Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 09, 2014
Q1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: R Chandrasekhran.
Q2. Which company replaces the IBM from second position among software companies in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Oracle. According to a report by research firm Gartner, Database Management systems, Enterprise Software maker Oracle has overtaken IBM to become the second-largest software vendor in India, after Microsoft in 2013.
Q3. Who will be the new Prime-Minister of Hungary elected on 8th Apr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Viktor Orban. He is re-elected as a PM of Hungary for the second consecutive four year term.
Q4. On 8th April, Which technology was unveiled by StoreDot Ltd. at Microsoft’s Think Next Symposium in Tel Aviv?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nanodots, Smartphone Battery. This battery will be able to charge the Smartphones and other phones in just 30 seconds.
Q5. How many political parties constitute the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 28. Only six out of the 28 parties had any presence in the outgoing Loksabha.
Q6. Who is appointed as the new Chief Marketing Officer of Viber?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mark Hardy. He will take care of the operations in India, Brazil, Philippines and Vietnam. Viber is a mobile application that allows making phone calls and sending text messages to all other Viber users for free.
Q7. Name the first Indian Cricketer to feature on the cover of the 151st edition of Widen Cricketer’s Almanack?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sachin Tendulkar. The 40-year-old cricketer is the first Indian to feature on the cover of the 2014 edition of the Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack. He was earlier chosen to feature on the cover of the second edition of the Wisden India Almanack.
Q8. Name the only Indian Jewellery Retailer Brand that has made it to the list of top 30 Best Retail Brands in Asia-Pacific?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tanishq, a Tata Group Company. The report is produced in collaboration with Interbrand Design Forum, the retail experience group within Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultancy.
Q9. Who topped the Interbrand’s 2014 Best Retail Brands list?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Walmart, with a brand value of $131,877.
Q10. Name the Dutch priest who was shot dead in Homs on 7thApr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Frans Van der Lugt.
Q11. Name the India’s first aircraft carrier sold to IB Commercial Pvt. Ltd on April’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: INS Vikrant, which played an important role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has been sold for Rs. 60 Crore.
Q12. Who sets a new Guinness record for skydiving using the world's smallest parachute on 7th Apr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ernesto Gainza, UAE.
Q13. For which version of Windows Operating System, Microsoft ends official support w.e.f 8th Apr’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Windows XP. Windows XP users will no longer get security patches and other technical support from Microsoft, unless they're part of an exclusive group of governments and businesses — including Canada's federal government — paying for "custom support.
Q14. Name the new tool launched by Google on 8th April’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Know your Candidate”. This tool integrates publicly available information sourced from Indian organizations such as the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), PRS Legislative Research and Liberty Institute India.
