Current Affairs Questions and answers - Oct 09, 2014
Q1. In which city fourth Global Investors Summit will be organized by Madhya Pradesh Government on 9th Oct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Indore. Madhya Pradesh is the country’s fastest growing state with some of its best infrastructure and investor friendly policies.
Q2. Name the cyclonic storm approaching the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast after crossing Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘Hudhud’. Cyclone Hud hud is a tropical cyclone of the October 2014 in North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
Q3. Name the trio who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: American scientists Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Germany's Stefan Hell. They used fluorescence to extend the limits of the light microscope.
Q4. Name the TV channel that has received notice for its alleged failure to broadcast all games of international and national importance on channel by Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prasar Bharti. The petitioner alleged that section 3 of the Sports Broadcasting Signal Mandatory Sharing With Prasar Bharti Act 2007 necessitated that all sports and games of national and international fame as cricket tournaments, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Olympic Games etc must be broadcast on Doordarshan.
Q5. Under which government scheme the power ministry has decided to provide bulbs using LED technology to households?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Services Limited have worked with electricity distribution companies to develop a business model to procure LED bulbs in bulk and sell them to households at Rs. 10 instead of Rs. 400.
Q6. Name the person who has won the 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award on 8thOct’14.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Anoop Jain. He was awarded for his exemplified values of a Global Citizen through his work in founding Humanure Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011 that builds community sanitation facilities in rural India.
Q7. Name the website launched by Union Government on 7thOct’14 to monitor attendance of government employees in real time?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘attendance.gov.in’. The website attendance.gov.in uses an Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system to track employees from the cabinet secretariat to Border Road Organization. It provides a graphical representation of attendance in real time.
Q8. Name the company that will stop the calling facility from its application on mobile and landline phones within India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Skype. This is announced by the Skype’s parent company, Microsoft on 7 October 2014.
Q9. As per the announcement made by China on 8th Oct’14, by which year it will launch a new constellation of marine surveillance satellites?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2019. The satellites will monitor ships, oil rigs and marine disasters. It aimed to amidst a string of raging maritime disputes with its neighbours.
Q10. As per the report published by the Organisation for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD), which city has been chosen as the best place in the world to live?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the Indian who recently retired as the first Hindu Chaplin in the United States Army.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pratima Dharm. She is a serving woman captain in the American Army, has been named the first-ever Hindu chaplain in the US Defence Department.
Q12. Indian AIR FORCE Day was observed on ______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8thOctober’2014. This year 82nd Indian Air Force day is celebrated.
Q13. How many Athletes from Indian Railways won medals at Asian Games 2014 held in South Korea?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 26 Athletes won medals in total of 12 events.
Q14. Who has been re-elected as Samajwadi Party Chief for 9thConsecutive time?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Q15. Who has been appointed as New President of Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Suresh Poddar. He is the Managing Director of Satya Hotels Pvt Ltd and Natraj Hotels & Resorts Pvt Ltd.
Q16. On 7thOct’14 India launched an Indigenous Microscope that uses peacock’s feather technology. What are the features of microscope?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It generates 3D Images of Objects. It uses an infra red beam which passes through a patented photonic crystal fibre made by the Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata.
