CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 93

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 93

1. In October 2013, Sachin Tendulkar reached another landmark by completing 50,000 runs in competitive cricket across all formats. Apart from Sachin who among the following has achieved this feat?

1.WG Grace                2.Mark Ravin Ramprakash

3.Jack Hobbs               4.Graham Gooch

Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:

[A]Only 1 & 2                         [B]Only 2 & 3

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

2. In October 2013,voters of which of the following countries have rejected government proposal to abolish upper house of the parliament?

[A]Finland                                           [B]Ireland

[C]Mongolia                                        [D]Nairobi

3. Who among the following has won Korean Grand Prix 2013?

[A]Sebastian Vettel                               [B]Fernando Alonso

[C]Kiwi Raikkonen                               [D]Romain Grosjean

4. Who among the following are conferred with 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine?

1.James Rothman                                2.Randy Schekman

3.Thomas Suedhof                              4.Thomas Randitt

Chose the correct answer from the codes given below: 

[A]Only 1 & 3                                 [B]Only 1, 2 & 3

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

5. Which of the following Islands is the only place in India where the rare yellow mangrove (Ceriops tagap) is found?

[A]Vincet Island                                         [B]Barren Island

[C]St Marry Island                                     [D]Nicobar Island

6. The “Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo” is a friendship road connect India and which country?

[A]Nepal                                           [B]Bangladesh

[C]Myanmar                                      [D]Bhutan

7. Recently (October, 2013), in which of the following places All- Women Sharia court to redress grievance of Muslim women started functioning?

[A]Bangalore                                       [B]Pune

[C]Mumbai                                          [D]Chennai

8. The government of which among the following states has launched a scheme "Amrutham Arogyam"  to screen people above the age of 30 years for life style diseases?

[A]Karnataka                                     [B]Kerala

[C]Tripura                                          [D]Punjab

9. Who among the following has been recently inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, United States for his contribution to industrial development in India and world?

[A]E. Sridharan                                      [B]Ratan Tata

[C]Chandra Shekar                                [D]Navin Murthy

10. Who among the following has been appointed as chairperson of State Bank of India (SBI)?

[A]Kavitha Krishnamurthy                         [B]Usha Chandrashekar

[C]Arundhati Bhattacharya                        [D]Sonakshi Vishal

              ANSWER

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