Wednesday, 30 October 2013

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 95

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 95

1. Who among the following is not the winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
[A]Martin Karplus                                 [B]Michael Levitt
[C]Michael Thomson                             [D]Arieh Warshel

2. Who among the following has won European Union’s “Sakharov Human Rights” prize?
[A]Edward Snowden                          [B]Malala Yousafzai
[C]Ali Zeidan                                      [D]Vladamir Putin

3. Who among the following has secured two gold medals for India at Track Asia cycling championship?[A]Deborah                                         [B]Manorama Devi
[C]Sunita Devi                                     [D]Anjana

4. The Tolkappiar award is a lifetime achievement award given to Indian scholar for their contribution in the field of ___ studies.
[A]Kannada                                         [B]Tamil
[C]Sanskrit                                          [D]Konkani

5. Name the Canadian author who won 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature?
[A]Alice Munro                                  [B]Will Gompertz
[C]Jumpa Lahari                                 [D]Markel Hudson

6. Who among the following will be conferred the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the
year 2012?
[A]Swamy Agnivesh                           [B]M S Swaminathan
[C]Anna Hazare                                 [D]Ila Bhat

7. Which of the following banks has won the Golden Peacock Award for excellence in corporate governance 2013?
[A]SBI                                                 [B]Syndicate Bank
[C]Canara Bank                                   [D]Vijaya Bank

8. Which of the following mobile makers has unveiled world’s first curved display smartphone?
[A]Micromax                                     [B]Samsung
[C]Sony                                             [D]HTC

9. The “Minamata Convention” is a set of legally binding measures to curb which pollutant?
[A]Green house gases                       [B]Mercury
[C]Plastics                                        [D]Lead

10. Which of the following would be the first corridor to be explored for the Indian railways ambitious bullet train project?
[A]Delhi – Kolkata                             [B]Bangalore – Chennai
[C]Mumbai – Ahmadabad                 [D]Mumbai – Bangalore

             ANSWER

1
C
6
A




2
B
7
B




3
A
8
C




4
B
9
B




5
A
10
B






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