Current Affairs Practice Paper based on People in News

Current Affairs Practice Paper based on People in News

1) Who among the following won the Best Actor Award in Drama Category at the Emmy Awards 2014?

1. Bryan Cranston
2. Daniel Petro
3. Jack Harrelson
4. Mc Donald

2) Who among the the following did not win Sahitya Adademi Yuva Puraskar in the category of collection of poetry ?

1. Shanti Basumatary (BODO)
2. Praveen Kashyap (Maithili)
3. Ilefat Amjadi (Urdu)
4. Kaushik Barua (English)

3) Select the correct statements about historian Bipan Chandra who passed away on August 2014.

1. He was born in Kangra in 1928 and educated in Lahore and the United States
2. He was the chairperson of the National Book Trust till 2012
3. Some of his major works include History of Modern India, India's Struggle for Independence and India Since Independance
4. All the above

4) Who among the following was selected for the G.K. Reddy Memorial Award 2014 ?

1. Shekhar Schandra
2. Vinod Mehta
3. C. Chandra Kanth
4. R.S. Singh

5) The Eleventh Meeting of the Finance Ministers of Asia Europe(ASEM) was held in ?

1. Milan
2. Delhi
3. Lahore
4. Perth

6) Who among the following is the author of the book titled "The Dollar Trap" ?

1. R. Mehatha
2. Johnson Field
3. Eswar S. Prasad
4. Steve Ferner

7) Select the correct statement about Nazrul Sangeet Legent Firoza Begum ?

1. She sang Nazrul songs on All India Radio when she was a student of sixth class
2. Her first record was released in 1942 by HMV when she was 12
3. She has won Independence Day Award
4. All the above

8) Who among the following was elected as the new President of the International Council for Science in Auckland ?

1. J.D. Subramanian
2. Jack Ferrows
3. Daya Reddy
4. Martin Right

9) Who is the 13 th Attorney General of India Ghulam Essaji Vahanvati died September 2014. I which year he is appointed as Attorney General of India ?

1. 2005
2. 2009
3. 2003
4. 2001

10) Who among the following has authored the book titled "The Narrow Road to the Deep North " ?

1. Ali Smith
2. Joshua
3. Richard Flanagan of Australia
4. Karen Joy

11) Who among the following won the Best Actress award in Drama category at the Emmy Awards 2014 ?

1. Julianna Margulies
2. Anna Juece
3. Lizzy Frane
4. Clarie Danes

12) Who among the following won the Video of the Year Award at the MTV Video Music Awards 2014 in California ?

1. Kate Cyrus
2. Miley Cyrus
3. Selene Cyrus
4. De Lee Cyrus

13) Who among the following won the Dhyan Chand Award at the 2014 National Sports Adventure Awards on August 2014 ?

1. Gurmail Singh
2. K.P. Thakkar
3. Zeehshan Ali
4. All the above

14) Who among the following did not receive the Dronacharya Award at the 2014 National Sports Adventure Awards ?

1. Mahabir Prasad
2. Surender Singh
3. N. Lingappa
4. G. Manoharan

15) Who among the following has become the first Indian actor to be roped in as ambassador of Interpol's "Turn Back Crime" Campaign ?

1. Aamir Khan
2. Imran Khan
3. Shahrukh Khan
4. Amitabh Bachan

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