Recent Current Affairs Updates and Quiz - 24 July 2014

1. Former President of which country died on 7th July, 2014 due to a prolong ilness?
[Category: World Current Affairs]
[A]Georgia
[B]Armenia
[C]Syria
[D]Turkey


2. India on 8th July, 2014 successfully test-fired an advanced version of the _________ range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Chandipur - on-sea off Odisha coast.
[Category: India Latest Current Affairs]
[A]270 km
[B]275 km
[C]280 km
[D]290 km


3. Which two tennis players on 7th July, 2014 achieved a career best rank of number five in the world?
[Category: Sports Current Affairs]
[A]Roberta Vinci & Sara Errani
[B]Sania Mirza & Cara Black
[C]Shuai Peng & Su-Wei Hsieh
[D]Elena Vesnina & Ekaterina Makarova


4. How many judges did Supreme Court appoint on 7th July, 2104?
[Category: Judiciary Current Affairs]
[A]7
[B]5
[C]3
[D]4


5. _________________________, an eminent scholar and biographer of Indian Constitution died on 6th July, 2014 in Washington DC.
[Category: Eminent Personalities Current Affairs]
[A]John Gordon
[B]Granville Austin
[C]William Bentinck
[D]Henry Hardinge