Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 24 July 2012

1. Which scooter maker has announced (on 24th July 2012) the signing of Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone as the face of its Scooters in India?
[A]Honda
[B]Yamaha
[C]TVS
[D]Vespa


2. An American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who became the first American woman to enter space in 1983 died recently on 23rd July 2012. Can you name her?
[A]Valentina Tereshkova
[B]Svetlana Savitskaya
[C]Dr. Tam E. O'Shaughnessy
[D]Sally Kristen Ride


3. Which politician's vote in the recent presidential election on 19th July 2012 was rejected by Election Commission of India?
[A]Lalu Prasad Yadav
[B]Sharad Pawar
[C]Mulayam Singh Yadav
[D]Mamta Banerjee


4. Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was arrested on 20 July 2012 by the CBI after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. What are the alleged charges on him?
[A]Money Laundering
[B]Fake documents case
[C]Instigate Violence
[D]Murder


5. Which state's Chief Minister left on Sunday, 22nd July 2012, on a four-day official tour of Japan to meet its Deputy Prime Minister and other top officials and business persons?
[A]Bihar (Nitish Kumar)
[B]Haryana (Bhupinder Singh Hooda)
[C]Gujrat (Narendra Modi)
[D]Maharashtra (Prithviraj Chavan)