CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 40

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 40

1. Ritchie’s Archipelago form part of_______?

[A]Goa                        [B]Lakshadweep

[C]Andaman               [D]Daman and Diu

2."Animus in Consulendo Liber" is the motto of _?

[A]French Republic                             [B]NATO

[C]UNESCO                                      [D]CSTO

3. Recently, which among the following two countries agreed to resume talks on reopening the Kaesong industrial zone?

[A]North Korea and South Korea                   [B]Japan and China

[C]China and Russia                                        [D]North Korea and Japan

4. Recently (August, 2013), US International Trade Commission has imposed ban on importing and selling of which mobiles in the US market?

[A]Apple                                   [B]Samsung

[C]Nokia                                   [D]Blackberry

5. Recently, NASA astronomers have solved a 40 year mystery on the origin of the Magellanic Stream. Magellanic Stream is a long ribbon gas orbiting which of the following galaxies?

[A]Cigar                                  [B]CartWheel

[C]Milky Way                         [D]Andromeda

6. Recently, Jeff Bezos has agreed to purchase the American daily newspaper "The Washington Post" for $250 million in cash. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of __?

[A]Ebay                                [B]Amazon.com

[C]Yahoo                             [D]360Buy

7. Which among the following pairs of primitive tribes and places of their inhabitation not correctly matched?

[A]Hakki Pikki – Karnataka          [B]Gawada – Goa

[C]Gaddi – Himachal Pradesh       [D]Irulas – Kerala

8. Which of the following nations are considered triad nuclear powers?

(1).Russia                    (2).United States

(3).China                     (4).India

Choose the correct answers from the code given below:

[A]Only 1, 2 & 4                     [B]Only 1 & 2

[C]Only 2 & 4                         [D]Only 1, 2 & 3

9. According to TRAI Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2013 how many corporate mobile numbers of service providers can be ported to another service provider through letter of authorization?

[A]Upto 50%                          [B]Upto 75%

[C]Upto 60%                           [D]Upto 100%

10. Which one of the following companies rolled out “ALZUMAb” world’s first novel anti-CD6 antibody to treat psoriasis?

[A]Biocon                               [B]Cipla

[C]Reddy’s                             [D]Ipca labs

             ANSWER

1	C	6	B
2	B	7	D
3	A	8	B
4	B	9	A
5	C	10	A