Current Affairs for SBI PO : Quiz 141

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Question Number 1: Who defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win Ranji Trophy 2014 at
Hyderabad?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets.
Question Number 2: Who has been appointed as the 8
th
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand recently?
A) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
B) Manish Tiwari
C) Harish Rawat
D) Vasundhara Raje
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat has been appointed as the 8
th
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Question Number 3: Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7
th
Pay Commission that will
submit report in 2 years?
A) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
B) Ashok Kumar Mathur
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) Amit Ahuja
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7
th
Pay
Commission.
Question Number 4: Where was the First Paperless public Library of the World Biblio Tech
opened recently?
A) Germany
B) India
C) China
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: Biblio Tech was opened in USA.
Question Number 5: Who became the first person to receive Bionic hand that allowed him to feel
life-like sensation from the devices artificial fingers?
A) Andy Smith
B) Danish Amputee
C) Jordan Romero
D) Tyler Armstrong
Answer & Explanation: Danish Amputee became the first person to receive Bionic hand.
Question Number 6: Who has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013 for his memoir
Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi?
A) Aviskar Raj
B) Adinath Sachin
C) Vishwanath Tripathi
D) Rajendra Pata
Answer & Explanation: Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013.
Question Number 7: Who has appointed as Director General of the WWF International?
A) Macro Lambertini
B) Christine Lagarde
C) Megan Young
D) David Smith
Answer & Explanation: Macro Lambertini has appointed as Director General of the WWF
International.
Question Number 8: Who was elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years?
A) Jagmohan Dalmiya
B) Ravi Prakash
C) Srinivasan
D) Sourav Ganguly
Answer & Explanation: Srinivasan elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years.
Question Number 9: Who was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal recently by the Nepals
Parliament?
A) Pawan Kumar Chamling
B) Sushil Koirala
C) Abdulla Yameen
D) Sheikh Hasina
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question Number 10: Who was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently?
A) Abhay Singh Chautala
B) N Ramachandra
C) Suresh Kalmadi
D) Om Prakash Mehra
Answer & Explanation: N Ramachandra was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
recently.