Current Affairs Quiz 4 October 2014

 Daily Current Affairs Question-1

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1. With 11 Gold Medals, India finished at ____ in final Tally at Asian Games-2014.

A. 5th Position
B. 6th Position
C. 7th Position
D. 8th Position

 

D. 8th Position

2. Which cricketer were selected as Bradman Honouree 2014?

A. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh
B. Virendra Sehwag and Mark Waugh
C. Ricky Ponting and Herschelle Gibbs
D. AB De Villiers and Dhoni

 

A. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

3. World Heart Day was observed across the world on __________ with a theme Heart Choices NOT Hard Choices.

A. 29 June
B 29 July
C. 29 August
D. 29 September

 

D. 29 September

4. __________ was sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

A. Abdul Abdullah
B. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
C. Hamid Karzai
D. Muazzem Ali

 

B. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

5. Third Global Citizen Festival was held at the Central Park in ________.

A. New York
B. Washington DC
C. Chicago
D. Seattle

 

A. New York

6. World Tourism Day observed across the world on ___________ with the theme of Tourism and Community Development.

A. 21 September
B. 27 September
C. 1 October
D. 3 October

 

B. 27 September

7. Justice HL Dattu sworn-in as the _________Chief Justice of India on 28 September 2014.

A. 38th
B. 42nd
C. 47th
D. 52nd

B. 42nd

He succeeded Chief Justice RM Lodha who demitted office on 27 September 2014.
Justice Dattu will have tenure of 14 months as the Chief Justice of India as he will retire from his office on 2 December 2015.

8. To whom did the President Pranab Mukherjee recently authorised to act as chief of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner ?

A. CJI Justice Dattu
B. Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv
C. Home Secretary Anil Goswami
D. Ex CVC Pradeep Kumar

 

B. Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv

9. The India-US Combined Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 concluded at Ranikhet in __________ from 17 September to 30 September 2014.

A. Uttarakhand
B. Rajasthan
C. Tamilnadu
D. Jammu and Kashmir

 

A. Uttarakhand

10. Former International ______ umpire Mohammad Ghouse died on 29 September 2014 following a brief illness.

A. football
B. cricket
C. tennis
D. chess

B. cricket