Current Affairs Quiz (2014) – 9

Dear readers, here is our next post in Current Affairs Quiz Series for various competitive exams.

Q 1.The headquarters of World Economic Forum (WEF) is situated in?

1. Vienna, Australia
2. Washington, D.C., United States
3. Phillipines
4. Geneva, Switzerland

Q 2.Who has been conferred with Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13?

1. Lyricist Sameer
2. Singer Sonu Nigam
3. Lyricist Javed Akhtar
4. None of these

Q 3.Who has been awarded with Man Booker Prize, 2014?

1. Ali Smith
2. Richard Flanagan
3. Neel Mukherjee
4. Joshua Ferris

Q 4.‘Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar’ is written by?

1. R.D. Pardhan
2. Sanjaya Baru
3. Dilip D’Souza
4. None of these

Q 5.Who has been appointed as Chief Economic Adviser?

1. Arvind Subramanian
2. Raghuram Rajan
3. Nripendra Mishra
4. Sanjeev Kumar Singla

Q 6.Recently RBI governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan has been conferred with which award?

1. UN Governor of Year Award
2. US Central Bank Governor of Year Award
3. Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of Year Award
4. None of these

Q 7.Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate programme is concered with?

1. Women rights
2. Labour reforms
3. Child education
4. Banking sector reform

Q 8.Which bank has recently launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform KayPay?

1. Axis Bank
2. State Bank of India
3. ICICI Bank
4. Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q 9.In which country Harbin Ice Festival is celebrated?

1. China
2. Hong Kong
3. Russia
4. Malaysia

Q 10. As per WHO, which country accounts for 80 % of polio cases globally?

1. Pakistan
2. Afghanistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Chile

Answers

1. 4
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 1
6. 3
7. 2
8. 4
9. 2
10. 1

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