh (5) None of these Answers 1 4 6 3 2 2 7 4 3 3 8 4 4 1 9 2 5 2 10 2
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