Current Affairs Questions: 30 May 2014

1) Who was appointed as the new National Security Advisor of India on 30 May 2014?

(A) M. K. Narayanan

(B) Ranjith Kumar

(C) Shivshankar Menon

(D) Ajit Kumar Doval

 

2) Who is expected to assume office as Chief Minister of Seemandhra (Andhra Pradesh) on June 8, 2014?

(A) Kiran Kumar Reddy

(B) Chandrababu Naidu

(C) K Rossaih

(D) E S L Narasimhan

 

3) A new logo for the state of Telangana was designed by artist Laxman Aelay recently. Telangana will be the ....... state of India?

(A) 30th

(B) 28th

(C) 29th

(D) 27th

 

4) In a major policy initiative, the government is proposing to raise FDI in defence sector to 100 per cent from existing ......... percent?

(A) 50

(B) 25

(C) 49

(D) 26

 

5) Which among the following player has scored a century in the second eliminator of IPL-7 played between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai on 30 May 2014?

(A) M S Dhoni

(B) Virender Sehwag

(C) Glenn Maxwell

(D) Suresh Raina

 

6) New Union government has recently constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth illicit money. Who is the chairman of the Team?

(A) Amar Pratap Sinha

(B) M B Shah

(C) Sudharshan Nayak

(D) C B Bhave

 

7) As did by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, a member who has been elected from two Lok Sabha constituencies has to vacate one of the seats within ....... days of the declaration of result?

(A) 30

(B) 10

(C) 14

(D) 21

 

8) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India in May 2014?

(A)  Mukul Rohatgi

(B)  Soli Sorabjee

(C)  Vinod Rai

(D)  Mohan Parasaran

 

9) Which among the following countries has won the 2014-Uber Cup tournament?

(A)  South Korea

(B)  Australia

(C)  China

(D) India

 

10) Who among the following took charge as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India on 22 May 2014?

(A) Sushma Singh

(B) Manjula Prasher

(C) Rakesh Sinha

(D) Rajiv Mathur