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Quiz – 5-08-14

1. Which country won Hockey World League held in New Delhi in Jan 2014?

A] New Zealand B] England

C] Netherlands D] Australia

2. India has agreed to cooperate in the field of renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and

wind power with which country and signed a MoU for this in Jan 2014?

A] UAE B] Saudi Arabia

C] Iran D] Afghanistan

3. Which famous playwright and journalist won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014

(announced in Jan 2014) for the book “The Chronicle of the Corpse Bearer”?

A] Arshia Sattar B] Cyrus Mistry

C] Antara Dev Sen D] Jeet Thayil

4. Which famous actor has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha on a Trinamool Congress ticket

(announced his nomination in Jan 2014)?

A] Amitabh Bachchan B] Shahrukh Khan

C] Kamal Hasan D] Mithun Chakraborty

5. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the ________

overall to effect 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals in Jan 2014.

A] Third B] Fourth

C] Fifth D] Second

6. Who has been appointed Member (Finance), Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Commissions in

Jan 2014?

A] Sudarsanam Srinivasan B] A P Joshi

C] Alok Sinha D] Shailendra Singh

7. Which country is likely to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) within the next three

months (announed in Jan 2014)?

A] Afghanistan B] Iran

C] Iraq D] North Korea

8. China’s economy grew by ________ in the last year 2013, maintaining its slowest growth in more

than a decade (announced in Jan 2014).

A] 7.5% B] 7.2%

C] 7.7% D] 7.9%

9. India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile ____________, with a strike

range of about 4,000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast in Jan 2014.

A] Brahmos B] Agni-IV

C] Agni-V D] Trishul

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10. National Urban Health Mission was launched in Bangalore In Jan 2014. The programme aims to

provide health security to urban poor and it envisages creation of necessary health check up

infrastructure and the manpower requirement. Central Government will share 80% of the cost to

implement the programme. This comes under which ministry?

A] Ministry for Human Resource Development

B] Ministry for Health and Family Welfare

C] Ministry for Rural Development

D] Ministry for Minority Affairs

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Key 1. [C] Netherlands

2. [A] UAE

3. [B] Cyrus Mistry

4. [D] Mithun Chakraborty

5. [B] Fourth

6. [A] Sudarsanam Srinivasan

7. [A] Afghanistan

8. [C] 7.7%

9. [B] Agni-IV

10. [B] Ministry for Health and Family Welfare