CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ – 164

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK  QUIZ

1. Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, India has an ambitious target of ____MW of

solar capacity by 2022. Fill the blank with correct option. 

[A]10,000          

[B]15,000        

[C]20,000        

[D]25,000

2. The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project , is an under construction gravity dam coming up in which state?

[A]Assam                                

[B]Tripura

[C]Manipur                             

[D]Arunachal Pradesh

3. As per the latest study, which among the following countries has highest number of diplomats per million? 

[A]China                             

[B]India

[C]Singapore                           

[D]United States

4. Recently, India has launched third-line drug therapy or rescue therapy for people living with which disease? 

[A]Malaria                               

[B]T B

[C]HIV/AIDS                                     

[D]Dengue

5. World Bank funded India Development Market place (DM), a competitive grant -based programme for profit and non-profit organisations working in t he area of delivering services to the poor in north-eastern states of ___?

[A]Assam, Tripura, Manipur

[B]Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya

[C]Sikkim, Nagaland, Mizoram

[D]Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

6. According to latest Astronomical research, P/2014 C1 is a ____?

[A]Comet                                

[B]Asteroid

[C]Dwarf Planet                     

[D]Galaxy

7. Which of the following countries has been ranked top in the World Press Freedom Index-2014?

[A]Netherland                         

[B]Norway

[C]Finland                               

[D]Denmark

8. Which of the following countries have recently made their winter Olympic Games debut at Sochi Olympics?  

1. Dominica         2. East Timor                  3.Paraguay                  4. Zimbabwe

Chose the correct answer from t he codes given below:

[A]Only 1 & 2                         

[B]Only 2 & 3

[C]Only 1 & 4                         

[D]1, 2, 3 & 4

9. Recently, countries from around the world and United Nations have signed the “London Declaration” which aims to curb the ___?

[A]Illegal Mining around the world

[B]Illegal trade in wildlife

[C]Use of chemical weapons

[D]Killing of Dolphins

10. Recently, which of the following countries has challenged the domestic content requirement of India’s solar mission saying it is against to international norms?

[A]Russia                                [B]China

[C]USA                                   [D]Japan

           ANSWER

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