MCQ: Current Affairs Questions and Answer dated 21.10.2014

Daily Current Affairs Quiz-17

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1. Which political party emerged as the largest party in the 2014 Assembly Elections of Maharashtra?

A. Shiv Sena
B. BJP
C. INC
D. MNS

B. BJP

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) by winning 122 seats emerged as the largest party but none of the parties succeeded in securing a clear majority.

2. Which political party emerged as the largest party, with clear majority in the 2014 Assembly Elections of Haryana?

A. Indian National Lok Dal
B. Bharatiya Janta Party
C. Indian National Congress
D. Haryana Janhit Congress

B. Bharatiya Janta Party
BJP by securing 47 seats emerged as the largest party, with clear majority. The elections were held for total 90 seats on 15 October 2014. In this elections, Haryana recorded its highest ever turnout of 76.54 percent.

3. Which team won Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 Hockey title ?

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Malaysia
D. Bangladesh

A. India

India on 19 October 2014 successfully defended its Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) Under-21 Hockey title at Taman Daya Hockey Stadium, Johor Bohru, Malaysia. In the finals, Indian team defeated Great Britain, 2-1.

4. Joko Widodo on 20 October 2014 was sworn in as seventh president of which South East Asian country ?

A. Laos
B. Vietnam
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia

C. Indonesia

5. ICC awarded global broadcast rights from 2015 to 2023 to ___________.

A. Trace Sports
B. NEO Prime
C. TEN Sports
D. Star India and Star Middle East

D. Star India and Star Middle East

6. In October 2014, Which country's tourism launched Gandhi-Inspired Tourist Attraction project ?

A. United Kingdom
B. South Africa
C. United States of America
D. Bangladesh

B. South Africa

7. Trudy is a Tropical Storm that struck __________ on 19 October 2014.

A. Mexico
B. Indonesia
C. India
D. Japan

A. Mexico

8. The Union Cabinet on 18 October 2014 approved an inter-governmental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to upgrade the Chabahar port Phase-I. Chabahar port is located in which country ?

A. Iran
B. Myanmar
C. Shri lanka
D. Maldives

A. Iran

9. Recently which Indian-American attorney was appointed as temporary head of Department of Justice's civil rights division (DoJ) in USA?

A. Vanita Gupta
B. Sayali Gupta
C. Tanikshka Gupta
D. Tulasi Gupta

A. Vanita Gupta

She was nominated by the US President Barack Obama for the post in Department of Justice’s civil rights division. Before the appointment she was serving as the Deputy Legal Director at the American Civil Liberties Union.

10. India on 17 October 2014 successfully test fired its first long range __________ cruise missile Nirbhay.

A. subsonic
B. supersonic
C. hypersonic
D. Anti-submarine

A. subsonic