Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 03, 2014
Q1. Name the Union Minister for Rural Development who has passed away in tragic road accident on 3rd May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Gopi Nath Munde.
Q2. Name the lab that has became the first aquaculture pathology laboratory in the country to be accredited by NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories) on May 30, 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA).
Q3. By what basic point Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of scheduled commercial banks will reduce as announcement made on 3rd May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 50 basis points, from 23.0 per cent to 22.5 per cent of their NDTL with effect from the fortnight beginning June 14, 2014.
Q4. Name the Indian players who have won medals on debut in new weight categories in the International Wrestling Tournament in Sassari city, Italy on 1st June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar. London Olympics bronze-medalist Yogeshwar won the gold medal in the 65 kilogram category while two-time Olympic medalist Sushil won the silver in the 74 kilogram division.
Q5. Who has been appointed as the new Test Cricket Captain of South Africa team?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hashim Amla. He succeeds longtime leader Graeme Smith who retired in March’2014.
Q6. Name the university that has created a ‘SUPERNOVA’ in the lab on 2nd June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Oxford University. The experiment was performed with the UK's Vulcan laser facility. A Team from Oxford University, heated a rod to millions of degrees by focusing 3 laser beams on it. The rod then exploded into a surrounding gas, mimicking the interaction between a star going supernova and the interstellar medium, results prove that supernovas do not expand uniformly as once thought.
Q7. Name the player has won the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year Award for 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Virat Kohli, while Shikhar Dhawan was named as the International Player of the Year Award.
Q8. Name the player who has won the Ceat Indian Player of the Year Award for 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ravichandran Ashwin. He is the fastest player from the country to pick 100 Test wickets. Vijay Zol, India’s under-19 cricketer won the Young Player of the year award.
Q9. What development has been made by Korea that can outrun Usain Bolt?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Robot Raptor, runs at the maximum speed of 46 km/hour. The robot which has been created by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology can run for 26 miles an hour without falling over and can even jump over obstacles. As we know that, Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the earth.
