Current Affairs Quiz 13 October 2014

1. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite, which is in recent news was developed by the _________scientists. It is scheduled to be launched in November 2014, to collect the local data of agricultural and water managers that are needed worldwide.

A. ISRO
B. NASA
C. JAXA
D. IARI

 

A. ISRO

2. Which was India's first indigenously built stealth warship commissioned into Indian Navy ?

A. INS Chakra
B. INS Sindhushastra
C. INS Kamorta
D. INS Shalki

 

C. INS Kamorta

3. Oscar-winning British filmmaker and actor Richard Attenborough died on 24 August 2014 in London. His greatest success was _____________, a film that won eight Oscars, including best picture.

A. The Great Escape
B. Miracle on 34th Street
C. Remembering the Titans
D. Gandhi

 

D. Gandhi

4. World’s Oldest metal object, Cone-shaped copper awl, found in Tel Tsaf in __________.

A. Egypt
B. Israel
C. Turkmenistan
D. India

 

B. Israel

5. Who was conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 for Excellence in Leadership, Education, community & Public Service ?

A. Narendra Modi
B. Saiyid Hamid
C. Ila Bhatt
D. Arundhati Bhattacharya
 

B. Saiyid Hamid

He is the Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University and former Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AM).

6. 24th International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) 2014 was observed across the world on __________.

A. 1 March 2014
B. 1 June 2014
C. 1 September 2014
D. 1 October 2014

 

D. 1 October 2014

The theme was Leaving No One Behind: Promoting a Society for All.

7. Who became the first woman to win coveted Fields Medal on 13 August 2014 in Seoul, South Korea?

A. Maryam Mirzakhani
B. Irene Fonseca
C. Idun Reiten
D. Bhama Srinivasan

 

A. Maryam Mirzakhani

The award recognized her contributions to the field of geometry particularly in studying the symmetry of curved surfaces such as spheres.

She was one of four mathematicians who were awarded the Fields Medal 2014. Three other awardees were:
• Artur Avila of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu, for his contributions in Dynamical Systems Theory
• Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University, for developing new approach in the geometry of numbers
• Martin Hairer of the University of Warwick, for his contributions to the Theory of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

8. Who became the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission ?

A. Alka Siroh
B. Rajni Razdan
C. Amar Pratap Singh
D. Manbir Singh

 

B. Rajni Razdan

Razdan was a Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1973 batch of Haryana cadre

9. Who was appointed as Public Accounts Commission Chairman ?

A. Mallikarjun Kharge
B. Murli Manohar Joshi
C. Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas
D. Kapil Sibbal

 

C. Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas

KV Thomas Senior Congress MP of Ernakulum Constituency, Kerala was appointed as Public Accounts Commission Chairman.

10. The book titled "Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?" is authored by ________________.

A. Natwar Singh
B. Faraz Ahmad
C. Bette Dam
D. Vinod Rai

B. Faraz Ahmad