CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 140

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK  QUIZ - 140

1. According to the FAO, which country has the world’s highestdeforestation rate of primary forests?

[A]Kenya                                     

[B]Uganda

[C]India                                  

[D]Nigeria

2. “Aotearoa” is an alternative name for which one of the following entities?

[A]Pitcairn Island                   

[B]Fiji

[C]Vanuatu                            

[D]New Zealand

3. The BCCI’s lifetime achievement award for the year 2013 will be conferred upon___?

[A]Mohammad Azharuddin        

[B]Kapil Dev

[C]Sunil Gavaskar                         

[D]Sachin Tendulkar

4. The “Vienna convention on Diplomatic Relations” an international treaty for diplomatic relation between independent countries signed in__?

[A]1959          

[B]1960           

[C]1961          

[D]1964

5. Consider the following Sahitya Akademi Award winners of the year 2013:

1.Javed Akhtar                        2.Ambika Dutt                  3.Subodh Sarkar                     4.Joe D’Cruz

Which of the following correctly represents the languages they chosen for the award?

[A]Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Sindhi

[B]Hindi, Tamil, Sindhi, Rajasthani

[C]Urdu, Rajasthani, Bengali, Tamil

[D]Tamil, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi

6. Which of the following is the biggest source of greenhouse gases, accounting for the more than three-quarters of all emissions from global livestock?

[A]Pig                                                 

[B]Cattle

[C]Poultry                               

[D]Small ruminants

7. Which one of the following countries plans to import cows from India to overcome a shortage of milk?

[A]Nepal                                 

[B]Bangladesh

[C]Pakistan                             

[D]Bhutan

8. Europe has recently launched a satellite to map the precise position and distances to more than a billion stars. The satellite has been named as___?

[A]Gaia                                   

[B]StarX

[C]Xylo                                   

[D]Galaxy

9. The “Zhongshan”, “Kunlun” and “Great Wall” are the name of Antarctic research stations belongs to which country?

[A]Norway                             

[B]Australia

[C]China                                

[D]Chile

10. Vamsadhara Water Dispute Tribunal was constituted to resolve the water sharing dispute between which two states?

[A]Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

[B]Karnataka and Maharashtra

[C]Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

[D]Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

              ANSWER

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