Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Oct 27, 2014
Q1. For which country visit, PM Narendra Modi invites ideas and thoughts from all?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Australia. During his Australia visit in November he would be attending a variety of programmes, including an interaction with the Indian community there.
Q2. ‘Run for Unity’ is scheduled to be organised on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 31stOctober’14. Run for Unity is to be organised across major cities spread all over the country by the Government as part of scores of programmes to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Q3. Name the noted freedom fighter who passed away on 23rd Oct ’14 in Almora, Uttarakhand?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Jagdish Sharan Pande. He died at the age of 95. He had worked for Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj. While working for Netaji's Azad Hind Force had even been jailed for two years in Burma in 1943-44.
Q4. Name the Minister for Public Health Engineering and Flood Control of Jammu & Kashmir who resigned from his office on 24 Oct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sham Lal Sharma. He is s a Congress minister in the Omar Abdullah Cabinet.
Q5. Who became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ashwika Kapur. She won this award for her film Sirocco - how a dud became a stud made on a Kakapo parrot.
Q6. Who has been appointed as the New Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Atul Kumar, Rear Admiral. Before this R S Pawar was Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command.
Q7. Who inaugurated the Noble Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station in Delhi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Embassy of Sweden and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The Nobel Memorial Wall exhibits portraits of Rabindranath Tagore, C V Raman, Dr Hargobind Khorana, Mother Teresa, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Amartya Sen, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Kailash Satyarthi. The aim is to spread awareness about all the Noble Laureates from India.
Q8. Name the Scottish Musician and Composer, known primarily as a member of the British rock trio Cream, who passed away on 25thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: "Jack Bruce” John Symon Asher. He became famous in the 1960s as the bassist and lead vocalist for the hugely successful rock group Cream.
Q9. Name the Noted Odia writer who was honoured with the prestigious Sarala Award 2014 on 26thOct’14 for his contribution to literature?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prafulla Das. He received this award for his book 'Bahnimana' and his overall contribution to Odia literature.
Q10. What is the suicide rate in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 11 per Lakh. Suicide Rate is highest in Pudducherry at 35.6per Lakh.
Q11. Which area of Delhi is under Section 144 due to clashes between Hindu and Muslims?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. Name the Cyclone that will strike Gujarat during next 24 hours?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nilofar. The storm, over west central and adjoining southwest Arabian Sea, has moved slightly northwards and lays centred about 1,165 kms southwest of Naliya in Gujarat.
Q13. Name the Vietnam Prime Minister who will arrive in Bihar on 27th Oct’14 on a two-day visit to India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nguyen Tan Dung. He will begin his tour from Gaya where he will visit the Bodhgaya temple and the Vietnam Buddhism Pagoda.
Q14. Name the Pakistani leader attacked during ‘Million March’ at London?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bilawal Bhutto. The crowd began booing and throwing empty plastic bottles and refused to let him speak. A group of angry protesters who had traveled from Derby in the East Midlands region of England said,this march was to be about Kashmir and for the welfare of Kashmiris.
Q15. Who has been re-elected as the President of Brazil?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dilma Rousseff. She secured 51.45 per cent votes in yesterday's closely fought elections.
Q16. Name the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid who was attacked on 26thOct’14 while he was offering evening prayers at Jama Masjid in Delhi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Syed Ahmed Bukhari. Kamaluddin, a resident of 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, was immediately nabbed by Bukhari's Personal Security Officers (PSOs) and later handed over to local police.
Q17. By what percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the services sector dipped during the April-August period of the current fiscal?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 9% to 1.1 billion dollars. The services sector had received FDI worth 1.2 billion dollars during the first five months of the previous fiscal.
Q18. Name the South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper who died after being shot?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Senzo Meyiwa. Two men had entered the house, while a third man remained outside. All three fled after shots were fired. The 27-year old had played for Orlando Pirates and had been a part of South Africa's last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Q19. Name the Indian golfer who won the Venetian Macau Open?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Anirban Lahiri. He won his second title of the year today by winning the Venetian Macau Open.
Q20. Name the tennis player who won the WTA finals by defeating Simona Halep?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Serena Williams. It was her fifth WTA Finals title.
Q21. Name the duos who won the WTA Finals at Singapore?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sania Mirza Indian and Cara Black, Zimbabwean partner. They defetaed Su-Wei Hseih of Chinese Taipei and Shuai Peng of China.
