CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 28

CURRENT AFFAIRS &  GK QUIZ - 28 

1. The Islands are called Xisha in China and are disputed over sovereignty claims by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. These islands are known all over world as?

[A]Paracel Islands                   [B]Spratly Islands

[C]Pratas Islands                     [D]Macclesfield Bank

2. Which among the following protocols is also related to the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism?

[A]Kyoto protocol                  [B]Nagoya Protocol

[C]Geneva Protocol                [D]Cartagena Protocol

3. The second phase of ambitious DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) scheme is scheduled to operational from July 1, 2013. How many districts are to be covered in Phase II?

[A]56               [B]67               [C]78               [D]92

4. Which among the following countries was making news recently as its privately owned newspapers go on sale for the first time since 1964?

[A]Myanmar                           [B]Cambodia

[C]Thailand                             [D]Fiji

5. Researchers in which among the following countries have recently unveiled the smelling screen, a digital display screen capable of emitting pinpointed smells?

[A]United States                     [B]Japan

[C]South Korea                       [D]Germany

6. Alawites, which has been making news in recent times, is a minority community in __?

[A]Iraq                                                [B]Syria

[C]Nigeria                                           [D]Lebanon

7. Which of the following is officially known as officially the "Republic of China"?

[A]Taiwan                               [B]Hong Kong

[C]Macau                                [D]Beijing

8. Among the Indian sports what is "Mallakhamb" is most closely related to __:

[A]Pole Gymnastics                [B]Bull Fight

[C]Chariot Race                      [D]Martial Art

9. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the new chief of NASSCOM ?

[A]Rajendra Singh Pawar                                       [B]Kishnakumar Natarajan

[C]Bhaskar Pramanik                                             [D]Som Mittal

10. Yellow Cake is a kind of concentrate powder obtained from an intermediate step in the processing of ores of ?

[A]Uranium                             [B]Gold

[C]Lead                                   [D]Aluminium

11. Which among the following organizations releases the "Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) " to anticipate turning-points in economic activity relative to trend for major economies?

[A]World Economic Forum (WEF)

[B]Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

[C]World Bank

[D]International Monetary Fund (IMF)

12. The new Influenza strain H7N9 has been reported to have originated in which among the following countries?

[A]Russia                                [B]China

[C]Pakistan                             [D]Bangladesh

13. Which among the following is the world's largest producer country of Sponge Iron?

[A]India                                  [B]Russia

[C]Australia                            [D]China

14. Which among the following country is India's Largest economic partner in Europe?

[A]France                    [B]Germany

[C]England                 [D]Switzerland

15. Which among the following countries was recently making news for the controversial "bedroom tax"?

[A]France                    [B]Italy

[C]England                 [D]China

16. Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement Award has been recently given to __:

[A]Lata Mangeshkar                [B]Asha Bhonsle

[C]Alka Yagnik                        [D]Kavita Krishnamurthy

17. The first Indian to get MGNREGA wages from the postal department using the Aadhaar number is from which among the following states?

[A]Karnataka              [B]Andhra Pradesh

[C]Rajasthan               [D]Tamil Nadu

18. Petronas Towers, which make the tallest twin-towered building in the world, are located in?

[A]Chicago                 [B]Paris

[C]Kuala Lumpur        [D]Singapore

19. Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of which State for the fourth consecutive time recently?

[A]Nagaland               [B]Tripura

[C]Manipur                 [D]Meghalaya

20. Flamingo is the state bird of which among the following states of India?

[A]Haryana                             [B]Gujarat

[C]Maharashtra                       [D]Madhya Pradesh

                             ANSWER

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