Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 20, 2014

Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 20, 2014


Q1. Who won the inaugural 10000 US Dollar Richmond Open squash championship title’2014?

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ANSWER: Joshna Chinappa,India against Rachael Grinham of Australia.




Q2. What is “Peace Angel 2014”?

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ANSWER: It is a two-week long Pakistan- China Joint-military exercise that starts from 20thApril’2014.




Q3. Name the two-newspapers suspended by Kuwait’s Court for publishing articles about a secret probe into allegations of a coup plot to overthrow the govt?

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ANSWER: Al Watan and Alam Al Yawm. A Kuwaiti court has temporarily suspended the publication of two independent newspapers over articles about a secret probe into allegations of a coup plot to overthrow the Gulf monarchy's government.




Q4. Who won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix held on 20thApril’2014?

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ANSWER: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 Driver. He has completed a hat-trick of wins by leading a dominant Mercedes one-two in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.




Q5. Name the country which has got it’s first Bit-Coin ATM and launched an online application allowing individuals to buy and sell bit coins using mobile phones?

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ANSWER: China.




Q6. Name the US Space Engineer who had contributed several innovations to the US Space Programmes and passed away on 15th April’2014?

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ANSWER: John C Hubolt. His death was confirmed by his son in law on 19thApril’2014.




Q7. According to a Survey by Inaugural Asia Pacific Edition which country topped the list of “Managing Work in the Stress”?

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ANSWER: India.




Q8. How much did China’s economy rise in compared to India in 2013?

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ANSWER: 2.7 times. It is expected that by 2018, the Chinese economy will be more than $20 trillion (PPP), while India’s will not even touch $8 trillion. However, CRISIL’s latest study showed India's economy was 1.75 times bigger than China's in 1960 and by 1980 India's economy was $0.3 trillion, while Chinese was only $0.2 trillion



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