GK Current Affairs Quiz: 30 April 2014

1. Who was honoured with the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award in Toronto, Canada on 26 April 2014?
[Category: Indian GK Current Affairs]
[A] NR Narayana Murthy
[B] Azim Premji
[C] Amitabh Bachchan
[D] Vineet Nayyar


2. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 29 April 2014 approved dissolution of which state's Assembly and a fresh proclamation of Central Rule in the state?
[Category: Political Current Affairs]
[A] Delhi
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Tamilnadu
[D] Odisha


3. Name the Environmental activist, who, on 28 April 2014 won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize(commonly called as the Green Nobel) for the year 2014.
[Category: Exams Current Affairs]
[A] Suresh Chand
[B] Ramesh Sridhar
[C] Ramesh Agrawal
[D] Gaurav Agrawal


4. Liquor firm United Spirits Ltd has appointed whom as the Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from May 1,2014?
[Category: MBA Exams GK Current Affairs]
[A] Vivek Sharma
[B] Prasanna Chandran
[C] H C Singh
[D] Anand Kripalu


5. India has displaced which country to become the world's third biggest economy in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday, 29th April 2014?
[Category: Economic Current Affairs]
[A] China
[B] USA
[C] Japan
[D] UK