Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 20, 2014
Q1. Who won the inaugural 10000 US Dollar Richmond Open squash championship title’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Joshna Chinappa,India against Rachael Grinham of Australia.
Q2. What is “Peace Angel 2014”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. Name the US Space Engineer who had contributed several innovations to the US Space Programmes and passed away on 15th April’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8. How much did China’s economy rise in compared to India in 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 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