8 November 2013 GK Current Affairs Questions Answers Quiz

1. On 7th Nov 2013, a division bench of the ______________ High Court has quashed a Ministry of Home Affairs resolution of April 1, 1963 through which the CBI was constituted. Going by the judgment, the CBI ceases to be a constitutionally valid organisation which is empowered to probe crimes, and that all CBI cases now stand to become null and void.
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A] Gauhati
[B] Allahabad
[C] Madras
[D] Calcutta


2. One of the most intense typhoons ever recorded tore into the Philippines on Friday, 8th Nov 2013 triggering flash floods. What is the name of this super typhoon, which smashed into the central island of Samar, about 600 kilometres southeast of Manila, at 4.40am and was travelling quickly to northwest?
[Category: Environment Current Affairs]
[A] Katrina
[B] Kafina
[C] Hirenk
[D] Haiyan


3. The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday, 7th November 2013, appointed as their new leader the hard-line commander responsible for last year’s attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani education activist. He is also famous with nickname “Mullah Radio” in some circles. Can you name him?
[Category: World Current Affairs]
[A] Baitullah Mehsud
[B] Mullah Fazlullah
[C] Hakimullah Mehsud
[D] Nek Mohammad


4. Which social networking site made its debut in the NYSE stock exchange on 7th Nov 2013?
[Category: Business Current Affairs]
[A] Facebook
[B] YouTube
[C] Twitter
[D] GooglePlus


5. Which credit rating agency said on Thursday, 7 November 2013, that it may cut India's sovereign rating to below investment grade should the next government fail to provide a credible plan to reverse the country's low economic growth?
[Category: MBA Current Affairs]
[A] Standard and Poors
[B] CRISIL
[C] CARE
[D] Goldman Sachs