Q.1. Who among the following Indian cricketers was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy in Shanghai recently?
1) Rahul Dravid
2) MS Dhoni
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) None of these
Q.2. The state-owned power equipment maker BHEL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in
1) Kazakhstan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Tajikistan
4) Uzbekistan
5) None of these
Q.3. Seeking to overcome the hurdles in interlinking of rivers, the Centre has constituted a 'Task Force' which will be chaired by
1) BN Navalawala
2) Rajendra Singh
3) Murli Manohar Joshi
4) Uma Bharti
5) None of these
Q.4. India has officially reversed its long-standing position regarding Montreal Protocol. This protocol is associated with
1) Phasing out of nuclear arms
2) Destruction of chemical weapons
3) Convention on Diplomatic Relations
4) Protection of the Ozone Layer
5) None of these
Q.5. Who is the chairman of the committee set up monitor Yamuna Clean-up project?
1) Anil Goswamy
2) Chandrashekar Javed
3) Shashi Shekar
4) Murali Manohar
5) None of these
Q.6. Who has been chosen for the 28th Moortidevi Award for 2014?
1) Virendra Hegde
2) S L Byrappa
3) Vishwanath Tripathi
4) Suryanath Chandrapathi
5) None of these
Q.7. Who among the following have won the Canada Open Women double?
1) Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
2) Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek
3) Brigitte Yeo and Lisa Menard
4) Lisa Menard and Selena Piek
5) None of these
Q.8.Which state has provisionally selected as venue for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017?
1) Goa
2) Manipur
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Q.9.Which country is hosting the 16th World Sanskrit Conference?
1) Bangladesh
2) China
3) Sri Lanka
4) France
5) Thailand
Q.10. In which state Bajaj Allianz has launched a weather-based crop insurance scheme?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Maharashtra
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Answers:
1. 4
2. 1
3. 1
4. 4
5. 3
6. 3
7. 1
8. 1
9. 5
10. 3
3. 1
4. 4
5. 3
6. 3
7. 1
8. 1
9. 5
10. 3