Current Affairs Questions and Answers - April 14, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers – April 14, 2015


Q1. 124th Birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is being observed on ____.

A. 14th Apr’15
B. 15th Apr’15
C. 16th Apr’15
D. 17th Apr’15

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ANSWER: A. 14th Apr’15.

He was born on April 14, 1891 at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. BR Ambedkar is also known as the Father of the Indian Constitution.



Q2. On 13th Apr’15, which commission has been brought by the government into force along with a constitutional amendment act to appoint members to the higher judiciary replacing the collegium system?

A. National Collegium Commission
B. National Judicial Appointments Commission
C. Judicial Collegiums Commisssion
D. Judicial Commission

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ANSWER: B. National Judicial Appointments Commission

The NJAC membership will include two senior most Judges of the Supreme Court, the Union Minister of Law and Justice, two eminent persons to be nominated by a committee of the Prime Minister of India, the Chief Justice of India, and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People. However, the new body may take some time to come into being.



Q3. On 13th Apr’15, the German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass passed away in Berlin. He received the Nobel Prize in which field?

A. Physics
B. Chemistry
C. Bio Medicals
D. Literature

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ANSWER: D. Literature.

He made his literary reputation with "The Tin Drum," published in 1959. Three decades after its release, in 1999, the Swedish Academy honored Grass with the Nobel Prize for literature, praising him for setting out to revive German literature after the Nazi era.



Q4. The International Monetary Fund, IMF-World Bank Spring meetings is scheduled to be held in which city?

A. Beijing
B. Berlin
C. Paris
D. Washington

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ANSWER: D. Washington

Finance Minister, RBI Governor and other senior officials of the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank will participate in the meeting which is likely to focus on the steps needed to give a push to the global economy. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde had described the India as a 'growth bright spot' during her visit last month.



Q5. In which city World’s first Selfie museum opened on 13th Apr’15?

A. Mumbai
B. Manilla
C. London
D. New York

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ANSWER: B. Manilla



Q6. Which country will celebrate the ‘Pohela Boisakh’ the first day of the Bengali new year with traditional festivity and gaiety on 14th Apr’15?

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Bangladesh
D. Nepal

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ANSWER: C. Bangladesh.

True to centuries-old tradition people from all walks of life in colourful costumes thronged the historic Ramna park at dawn in the capital and other historic spots elsewhere in the country to hail the new year with hopes and aspirations.



Q7. Who is the author of the book titled ’My little Epiphanies’?

A. Late Ms. Aisha Chaudhary
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Salman Roushdie
D. Arundhati Roy

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ANSWER: A. Late Ms. Aisha Chaudhary

Late Ms. Aisha Chaudhary (1996-2015) was born with SCID (Severe Combined Immune Deficiency) and underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant when she was 6 months old. Since 2014, spending almost all her time living on bed, Aisha wrote down her thoughts to get some relief, to get them out of her head. In this book, she takes a hard look at her own feelings and what it was that gave her a sense of hope and control. This book gave her life purpose and meaning, something to hold on to. Through the book she wanted the world to understand her unusual life and hoped that it would inspire others going through similar hardships to find peace.



Q8. Which Mobile commerce platform company on 13th Mar’15 inked memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Centre for Trade Information (NCTI) to promote Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?

A. Paytm
B. Freecharge
C. Snapdeal
D. Amazon

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ANSWER: A. Paytm

As per MoU, Paytm will offer a virtual marketplace platform for NCTI members and will extend its services and enable them to sell online. In this regard, Paytm will set up payment gateways platform for online ticketing and membership fees for NCTI.



Q9. Which state government has decided to give status of State Cabinet Minister to Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev?

A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Haryana

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ANSWER: D. Haryana

He is also a brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.


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