CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 13

CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ - 13

1. Which among the following have bagged the Indira Gandhi award for the best debut film in the recent National film awards?

[A]Chittagong and Dhag                                             [B]Dhag and 101 Chodiyangal

[C]Chittagong and Vicky Donor                                 [D]Chittagong and 101 Chodiyangal

2. The Leveson Report reviewed the general culture and ethics of the media in which among the following countries?

[A]United States                      [B]Britain

[C]France                                [D]Russia

3. Which among the following convention is an international treaty that defines a framework for diplomatic relations between independent countries?

[A]Nirobi Convention             [B]Vienna Convention

[C]Paris Convention               [D]Bern Convention

4. Which among the following countries is not one among the world's top four largest weapons exporter?

[A]Russia                                [B]France

[C]Germany                            [D]China

5. Which among the following States does not has the special category status under the Gadgil formula for sharing Plan assistance among states?

[A]Uttarakhand                      [B]Sikkim

[C]Himachal Pradesh              [D]Bihar

6. The Don Juan Pond, which is the world’s saltiest and unlikeliest water body on the planet is located in ?

[A]Turkmenistan                     [B]Djibouti

[C]Russia                                [D]Antarctica

7. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2012?

[A]Parmanand Srivastava       [B]Govind Mishra

[C]Chitra Mudgal                   [D]Narendra Kohli

8. Which among the following is set to launch the world’s first smartphone controlled Nano satellite with a high definition camera?

[A]ISRO                                       [B]NASA

[C]European Space Agency           [D]Chinese Space Agency

9. Which among the following is the smallest astronomical satellite ever built?

[A]Bright Target Explorer (BRITE)                      [B]Spitzer              

 C]MOST                                                            [D]CanX-6

10. Santosh trophy is belongs to which among the following Sport?

[A]Cricket                   [B]Football

[C]Hockey                  [D]Kabaddi

11. Which among the following day is celebrated as International Mother Language Day?

[A]February 15                       [B]February 17

[C]February 19                        [D]February 21

12. Recently, who among the following has taken over as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)?

[A]Rajiv Shankar                    [B]TS Vijayan

[C]Ashmit Kumar                   [D]Mitra Joshi

13. The International Press Institute (IPI)–India award for excellence in journalism 2012 was awarded to __?

[A]The Hindu                         [B]Hindustan Times

[C]The Indian Express            [D]The Tribune

14. Kepler-37b, the smallest known planet outside our solar system is located in ________ constellation.

[A]Libra                                  [B]Lyra

[C]Sagittarius                          [D]Cancer

15. Recently, which among the following States has claimed a world record 22.4 tonnes of rice harvest from one hectare of land without using herbicides or genetically modified (GM) seeds?

[A]West Bengal                       [B]Assam

[C]Bihar                                  [D]Andhra Pradesh

16. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on __?

[A]March 12                           [B]March 15

[C]March 18                            [D]March 20

17. The 2012-13 Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson has been given to ?

[A]Monalisa Changkija                     [B]Vinita Deshmukh

[C]Alka Dhupkar                             [D]Nirupama Subramanian

18. Which among the following is the second male cloned buffalo calf in the world?

[A]Shresth                   [B]Swaran

[C]Garima II                [D]Shresth II

19. The Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI) is located in ____________?

[A]Chennai                  [B]Jaipur

[C]Ranchi                    [D]Kolkata

20. Who among the following has been chosen for this year’s prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics?

[A]Jean-Pierre Serre                [B]David Mumford

[C]Pierre Deligne                     [D]Alexander Beilinson

                                 ANSWER 

1	D	6	D	11	D	16	B
2	B	7	D	12	B	17	C
3	B	8	A	13	D	18	B
4	D	9	A	14	B	19	C
5	D	10	B	15	C	20	C