Current GK Questions Answers Quiz : 9 January 2014

1. Facebook has acquired Bangalore-based start-up which is a company that develops a tool that helps Android app developers to measure, analyse and optimise their apps, making it the social networking giant’s first acquisition in India. Can you name the company which Facebook has acquired on 8th Jan 2014?
[Category: Business GK Current Affairs]
[A] DoubleClick
[B] Little Eye Labs
[C] ConnectU
[D] FriendFeed


2. The Reserve Bank of India on 8 January 2014 allowed the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to lend up to what percent of the value of gold?
[Category: Bank GK Current Affairs]
[A] 50
[B] 65
[C] 70
[D] 75


3. Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) officially launched the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) at Changlang in which state on 6 January 2014?
[Category: Current Affairs]
[A] Mizoram
[B] Nagaland
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim


4. Who was unanimously elected as the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly on 9th Jan 2014?
[Category: Politics Current Affairs]
[A] Sitasharan Sharma
[B] Mahendra Singh
[C] Dr Narottam Mishra
[D] Satyadev Katare


5. Allahabad High Court on 9th Jan 2014 issued notices to the Election Commission and Aam Admi Party and gave them three weeks time to file reply on a petition of a political party, which wanted Jhadu election symbol for Lok Sabha polls. The party claim on Jhadu election symbol, saying that the party was alloted this symbol in 2012 Assembly polls. Furthering the claim, it says that the party had in advance applied to the EC for the same symbol for Lok Sabha polls too adding that allotting the symbol to AAP was against law. Can you name this party?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A] JagoJan Party
[B] Kranti Sena Party
[C] Bahujan Hitay Party
[D] Naitik Party