Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Nov 11, 2014
Q1. In which country the 12th India-ASEAN Summit will begin on 12th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The Focus of the Summit is on commerce, connectivity and cultural exchanges.
Q2. Public Service Broadcasting Day will be observed on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 12thNov. This day is declared as The Public Service Broadcasting day to commemorate Gandhji's visit to AIR. On this day in 1947, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi visited
the studio of All India Radio, Delhi for the first and last time to address the people who were temporarily settled in Kurukshetra after partition.
Q3. Name the academy launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs launched on the 125th birth Anniversary of Mulana Abul Kalam Azad?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maulana Azad National Academy for skills (MANAS), New Delhi. The academy aims at skill development and also focuses on training of youths especially girls from
socio-economic and educationally weaker sections.
Q4. Which state in India has become the first in the country with bank accounts for all families?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kerala. A formal declaration to this effect was made by Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani at a function in Thiruvananthapuram on 11thNov’14. Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana, which was launched on Independence day this year, banks in Kerala opened around 13 lakh new accounts.
Q5. In which state 19th Edition of International Film Festival of Kerala is scheduled to be held from 12th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kerala. Around 150 films, including award-winning films screened at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals, have been included in this year's International Film
Festival of Kerala.
Q6. Armistice Day that marks the end of First World War was observed by Puducherry on ___.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 11th Nov’14. Indian and French national flags were hoisted at the French War Memorial in the city.
Q7. Name the music festival organized by the Air India Shillong on the occasion of Public Service Broadcasting Day?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Choir Music Festival”. Choir parties from Agartala, Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima and Shillong will be participating in the Festival.
Q8. Name the Missile successfully tested by India and Israel in Israel on 10th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM). The LRSAM system has been jointly developed by DRDO and IAI Israel.
Q9. Who has been awarded with the 10th India Social Entrepreneur of the year 2014 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hanumappa Sudarshan. He belongs to Karuna Trust.
Q10. Name the tennis player who won the ATP World Tour Finals in London on 10thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Noval Djokovic, World No. 1 Tennis Player.
Q11. Who is the author of the book “Empire to Independence” released by the Vice President of India on 11th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maj Gen (Retd) Jai Krishan Kaushik. The book is based on historical facts and documentary evidence, as to how the spirit of nationalism of the - then Indian soldier
germinated giving rise to major mutinies disillusioning the British about their trust on the Indian military.
Q12. National Education Day was on observed in India on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 11th Nov’14. This day observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He is the first education Minister of India.
