Current Affairs Quiz 6 October 2014

Daily Current Affairs Quiz-3

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1. In September 2014. Chinese President appointed ________ as China's New Ambassador to India.

A. Su Ge
B. Le Yucheng
C. Zhang Dan
D. Cheng Yonghua

 

B. Le Yucheng

2. Who became the first ever contestants to win 7 crore rupees in the television show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan?

A. Sharma Brothers
B. Narula Brothers
C. Pandit Brothers
D. Shivkumar Brothers

B. Narula Brothers

The two brothers, Achin and Sarthak Narula emerged victorious in Season 8 of the show.
The KBC-3 was however hosted by Shah Rukh Khan in 2007.

3. Recently Board of Inquiry recommended decommissioning of which submarine ?

A. INS Sindhurakshak
B. INS Vikramaditya
C. INS Arihant
D. INS Nirbhay


A. INS Sindhurakshak

4. Recently, International Economic Association appointed which Indian as President-Elect ?

A. Kaushik Basu
B. Aravind Subramanyam
C. Narendra Jadhav
D. Parthasarathi Shyam

 

A. Kaushik Basu

5. Which Hollywood actor was appointed as United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change ?

A. Matt Damon
B. Leonardo DiCaprio
C. Tom Cruise
D. Brad Pitt

B. Leonardo DiCaprio

He was appointed by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 September 2014.

6. Music Maestro _______ player Uppalapu Srinivas died on 19 September 2014 in Chennai.

A. Sitar
B. Mandolin
C. Sarod
D. Flute

 

B. Mandolin

7. Who was appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) launched by International Peace Institute (IPI) is aimed at identifying policy proposals to enhance the multilateral system's ability to respond to evolving global challenges ?

A. Hardeep Singh Puri
B. Sheelkant Sharma
C. Neelkant Sharma
D. Vikram Sood

 

A. Hardeep Singh Puri

8. Which Operation of Indian Army lasted for about two weeks to protect people of the Jammu and Kashmir from effects of flood ?

A. Operation Meghdoot
B. Operation Thunder
C. Operation Rahat
D. Operation Megh Rahat

 

D. Operation Megh Rahat

9. UN study titled World population projected the population growth on basis of data until 2012 and a Bayesian probabilistic methodology. As per this report,World population will reach 11 billion by _________.

A. 2025
B. 2045
C. 2085
D. 2100

 

D. 2100

World population will reach 11 billion by 2100 and it was highly unlikely that global population will stabilize by the end of 2100.

10. In September 2014 was appointed as the new head of the Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) ?

A. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar
B. Lieutenant General Ghayyur Mehmood
C. Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam
D. Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif.

A. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar