Current Affairs Questions and answers - Oct 07, 2014
Q1. Name the player who won the China Open Men’s Singles title on 5thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Novak Djokovic. He won his fifth China Open Men’s Singles title.
Q2. . Name the player who won the China Open Women’s Singles title on 5thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maria Sharapova (Russia), defeating Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic).
Q3. Name the American swimmer who was suspended for six months by USA Swimming on 6thOct’14 following his recent arrest on a drunken driving charge?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Name the Cricket player who has become Chennaiyin Football Club co-owner?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: M S Dhoni. He has signed a deal to be a co-owner of Football Club along with B’wood actor Abhishek Bachchan.
Q5. Name the trio who has been awarded with the Nobel Prize for medicine for their work related to discovery of the brain’s GPS system?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: John O’Keefe (British-American Researcher), Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser (Norwegian Couple).
Q6. Who has been awarded with the Global Diversity Award 2014 by Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons for his achievements in the field of movies and his involvement in philanthropic activities?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. Name the state that has replaced the Bihar in terms of fastest growing state for the year 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Madhya Pradesh. M.P. is now at the first position as economic growth of the state increased by 11.08% in 2013-14.
Q8. Which country has recorded highest number of polio cases in 14 years?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pakistan. Polio cases in 2014 reached 202 which was the highest in 14 years.
Q9. Name the commission that has approved Facebook – WhatsApp deal worth 19 billion US dollar on 3 Oct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: European Union Competition Commission.
Q10. Which two corporations have signed MoU to establish thermal power plants to generate 6000 MW of electricity in Telangana in the next three years?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TS GENCO) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
Q11. Name the newspaper that on 6th Oct’14 issued an apology to its readers for its racist cartoon on India’s Mars Mission?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The New York Times.
Q12. Why did West Bengal Government constitute a high-level composite task force on 5thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: To Investigate into the blasts at Khagragarh in Burdwan district.
Q13. For how many days ISRO has postponed the launch of India’s third navigational satellite IRNSS-1C?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: One Week. The launch is postponed due to an observation in the telemetry system.
Q14. When was the Mauritian parliament was dissolved paving the way for elections that could lead to changes in the country's constitution?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 6th Oct’14. The National Assembly said that Mauritian President Kailash Purryag has proclaimed and declared that parliament to be dissolved.
