Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 21 February 2014

1) 21 February 2014 was the last day of present Lok Sabha. This was the ......th Lok Sabha?

(A) 10

(B) 14

(C) 15

(D) 16

2) Whistleblowers Protection Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on 21 February 2014. This bill was passed by Lok Sabha earlier in which year?

(A) 2010

(B) 2011

(C) 2012

(D) 2013

3) World's longest free Wi-Fi zone was recently (Feb 2014) opened in India at which place?

(A) Bengaluru

(B) Delhi

(C) Ahmedabad

(D) Patna

4) IMF has projected ........% growth for India in 2014-15 recently (Feb 2014)?

(A) 5.4

(B) 3.2

(C) 6.7

(D) 4.6

5) Which Indian bank has applied to open branches in Pakistan as announced in Lok Sabha on 21 Feb 2014?

(A) Indian Overseas Bank

(B) Punjab National Bank

(C) State Bank of India

(B) Punjab and Sind Bank

6) National Youth Policy which was recently launched (Feb 2014) is named after which former Prime Minister of India?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(D) Rajiv Gandhi

7) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ruled out of the Asia Cup on 21 Feb 2014. Asia Cup 2014 is hosted by?

(A) UAE

(B) India

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Sri Lanka

8) Which South Asian country on 21 February 2014 entered into an agreement with Japan’s Nissan Motor Co to supply electric cars for its taxis and government fleet aiming to reduce reliance on imported oil?

(A) Maldives

(B) Bhutan

(C) Indonesia

(D) Nepal

9) G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Annual meet was recently (Feb 2014) hosted by?

(A) Sydney, Australia

(B) Tokyo, Japan

(C) New Delhi, India

(D) St Petersburg, Russia

10) International Mother Language Day was observed on?

(A) 20 February 2014

(B) 14 February 2014

(C) 21 February 2014

(D) 24 February 2014

Answers

1) Ans. (C) 15

2) Ans. (B) 2011

3) Ans. (D) Patna

4) Ans. (A) 5.4

5) Ans. (B) Punjab National Bank

6) Ans. (D) Rajiv Gandhi

7) Ans. (C) Bangladesh

8) Ans. (B) Bhutan

9) (A) Sydney, Australia

10) Ans. (C) 21 February 2014