Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 08, 2014
Q1. Who is the richest candidate of 2014 Lok Sabha Elections?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nandan Nilekani. He has declared his assets worth Rs. 7710 Crore in his affidavit filed before the Election Commision on 7th Apr’2014.
Q2. Name the Airline Company ready to debut in India from 30th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Singapore Airlines, will fly the A380 to Mumbai and New Delhi replacing smaller Boeing’777s.
Q3. How many active Facebook users are in India as of Apr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 100 million active users. 84 million out of 100 million active users are using Facebook from their mobile devices.
Q4. On 7th Apr’2014, United States warned another country that the recent depreciation of their currency could raise "serious concerns" if it signaled a policy shift away from allowing market-determined exchange rates. To which country did United States warn?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ5. Which proposal is approved under the Malala Yousafzai Act by the United States Panel on 8thApr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The proposal is to increase the number of US Scholarships available to women in Pakistan under Malala Yousafzai Act.
Q6. Name the country where International Property Show begins from 8thApr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: World Trade Center, Dubai. NAREDCO, The National infrastructure development agency has set up an India Pavilion at the Show.
Q7. Which country has topped the number of foreign investors and investment transactions in Dubai’s Real Estate Market in the year 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. According to Dubai Land Department more than 8,092 investors from India made transactions worth 4.88 billion dollars in Dubai last year.
Q8. Which country topped the ICC T-20 Rankings after IPL T-20 World Cup’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sri Lanka, replaced India from the top spot.
Q9. Name the Indian American Novelist who has been shortlisted for Bailey’s Prize’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Jhumpa Lahiri, for the ‘Lowland’ Novel.
Q10. Bailey’s Prize was previously known as the _________.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Orange Prize. The prize set up in 1996 aims to celebrate and promote international fiction by women throughout the world to the widest range of readers possible.
Q11. From which financial year Reserve Bank of India decided to compute and release Real Effective Exchange Rate?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2014. According to RBI, this step would give a higher degree of comparability to India's international competitiveness in relation to its trading partner countries.
Q12. Which country has legalised sale of self-testing kits for HIV?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United Kingdom. This law came into force in April’2014.
Q13. Which city received its first passenger train and became the second state capital after Guwahati among the seven sister states in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Itanagar, capital of Arunachal Pradesh received its first passenger train on 7thApril’2014.
Q14. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of SAP India on 7thApr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ15. When did Dada Sahab Phalke awardee V K Murthy pass away?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 7th Apr’2014. He was the renowned Cinematographer and worked in the movies like Pyaasa, Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam etc.
Q16. Who is known for coining the term BIMARU in one of the page of research paper?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ashish Bose, veteran demographer who died on 7thApril’2014. BIMARU refers to the Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
