4th Feb 2014 GK Current Affairs Quiz

1. Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour was conferred on cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. The awards were given at the Durban Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on 4 February 2014. With this felicitation, Sachin became the youngest person alive to be conferred with the award and also ___________ sportsperson to be conferred with the honour of Bharat Ratna.
[Category: Awards Current Affairs]
[A] First
[B] Second
[C] Third
[D] Fourth


2. Who was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) on 1 February 2014?
[Category: MBA GK Current Affairs]
[A] Shreekant Javalgekar
[B] Jignesh Shah
[C] Manoj Vaish
[D] Vineet Mittal


3. Who took charge as the Regional Director of World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region on 1 February 2014?
[Category: Latest Current Affairs]
[A] Samlee Plianbangchang
[B] Ashok Saxena
[C] Vineet Khare
[D] Poonam Khetrapal Singh


4. Who launched the National Mission on Libraries (NML) by Union Ministry of Culture on 3 February 2014?
[Category: India Online GK Current Affairs]
[A] Manmohan Singh
[B] Pranav Mukherjee
[C] Sonia Gandhi
[D] Raghuram Rajan


5. Which day was celebrated across the globe on 2 February 2014 with the theme of Wetlands & Agriculture?
[Category: Important Days Current Affairs]
[A] World Wetland Day
[B] World Water Day
[C] World Green Day
[D] World Heritage Day