Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Dec 10, 2014
Q1. On 7th Nov’14 Olympian Grihanandan Singh died in New Delhi. With which sport was he associated?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hockey. He was an Indian field hockey player who won two Olympic gold medals, at the 1948 London Olympics and later in 1952 Helsinki Olympics with the Indian team.
Q2. Name the committee that submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on Leveraging the Post Office Network on Dec’ 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Subramaniam Committee. The Committee is headed by former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramaniam while other members of the panel include Ravindra H Dholakia of IIM, Ahmedabad, former SEBI Chairman GN Bajpai and former Infosys board member TV Mohandas Pai amongst other top officials from the government.
Q3. In which country the world’s first handcrafted herbal Holy Quran was unveiled on 8th Dec’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Who won the Hero Women's Indian Golf Open 2014 at the Delhi Golf Club in Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gwladys Nocera, France. It was her first title of the 2014 season.
Q5. Name the celebrity chosen as the safety ambassador for Ministry of Road & Transport?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Aamir Khan. He is also ambassador of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ Campaign.
Q6. Name the country that has become most dangerous country in the world as per the report published on Dec’14 by Intel Center, a Washington-based company working for intelligence agencies?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Iraq. Pakistan is the eighth most dangerous country in the world. Afghanistan, the only other South Asian country in the list, is placed fourth in the Country Threat Index.
Q7. Name the Indian drug company that launched in India the first biosimilar version of the anti-inflammatory medicine Adalimumab, the world’s top-selling drug, at a fifth of its U.S. price on 9th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Cadila Healthcare Ltd. Cadila Healthcare launched cheaper copy of this drug at a price of $200 a vial in India and named it ‘Exemptia’.
Q8. Which ally of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced quitting the alliance on 8th Dec’ 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), a regional party of Tamil Nadu.
Q9. Who was re-elected as chief of Conservative party at a triumphant congress that celebrated her role as Europe's most powerful leader on 9th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor.
Q10. Which state of India, Sri Lankan President Mahenda Rajapaksa would visit on a two day visit from 9th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Which team was defeated by Indian Hockey team of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy at Bhubaneswar on 9th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Netherlands. This was India's first victory over the Netherlands since the Olympic qualifying tournament in Barcelona in 1996. With the win, India finished third in Pool-B.
