Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 30, 2014
Q1. Name the person who has banned for life time by National Basketball Association after giving racist remark?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Donald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers Owner has banned for life and fined of 2.5 million dollars.
Q2. How many medals won by the India in the International Commonwealth Championships’2014 held at Perth?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 7 Medals including 2 Gold Medals.
Q3. Whose idols will be returned by the Australian museums to India that was sold to Australian museums by an art thief?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 900 Year old Nataraja Statue and a stone sculpture of Ardhanarishwara. It has to believed that the Nataraja statue was probably stolen from Sripuranthan temple, Ariyalur, and the Ardhanareeswara from a temple in Vriddhachalam.
Q4. Name the web domain acquired by the London on 29thApril’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “.london”. This is the first time when London got its domain name.
Q5. Indo-French DanSe DialogueS festival held at which country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. It was celebrated from 11thApril to 30thApril’14.
Q6. In which country Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) was launched in the fourth week of April 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United Arab Emirates. The implementation of the MGPSY scheme will be facilitated by UAE Exchange that is offered by the India’s Ministry of Overseas in association with Alankit Assignments.
Q7. According to a recent direction by Supreme Court on 29thApril’14, in what maximum time statement of rape victims should be directly recorded by a judicial magistrate across India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 24 hours. The direction was given by two-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising of Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice V Gopala Gowda.
Q8. Who has announced as the Asia’s Richest Self Made billionaire by the firm Wealth X?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Li Ka Shing, Hong Kong Business Tycoon occupied 1st place whereas Dilip Sanghvi, Sun Pharma Chief stood at 7th place.
Q9. Which country imposed ban on e-cigarettes in public places?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New York. This was came into effect from 29thApril’14.
Q10. What is the impact on Core sector growth in India in the 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Core Sector growth slowed to 2.6 per cent in 2013-14 from 6.5 per cent in the previous year. Major eight core industries are; fertilisers, cement, steel, electricity, crude oil, coal, petroleum refinery products and natural gas that have a combined weight of about 38 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) came in at 2.5 per cent against 7 per cent in the same month a year ago.
