Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Dec 02, 2014
Q1. Name the group declared as a terrorist organization by the Egypt Court on 30th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Q2. Who became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International (ODI) cricket?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Khurram Khan, UAE Captain. He achieved this record at an age of 43 years and 162 days thus breaking the record held in the name of Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.
Q3. Which country has launched National Day song in Tamil language to celebrate 50 years of independence in 2015?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Singapore. Tamil is the fourth official language of Singapore.
Q4. Who has been conferred with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of fame award on 30th Nov’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Baichung Bhutia, former Indian Football captain.
Q5. National Day of United Arab Emirates is celebrated on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. Which movie has won top honours at the New York Film Critics awards on 1st Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Boyhood, a film 12 years in the making has won top honours.
Q7. Name the film artist who has won 2014 Turner Prize for a video that reflects on African art and includes a dance sequence inspired by Karl Marx?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Duncan Campbell, Dublin born film artist.
Q8. Who won the Uruguay's Presidential run off elections as poll result announced on 1st Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tabare Vazquez. He has beaten his rival Louis Lacalle Pou in a presidential run off.
Q9. In which country, The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) started on 1 December 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. As per the rankings released by ICC in first week of Dec’14, what spot has been achieved by India in Test-Cricket format?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sixth. South Africa are at the top of the table with 124 points thus Australia second, England third, Pakistan fourth, Sri Lanka fifth and India at the sixth position.
Q11. In which district of Chhattisgarh, 14 CRPF personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush on 1st Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kasalpara Village of Sukma district.
Q12. Which application software company was chosen by the ICC as its exclusive Analytics and Cloud Partner for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 as announced on 1st December 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: SAP SE. It is an enterprise application software service company.
