Current Affair Quiz - 17th April 2014

Q. : 1   India on 16 Apr successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile Agni-III from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast which has a strike range of more than

1) 500 km

2) 700 km

3) 1500 km

4) 3000 km

5) None of these

Q. : 2   Russia has signed a deal with which of the following countries to sell sophisticated S-300 air defense systems recently?

1) Iran

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Pakistan

4) China

5) Cuba

Q. : 3   Yuki Bhambri is associated with which of the following games?

1) Squash

2) Tennis

3) Badminton

4) Hockey

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Which of the following world leaders has written a profile of Modi, titled 'India's reformer-in-chief', for TIME Magazine recently?

1) Xi Jinping

2) Barack Obama

3) Stephen Harper

4) David Cameron

5) Tony Abbott

Q. : 5   The TIME magazine on 16 Apr released a list of the world's 100 most influential people compiled by TIME's editors had only four people from India. Who among the following is NOT one among them?

1) Chanda Kochhar

2) Satya Nadella

3) Vikram Patel

4) Arvind Kejriwal

5) Narendra Modi

Q. : 6   The govt has changed the name of the tourist visa on arrival scheme following requests from various quarters. What is the new name of the scheme effective from 15 Apr?

1) free tourist visa

2) ready tourist visa

3) Saral tourist visa

4) e-tourist visa

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The UN Security Council has imposed an arms embargo on the Houthi rebel which are active in

1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) Yemen

4) Ukraine

5) None of these

Q. : 8   PM Narendra Modi visited Canada recently. This was the first visit by an Indian PM to Canada in _______years.

1) 12

2) 22

3) 34

4) 42

5) 51

Q. : 9   Vladimir Makei, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?

1) Ukraine

2) Belarus

3) Kazakhstan

4) Tajikistan

5) None of these

Q. : 10   The 16th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women MPs since the first election in 1952. What is the number of woman MPs in the present (16th) Lok Sabh?

1) 31

2) 42

3) 54

4) 61

5) 73

Answer:-

1. (4) 3000 km
2. (1) Iran
3. (2) Tennis
4. (2) Barack Obama
5. (4) Arvind Kejriwal
6. (4) e-tourist visa
7. (3) Yemen
8. (4) 42
9. (2) Belarus
10. (4) 61