Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Nov 13, 2014
1. Name the leader elected unopposed as new Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 12th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Haribhau Bagde, Senior BJP Legislator. He is a five-time MLA from Aurangabad district.
2. Who has been appointed as the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 12th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Eknath Shinde. He belongs to Shiv Sena Party.
3. Name the mobile application launched by former cricketer Kapil Dev on 12thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘SloPho’. It is a social platform that will allow users to win prizes in games, contests, polls & quizzes on daily basis.
4. Name the famous filmmaker who directed the hit TV serial Mahabharata in the late eighties and passed away on 12th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ravi Chopra. He died at the age of 68. He directed films like The Burning Train, Baabul & Baaghban etc.
5. As per the Consumer Price Index (CPI), what was the India’s Retail Inflation in the October’14 month?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 5.52%. In September 2014, it was 6.46%. This is lowest retail inflation since the government started releasing the Consumer Price Index data in 2012.
6. What percent of India’s Index of Industrial Production growth is seen in the Sep’14 compared to 0.4% in the Aug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2.5%. IIP is the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector.
7. In which state 13 women have died due to sterilization organized at sterilization camp on 8thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pendari Village, Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken a suo moto cognizance of the sterilization camp tragedy and issued notice to the state government.
8. In which country the Summit of 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held during November 2014?
View Answer / Hide Answer9. Name the author of the book “Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and beyond” launched on 12th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon. Dr. K. Radhakrishanan, Chairman ISRO launched a book. The book is based on India’s recent successful Mars Mission and peeps into the new vista’s of future.
10. Name the China’s online retail company that made the record of earning 9.3 billion US dollars in sales on a single day on 11th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Alibaba, Retail Online Company. On this day, Alibaba shipped 278 million orders out of which 43 percent were mobile devices.
11. Name the Indian-American woman appointed to a key White House position as liaison with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community as well as the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community on 11th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Aditi Hardikar. Earlier she was the director of the LGBT Leadership Council at Democratic National Committee.
12. Name the Indian appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza on 11thNov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: K C Reddy, former Indian Police Officer. The other members of the panel are Patrick Cammaert, Maria Vicien-Milburn of Argentina, Lee O’Brien of the United States and Pierre Lemelin of Canada.
13. As per the announcement made by International Cricket Council (ICC), by what percentage the prize money of World Cup has been raised?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 20%. The winners will get 4.3 million US dollar but if a team remains unbeaten that would rise to more than 4.6 million US dollar.
14. Which company has acquired Cricbuzz.com on 11th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Times Internet Limited. Now Cricbuzz and GoCricket, news portal of Times Internet, will be merged to create the largest cricket news destination on digital platforms.
