Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Nov 07, 2014
Q1. Name the vessel of Indian Navy that sunk off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise on 6th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Torpedo Recovery Vessel (TRV-72). The incident occurred at about 35 nautical miles south of Visakhapatnam and 28 nautical miles from the closest point of the coast.
Q2. Who has been re-elected as President of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mr. Evo Morales Ayma. He is popularly known as Evo and has served as President of Bolivia since 2006.
Q3. Who has been named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014 on 5thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka.
Q4. Who has been apoointed as the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014 on 5th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has been selected in the ICC ODI team of the year for the eight time (seventh year in a row), while fifth year as a captain of the team.
Q5. Who presented the maiden budget of the Telangana State on 5thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Eatala Rajender. He is the Finance Minister of Telangana.
Q6. On which day Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) crossed 28000 milestone mark for the first time in 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. Name the Indian private sector bank recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a “Global Growth Company” for 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: RBL Bank. It is also known as Ratnakar Bank Limited headquartered at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Q8. Name the person appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Flipkart on 5thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sanjay Baweja. Earlier he was Global CFO of Tata Communications.
Q9. Name the Migratory Bird whose route has been tracked for the first time by the scientists?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Amur Falcon. This bird was released on 7th November 2013 in Doyang forests in Wokha district of Nagaland and it had returned on 29th October 2014. It had travelled from Nagaland to South Africa on to Mongolia and back to Nagaland.
Q10. The first-ever Daandauti Parikarma of holy city Mathura has been started on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 6th Nov’14. Dandauti Parikrama refers to the practice of covering the entire distance of 'parikrama' (circumambulation) by lying down and rolling over. Till now, devotees perform 'Dandauti Parikrama' of Goverdhan, Vrindaban, Barsana, Nandgaon, Baldeo and 'Chaurasi Kos'.
Q11. Who has been named for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) ‘Earth Hero’ award for year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Erach Bharucha. At present he is the Director Bharat Vidyapeeth Demmed University, Pune.
Q12. Name the Indian-American who became one of the youngest state lawmakers in United States on 5th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Niraj Antani, 23. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
