Current Affairs Questions and answers - Oct 08, 2014
Q1. Total Eclipse of the moon will be observed on _________.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8th Oct’14. It will be visible in the American continent, Australia and Asia.
Q2. How many defence manufacturing proposals were cleared by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 7thOct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 33, in which 19 are related to the foreign direct investment to boost the manufacturing in the Defence sector. The decision was taken after the simplification of the FDI policy which has raised the FDI cap in defence from 26 to 49 percent.
Q3. Who has been conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Controller of Research and Development in DRDO & CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace.
Q4. Name the people who have won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics for their contribution in inventing the blue LED?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.
Q5. As per a new report published by the Boston Consulting Group, what rank has been awarded to India in the list of most desirable work destinations among G20 countries?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 18th. USA has been ranked on top followed by UK, Canada, & Germany.
Q6. As per the data published by World Bank, by what percent Indian economy is expected to grow in 2015-16 compared to 5.6% in 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. For which company, Mahindra two wheelers announced that it will acquire 51% stake for 217 Crore?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Peugeot Motorcycles, Europe based company well known for its four and two wheelers.
Q8. Which society has decided to end its 150 year old tradition of sacrificing camel on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Zuha festival?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Anjuman Society of Khandan-e-Amiriya (ASKeA) in Tonk district. The decision came following the Rajasthan government's move to adopt Camel as the state animal.
Q9. In which five states, US Supreme Court allowed gay marriages and declined to hear appeal against the decision on 7th Oct’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Q10. 3-day National Convention of Samajwadi Party will start from ___.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8thOct’14. The convention would be the 9th in the history of the twenty two year old party and among other things will take up political resolutions with a national perspective.
