Daily GK Current Affairs Quiz: 6 March 2014

1. Name the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, who on Thursday, 6th March 2014, announced his decision to float a new political party to uphold the "dignity and prestige of Telugu people."?
[Category: Politics Current Affairs]
[A] Tonny Chemani
[B] N Kiran Kumar Reddy
[C] B Rajaramalu
[D] V Venkateshwara Rao


2. CIBIL collects and maintains records of an individual's payments of loans and credit cards. Records are submitted to CIBIL by banks and other lenders on a monthly basis. Such information is used to create Credit Information Reports (CIR) and credit scores which are provided to lenders to help evaluate and approve loan applications. On 6th March, state-run Central Bank of India has sold its entire stake in CIBIL to which company for an undisclosed amount?
[Category: MBA Exams GK Current Affairs]
[A] Citicorp Finance
[B] HSBC
[C] Transunion International Inc.
[D] Standard Chartered Bank


3. The 64th National Basketball Championship concluded on 5 March 2014 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. Which team won the women's title?
[Category: Sports Current Affairs]
[A] Chhattisgarh
[B] Indian Railways
[C] Karnataka
[D] Tamilnadu


4. India and Nepal on 6 March 2014 started a joint military exercise at Saljhandi in Rupandehi district of Nepal. The two week exercise named Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI was inaugurated by Nepal’s Army Major. Can you name him?
[Category: News GK Current Affairs]
[A] General Pravir Thapa
[B] General H M Koshiyari
[C] General G D Koirala
[D] General Victor SJB Rana


5. Which day was being observed across the world on 6 March 2014?
[Category: Days GK Current Affairs]
[A] World Women Day
[B] World Children Day
[C] World Dentist Day
[D] World Heart Day