AN EXCELLENT QUIZ

1. QUIZ
BY- PRAGYAN YADAV

2. 1. BJP leader Arun Jaitely
recently launched a book, which
has been authored by Sameer
Kochhar. Can you name the
book ?

3. Ans. ModiNomics

4. 2. Identify this person.

5. Ans. Sushil Koirala (New PM of Nepal)

6. 3. Who was named PETA’s Person of
the Year for taking steps to advance
animal protection ?

7. Ans. Shashi Tharoor

8. 4. If Pope Francis was elected as
the TIME Person of the Year, then
who was the Runners – up ?

9. Ans. Edward Snowden

10. 5. Who is the current CM of Mizoram ?

11. Ans. Lal Thanhawla

12. 6. Identify this person.

13. Ans. Ranjan Mathai

14. 7. Which Zoological Park is chosen
by the Central Zoo Authority as
Country’s first wild dog breeding
centre ?

15. Ans. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park
(Vishakhapatnam)

16. 8. Who received the amazing Indian
Award, for doing “something great”, on 6th
February, 2014, which was given by the
Vice President of India, Dr. Hamid
Ansari ?

17. Ans. Arunima Sinha (Don’t even ask who
she is !!!)

18. 9. X won the DSC prize 2014 for South
Asian literature for his book Chronicles
of a Corpse Bearer on 18 January 2014.
X was also awarded with a cash price of
50000 dollars at Jaipur International
Literature Festival 2014. Identify X.

19. Ans. X = Cyrus Mistry

20. 10. Which Indian state bagged the Oil
and Natural Gas Conservation Award
2013 ?

21. Ans. Andhra Pradesh

22. 11. 2014 has been declared by UN as the
International Year of “WHAT” ?

23. Ans. International Year of Family Farming

24. 12. When was the World Hindi Day
celebrated ?

25. Ans. 10 January

26. 13. National Women's Day of India
was observed on 13 February 2014.
Can you tell why ?

27. Ans. In memory of India’s first women
governor Sarojini Naidu. It was her 135th
birthday.

28. 14. Who was appointed as the New
Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of
Direct Taxes) ?

29. Ans. R.K.Tiwari

30. 15. Identify him.

31. Ans. N Ramchandran (Newly
elected President of IOA)

32. 16. Who was appointed as the first
woman chief of National Police
Academy ?

33. Ans. Aruna Bahuguna

34. 17. Which Indian state won the National
Tourism Award 2012-2013 ?

35. Ans. Sikkim

36. 18. Which country will host the World
Bridge Championship 2015 ?

37. Ans. India

38. 19. Identify this new chairman of FICCI.

39. Ans. Sidharth Birla

40. 20. Identify this person.

41. Ans. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (Nabard's
new chairman)