24 October 2014 Current Affairs Multiple Choice Questions
1) Kosovo was on 23 October 2014 granted
provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee to participate
in 2016 Olympic Games. Kosovo declared independence from which country in 2008?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Angola
(C) Serbia
(D) Egypt
2) Which unit of length derives its name
from the Latin word for one twelfth part?
(A) yard
(B) feet
(C) inch
(D) metre
3) Microsoft has recently decided to drop
the iconic Nokia name from its smartphones in India by the end of 2014. What
will be it's new brand identity?
(A) Microsoft Lumia
(B) Moto Lumia
(C) Windows Lumia
(D) None of these
4) In 2014 after visiting which religious
monument in India did PM Nawaz Sharif compare it to the Badshahi Masjid of
Lahore?
(A) Jama Masjid, Delhi
(B) Moti Masjid, Agra
(C) Ajmer Sharif
(D) Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad
5) PM Modi on 23 October 2014 announced Rs
745 crore for which state for renovation of six major hospitals and for the
rebuilding homes damaged in the recent floods in the state?
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Mizoram
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
6) Which two cricketers were involved in a
world record partnership for the 10th wicket in test cricket in July 2014?
(A) C Welegedara and Rangana Herath
(B) Imran Tahir and Aaron Phangiso
(C) Junaid Khan and Saeed Ajmal
(D) Joe Root and James Anderson
7) Name the new email service launched by
Google on 22 October 2014?
(A) Draft
(B) Inbox
(C) Mail Corner
(D) Contact
8) Who is the first retired chief justice
of India to become governor of a state?
(A) Altamas Kabir
(B) K G Balakrishnan
(C) SH Kapadia
(D) P Sathasivam
9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 23 Oct
2014 visited which place often described as the world's highest, coldest and
costliest battlefield?
(A) Indira Col
(B) Kargil
(C) Siachen
(D) Ladakh
10) Which Hindi author was awarded the 2014
Jnanpith Award?
(A) Namvar Singh
(B) Kedarnath Singh
(C) Manohar Shyam Joshi
(D) Mannu Bhandari
Answers
1) Ans. (C) Serbia
2) Ans. (C) inch
3) Ans. (A) Microsoft Lumia
4) Ans. (A) Jama Masjid, Delhi
5) Ans. (D) Jammu and Kashmir
6) Ans. (D) Joe Root and James Anderson
7) Ans. (B) Inbox
8) Ans. (D) P Sathasivam
9) Ans.
(C) Siachen
10) Ans. (B) Kedarnath Singh
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