Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Oct 19 & 20, 2014
Q1. Who will be appointed as the new Chairman of the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) on 17thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: PSN Rao. He was heading the Department of Housing, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
Q2. With which bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed a pact for Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Central Bank of Kenya. RBI also signed 22 such MoUs and one Letter for Supervisory Co-operation in the signing ceremony which was held at Hyderabad.
Q3. With which militant group Nigeria has signed a deal to free the girls on 17thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Boko Haram. The deal was signed at the close of a three-day security meeting between Nigeria and Cameroon.
Q4. What is Treason Act of 1351?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It is an Act passed during the reign of English King Edward III. It was in news as there are chances that Britain would use the medieval law to charge its citizens if they go to fight with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgents in Iraq and Syria.
Q5. As per the announcement made by Union Home Ministry how many cities and towns of Karnataka will be renamed?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 12. The proposal was made on 27th Oct’06 to change the names of the 12 towns and cities in consonance with their pronunciation in Kannada language by the Karnataka Government.
Q6. In which country the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) was concluded on 11thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Japan. CEATEC provides a platform for companies and organizations from all over the world to showcase their cutting-edge products, services and technologies.
Q7. Name the Hurricane that struck Bermuda on 18th Oct14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gonzalo of Category II. Hurricane Gonzalo of Category II struck Bermuda with winds of about 185 kilometers per hour on 18 October 2014.
Q8. Which country has launched its first domestically built communications satellite ARSAT 1?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Argentina. This satellite helps to improve internet connections, phone connections for scientific working in Antarctic.
Q9. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 17th October. The theme for the day was Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty.
Q10. Which political party is likely to lose its status as a national party after it failed to win the two seats the party needed to hold on to this status?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). BSP ended up winning one seat in Haryana only and none in Maharashtra.
Q11. Name the leaders who are appointed by BJP as its observers to decide leader of the legislative party in Maharashtra?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rajnath Singh, Home Minister and J P Nadda, General Secretary of BJP party.
Q12. In which state BJP will form government for the first time on its own?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Haryana. BJP will form a stable government on its own for the first time ever.
Q13. How many have been seats won by BJP in Haryana in Assembly Elections?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 47 seats. INLD won 19, INC won 15 , HJC+ won 2 and Others won 7 seats in the Assembly Elections held in Haryana.
Q14. How many seats have been won by BJP in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 122 seats achieved by BJP out of 288. 63- Shiv Sena, 43-Indian National Congress, 41- Nationalist Congress Party, 1-Maharashtra NavNirman Sena, 18 for others.
Q15. Name the first politician to get bail in 21 days of imprisonment?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: J Jayalalitha. She was released from prison on 18thOct’14.
Q16. Which country has launched the Gandhi Inspired Tourist Attraction project?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. Who has developed the feature which enables Twitter users to listen music directly from the twitter stream mobile devices?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: SoundCloud Service. Twitter has launched an in-app audio streaming service that will allow users to play music or podcasts directly from their timelines.
Q18. Name the child who has created a new world record by climbing Kala Pattar peak, a base camp of Mount Everest?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Harshit Saumitra, 5 years old. Harshit has created a new world record by climbing Kala Pattar peak which is 5550 meters.
Q19. Name the leader who resigned as Maharashtra Congress President due to defeat of the party in the Assembly Polls?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ20. Who has won the World Junior Chess Champion title?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lu Shanglei, China. He has defeated Aleksandar Indjic of Serbia.
Q21. Name the candidate who has scripted Lok Sabha history by winning the Beed Seat in a bypoll in Maharashtra?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pritam Munde. She is the second daughter of Late BJP leader Gopinath Munde. She has won by record margin of nearly 7 lakh votes. The previous record for a maximum victory margin in the Lok Sabha polls is held by Anil Basu of CPI-M who won by 5,92,502 votes from Arambagh in West Bengal during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
Q22. With which country India has made a joint venture for development of Chabahar Port?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Iran. The Port of Chabahar is a seaport in Chah Bahar in southeastern Iran. Its location lies on the border of Indian Ocean and Oman Sea.
