CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 2

CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 2

1. What is the rank of India in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report for 2013?

[A]122^nd                                  [B]128th

[C]132^nd                                  [D]136^th

2. Recently, which among the following countries has successfully extracted natural gas from methane hydrate deposits under the sea, in the first example of production of the gas offshore?

[A]United States                     [B]Japan

[C]Canada                               [D]France

3. The changthangi or pashmina goat is found in ___?

[A]Rajasthan                           [B]Jammu & Kashmir

[C]Tamil Nadu                        [D]Kerala

4. Sour gas is natural gas or any other gas containing significant amounts of:

[A]Hydrogen sulphide            [B]Carbon dioxide

[C]Nitrogen oxide                   [D]Carbon monoxide

5. With reference to environment conservation, CITES is also better known as:

[A]Philadelphia Convention  

[B]Geneva Convention

[C]Paris Convention

[D]Washington Convention

6. Which among the following ministries have recently launched the Rajiv Rinn Yojana (RRY)?

[A]Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

[B]Ministry of Rural Development

[C]Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA)

[D]Ministry of Panchayat Raj

7. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year 2012 was conferred on __?

[A]Zakir Hussain                    [B]Pandit Ravi Shankar

[C]Hariprasad Chaurasia         [D]Amjad Ali Khan

8. Key Resolve 2013 is the joint military exercise of _

[A]United States and Japan

[B]United States and South Korea

[C]Japan and Indonesia

[D]South Korea and Indonesia

9. Ganesh Pyne, who recently passed was a well-known ________?

[A]Painter                               [B]Singer

[C]Historian                            [D]Writer

10. The world’s largest biogas plant was inaugurated in __________?

[A]Japan                                  [B]Finland

[C]Norway                              [D]Australia

11. Barauni Thermal Power Project is located in ___:

[A]Bihar                                  [B]Rajasthan

[C]Himachal Pradesh              [D]Madhya Pradesh

12. Recently, which among the following ministries has launched e-PPS scheme?

[A]Union Ministry for Finance

[B]Union Ministry for Corporate Affairs

[C]Union Ministry for Rural Development

[D]Union Ministry for Communications and IT

13. Recently, who among the following was re-elected for a second term as IAEA chief?

[A]Naoto Kan                         [B]Yukio Edano

[C]Yukiya Amano                  [D]Catherine Ashton

14. Which among the following Indian IT major has been recognised for the second year as one of the world's most ethical firms by business ethics think-tank Ethisphere Institute?

[A]Tata Consultancy Services

[B]Cognizant Technologies

[C]Wipro                                

[D]Infosys

15. The first women's Government Medical College of independent India is located in __________?

[A]Bihar                      [B]Uttar Pradesh

[C]Maharashtra           [D]Haryana

ANSWER

1	D		6	C		11	A
2	B		7	B		12	D
3	B		8	B		13	C
4	A		9	A		14	C
5	D		10	B		15	D