Current Affairs Questions and answers - Oct 10, 2014
Q1. Name the persons who were convicted by Italian court in corruption charges in the VIP chopper deal with India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Giuseppe Orsi (former CEO of Finmeccanica) and Bruno Spagnolini (former head of Augusta Westland). The court convicted them for a two-year jail term on lesser charges of falsification of invoices.
Q2. Who has been awarded with the Nobel Prize 2014 in the field of literature?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Patrick Modiano, French Author. The Swedish Academy has called him "a Marcel Proust of our times". He has written extensively about Jewish identity in Europe after World War II and Germany's occupation of France.
Q3. Which Bollywood celebrity has been appointed as the UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Name the former chairman of Prasar Bharti who passed away on 9thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Madhav Vittal. He was a veteran journalist and died at the age of 93.
Q5. Why is the upcoming cyclone named as ‘HudHud’?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Cyclone, named after a bird by Oman and has been categorised as a very severe cyclonic storm.
Q6. Who has won the F1 Japanese grand Prix 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes Driver). His teammate Nico Rosberg (Mercedes Driver) secured second place and Sebastian Vettel (RedBull Driver) was at third spot.
Q7. World Post Day is observed globally on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 9thOctober. In India, the day will be celebrated as a part of the National Postal Week which will continue till 15 October 2014.
Q8. Name the founder of Facebook social networking site who is on a visit to India from 9thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mark Zuckerberg. His aim behind the visit is to take help of India in connecting people of the world.
Q9. With which Oil Lubricant Company, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has made collaboration on 8thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd.
Q10. By what percent has the Indian Railways revenue increased during April- Sept’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Over 12%. According to the data, approximate earnings of railways was about 73404 crore rupees during this period as compared to 65526 crore rupees during the same period in 2013.
