Current Affairs Set-13

Current Affairs Set-13

1. What is the minimum number of employees is a firm covered by the retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for providing social security net ?

a) Ten                              b) Twenty

c) Thirty                          d) Fifteen

2. India's Prakash Nanjappa, is associated with which of the following sports/events?

a) Boxing                        b) Shooting

c) Squash                        d) Badminton

3. Jayadhar Cotton, is a popular variety of cotton grown mainly in the rain-fed areas of ...............?

a) Maharashtra               b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh         d) Tamil Nadu

4. Who among the following has been appointed as Horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra, recently ?

a) Shah Rukh Khan    

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c)  Amir Khan

d) Salman Khan

5. The flag bearer for Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2014 was ........?

a) Vijay Kumar 

b) Sushil Kumar

c) Abinanv Bindra

d) Yogeshwar Dutt

6. Which country has reported highest number of deaths from Ebola outbreak in recent times?

a) Liberia                         b) Guinea

c) Sierra Leone                d) Poland

7. Recently, the union government has announced a nationwide scheme "Rashtriya Gokul Mission" to ................ ?

a) Protect the indigenous breed of cows

b) Develop high milk yielding cow breedsd

c) Curb Slaughtering of cattle

d) Eliminate Food and Mouth disease

8. The Part X of the Indian constitution deals with .........?

a) Union Territories 

b) Scheduled & Tribes areas

c) Relation between Union & States

d) Elections

9. Kishenpur wildlife sanctuary is located in .............?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Karnataka

10. The Paduvalapaya and Mudalapaya are classification of which form of dance ?

a) Yakshagana                   

b) Karaga

c) Kuchipudi                     

d) Bharatanatyam

Answers:-  1. b)  2. b)  3. b)  4. b)  5. a)  6. b)  7. a)  8. b)  9. b)  10. a)