the current affairs quiz

2. QUESTION 1.
X BELONG TO CHONDRICHTHYES, FISH WITH TOUGH
CARTILAGE RATHER THAN BONE IN THEIR SCELETONS. THE
NAME “X” IS SPANISH FOR CLOAK OR BLANKET, A TYPE OF
BLANKET SHAPED TRAP TRADITIONALY USED TO CATCH RAYS.
X ARE ALSO KNOWN AS “DEVILFISH” BACAUSE OF THIR
HORN-SHAPED CAPHALIC FINS WHICH GIVE THEM AN “EVIL”
APPEARANCE.
X IS RECENTLY IN NEWS FOR SOMETHING.
IDENTIFY X AND TELL THE NEWS.

3. AND THE ANSWER IS:

4. MANTA RAY
INDONASIA ANNOUNCED WORLD’S
LARGEST SANCTUARY FOR MANTA
RAYS.

5. QUESTION 2.
WHAT ARE THESE?
1. ATHENA 12. LUNA
2.BRUTUS 13. MAGNUS
3.CAESAR 14. ARKO
4.DRACO 15. NEMO
5.EUCLID 16. PLATUS
6.FREYR 17. Q
7.GANDOLF 18. ROCKY
8.HELEN AND
9.IAGO MANY MORE…..
10. JOVE
11. KAHN
RELATIVES OF THEM ARE RECENTLY IN NEWS (HINT).

6. AND THE ANSWER IS:

7. U.S WINTER STORM NAMES FOR 2012-13

8. QUESTION 3.
X WAS AN ASSOCIATE TRUSTEE OF CANARA RABECO ASSET
MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD. FROM OCTOBER 18,2011 TO
MAY7,2013. X HOLDS AN MSC DEGREE FROM UNIVERSTY OF
DELHI. X HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS PORTFOLIOS INCLUDING
CREDIT MANAGEMENT,HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND
INTERNATIONAL BANKING. X WAS (OR RATHER IS) RECENTLY
IN NEWS.
WHO IS X ?

9. AND THE ANSWER IS:

10. ARCHANA S. BHARGAVA
SHE RESIGNED FROM THE POST OF CMD OF UNITED BANK OF
INDIA.

11. QUESTION 4.
X WAS BORN IN ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN, AND RAISED IN
MELBORNE, FLORIDA. HER GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS CO-
FOUNDER OF APPLIANCE MANUFACTURER AND MARKETER
WHIRLPOOL FOUNDATION. AS A YOUNG AQUASTRIAN SHE
SHOWED AT THE AMERICAN PAINT HORSE ASSOCIATION AND
WON 3 APHA RESERVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER 13 YEARS
CATEGORY.
X MADE AN APPEARANCE IN A JUNE 2011 EPISODE OF TOSH.O
AND PARTICIPATED IN THE 2011 TACO BELL ALL STAR LEGENDS &
CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME AT CHASE FIELD IN PHOENIX,
ARIZONA, IN JULY 2011.
X IS RECENTLY IN NEWS FOR SOMETHING.
IDENTIFY X AND X’S RISE TO FAME.

12. AND THE ANSWER IS:

13. KATE UPTON.
MODEL FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ADDITION
2012-14.
( WHO CAN FORGET THE ZERO GRAVITY SHOOT @ 2014!!!!!!!!!!)

14. QUESTION 5.
X LEFT HER TEACHING JOB IN UK AND CAME TO INDIA IN
1988 WITH THE AIM TO REFORM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
MOTIVATED TO WORK FOR UNDER-PRIVILEGED CHILDREN X
FOUNDED “GOING TO SCHOOL”, AN EDUCATION TRUST THAT
DESIGNS COLOURFUL GRAPHIC NOVELS WHICH CONTAIN
STORIES OF CHILDREN WHO BRAVED ALL ODDS TO GO TO
SCHOOL.
X ALSO FORMED “BE! FUND” , WHICH SUPPORTS THE
BUISNESS IDEAS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM POOR
BACKGROUND. X IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF “BE AN
ENTREPRENEUR ”.
WHO IS X? WHAT IS X RECENTLY IN NEWS?

15. AND THE ANWER IS:

16. LISA HEYDLAUFF.
WINNER OF THE CATEGORY INDIAN AT HEART
ORGANISED BY TIMES NOW.

17. QUESTION 6.
IDENTIFY A , B & C AND DESCRIBE THE MEANING OF THIS M

18. AND THE ANSWER IS:

19. A = UKRAIN , B= RUSSIA & C= UN
THE MEME DEPICTS THE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS AT
UKRAIN. UNDER THE PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA, UKRAIN’S
PRESIDENT VICTOR YANUKOVYCH HAVE SUSPENDED THE
HISTORICAL “POLITICAL AND TRADE AGREEMENT” WITH EU
(EUROPIAN UNION) STOPPING THE CHANCES OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH, MODERNIZATION AND INCLUSION. PEOPLE HAVE
STAKED THEIR CLAIM AT THE KIEV’S MAIDAN AND CAUSED A
CIVIL UPROAR.

20. QUESTION 7.

21. AND THE ANSWER IS:

23. QUESTION 8.
X, THE SON OF A FIGHTER WHO WAS A TWO-TIME GOLDEN
GLOVES CHAMPION, WAS BORN IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.
HIS ANCESTRY WAS MOSTLY ENGLISH, WITH A SMALLER
AMOUNT OF GERMAN AND POSSIBLY IRISH. RAISED
PRIMARILY IN THE SUNLAND COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES,
X HAD A MAJOR IN MARINE BIOLOGY.HE AND HIS SISTER
PARTICIPATED IN A 1988 GAMESHOW “I’M TELLING!”. HE ALSO
FOUNDED HIS OWN CHARITY , REACH OUT WORLDWIDE
(ROWW) , AN ORGANISATION PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS
FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS.
WHO WAS X ? WHY WAS HE ON THE NEWS A FEW MONTHS
BACK?

24. AND THE ANSWER IS:

25. PAUL WALKER
DIED IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT THIS YEAR.
RIP PAUL WALKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26. QUESTION 9.

27. AND THE ANSWER IS:

29. QUESTION 10.

30. AND THE ANSWER IS: