Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 11, 2014
Q1. Mahavir Jayanti observed every year on _______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Thirteenth day of the rising moon of Chaitra. This year Mahavir Jayanti will be celebrated on 13th April’2014.
Q2. Who will be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 27thApril’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. He is the Judge of the Supreme Court.
Q3. How much gain observed in the Freight traffic of Indian Railways during the financial year 2013-14 compared to the financial year 2012-13?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 43.68 million tonnes. Indian Railways have carried 1053.54 million tonnes of revenue earning freight during 2013-14 over the freight traffic of 1009.86 million tonnes in 2012-13.
Q4. On 11th April’2014 an Indian Rupee Benchmark is established in the global markets. What is the benchmark set by an Indian Currency?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 11thApril’2014 successfully issued 7-year bonds totalling Rs.1200 Crore bringing the total amount raised under its first global rupee bond programme to $1 Billion.
Q5. For which virus alert is announced by Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) on 11th April’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Heartbleed” Virus. The Heart Bleed virus has been affecting millions of websites on the Internet. This virus allows hackers to exploit a flaw in the OpenSSL encryption software used by a majority of major websites to steal data like credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.
Q6. Name the Pharmaceutical Company approved by US Food and Drug Administration on 10th April’2014 for selling Pioglitazone tablets in the American market?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lupin Pharmaceutical, Inc. a US wholly owned subsidiary of Lupin Ltd. India. Pioglitazone tablets are given to patients for second or third line treatment of type-2 diabetes as monotherapy and drug oral therapy.
Q7.In which state of India, Ancient Rock art found?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tamil Nadu. Rock Art illustrates a group of hunters in celebration mode after their job is over and paintings of bulls with and without humps.
Q8. Name the company who acquired Bangalore based tech firm Aditi Technologies?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Symphony Teleca, U.S. based Technology.
Q9. Name the person who has awarded with the prestigious Millenium Technolgy Prize’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prof. Stuart Parkin. He won this award for breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage capacity, heralding era of cloud computing.
Q10.Name the Indian documentary movie will be screened at the 14th New York Indian Film Festival?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Gulabi Gang”. This documentary made on the life of activist Sampat Devi Pal, a child bride and former government health worker.
Q11. What proposal is approved by ICC on 10thApril’2014 for cricket teams to earn the Test status?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “ICC Test Challenge”, will enable the best Associate Member to earn the Test Status. The 'Test Challenge' will take place every four years between the lowest-ranked Test team and the winner of the ICC Inter-Continental Cup, which takes place between the Associates. First ICC Test Challenge is scheduled on 2018.
Q12. Which community of Andaman & Nicobar Islands casted their votes for the first time in Lok Sabha elections’2014?
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