Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers February 2013, February 18-February 24

The Current Affairs Quizzes of the fourth week of February is prepared following the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on Silk Route Car Rally, Presidential Elections of Cyprus, Ping-Pong Diplomacy and others. By solving the quiz you can test your knowledge about how prepared you are for the competitive exams scheduled ahead in the coming time.

1. Silk Route Car Rally was flagged off from an Indian city in February 2013 and will end in a Chinese city in March 2013. Name the two cities from where the rally started and where it will end?
a) Kolkata to Kunming
b) Kolkata to Guangzhou
c) Imphal to Xian
d) Kolkata to Guilin
Answer: (a) Kolkata to Kunming

2. Match the following, Prime Ministers with their Nations
i. Augustin Matata Ponyo              A. Bulgaria
ii.Boyko Borisov                           B. Burma
iii.Thein Sein                               C. Congo
iv.Lyonchen Jigme Yoser Thinley    D. Bhutan
I  II  III  IV
B  C  A  D
C  A  B  D
A  C  B  D
B  A  C  D
Answer: (b) C  A  B  D

3. Name the person who won the Presidential election of Cyprus?
a) Hamadi Jebali
b) Boiko Borisov
c) Nicos Anastasiades
d) Augustin Matata Ponyo
Answer: (c) Nicos Anastasiades

4. Researchers from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg in the second week of February 2013 discovered the largest prime number of the world, beating an earlier record of largest prime number by more than 4 million digits. How many digits does the newly identified Prime Number carries?
a) 14 Million Digits
b) 15 Million Digits
c) 16 Million Digits
d) 17 Million Digits
Answer: (d) 17 Million Digits

5. Name the table-tennis player, who is credited as the architect of the famous Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and USA?
a) Zhuang Zedong
b) Glenn Cowan
c) Zheng Minzhi 
d) Cai Zhenhua
Answer: (a) Zhuang Zedong