Current Affairs Quiz 14 December 2014

Daily Current Affairs Questions

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1. Who named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014 ?

A. Ebola fighters
B. Narendra Modi
C. Vladimir Putin
D. Ferguson Protesters

A. Ebola fighters

Ferguson Protesters came at the second place.Russian President Vladimir Putin came at third place.The fourth place was bagged by Masoud Barzani.

Recent TIMES's Person of Year
2008: Barack Obama
2009: Ben Bernanke
2010: Mark Zuckerberg
2011: The Protester
2012: Barack Obama
2013: Pope Francis

Ebola fighters collectively were named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014

In their honour, the magazine has come out with five cover pages featuring five of them. These are:
Dr Kent Brantly: the U.S. doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Liberia
Dr Jerry Brown: A Liberian surgeon who turned his hospital's chapel into the country's first Ebola treatment center
Foday Gallah: An ambulance driver who survived the infection
Salome Karwah: Medecins Sans Frontieres nurse

2. Which state government declared Dahi Handi as adventurous sport?

A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Karnataka
D. Tamilnadu

B. Maharashtra

3. 15th Indio-Russian Bilateral Annual Summit held in ___________.

A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Moscow
D. Leningrad

B. New Delhi

4. Which Bank launched India’s first transparent credit card in association with American Express ?

A. ICICI Bank
B. SBI Bank
C. Punjab National Bank
D. Dena Bank

A. ICICI Bank

5. Which Legendary singer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)2014 held in Dubai ?

A. Lata Mangeshkar
B. Asha Bhosle
C. Kumar Sanu
D. Udit Nayaran

B. Asha Bhosle

6.Who won Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014 ?

A. Ruhi Singh
B. Rachita Trivedi
C. Alankrita Sahai
D. Gail Nicole Da Silva

A. Ruhi Singh

he is the first person to win this pageant from India and she won the pageant among the 145 other countries. She was Femina Miss India East first runner-up in 2011.

7. Who has been appointed as the new head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)?

A. Ferit Hoxha
B. Fernando Carrera Castro
C. Ib Petersen
D. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

D. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) launched the second phase of its 3D mobile air combat game, ________________.

A. Super Space 3D
B. 3D Space Hawk
C. Guardians of the Skies (GOTS)
D. Pirate Galaxy

C. Guardians of the Skies (GOTS)

9. International Anti-Corruption Day observed on ______________.

A. 9 December
B. 11 December
C. 13 December
D. 15 December

A. 9 December

International Anti-Corruption Day was observed to raise public awareness of corruption and what people can do to fight it.

10. Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL)on 8 December 2014 successfully commissioned a 28 MW Nyaborongo Hydro Electric Project in __________ on turnkey basis

A. Kenya
B. Rwanda
C. Indonesia
D. Maldive

B. Rwanda