Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 12, 2014
Q1. In how many states polling for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha and 33 Assembly seats will be held on 13thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. To which country, President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee will pay a four-day visit from 14th Sep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vietnam. The number of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding in the fields of Agriculture, Oil and Gas, Customs Cooperation and Culture are likely to be arrived at during the visit.
Q3. Which municipal corporation has donated one crore rupees for relief in the Prime Minister Relief Fund for the people of Jammu and Kashmir?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
Q4. Name the ancient university famous as a seat of Buddhist learning, and would be revived on the lines of Nalanda University?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vikramshila University.
Q5. Which state government in India would impose one rupee cess on purchase of every packet of cigarette and bottle of liquor?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Delhi Government. The revenue collected from this will be used to establish an Urban Transport Fund to promote public transport and its use in the city.
Q6. Name the Asian Games Gold Medalist who been has acquitted of all charges including rape and assault leveled against her by her live-in partner two years ago?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pinki Pramanik. The former middle distance runner was accused by her live-in partner Anamika Acharya of being a male and raping her that led to Pinki's arrest in June 2012.
Q7. Name the person appointed as the Chairman of the advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Narendra Ambwani, Director of Agro tech Foods Ltd.
Q8. Name the person conferred with the V Krishna Murthy Award for Excellence by the Governor of Tamil Nadu at the Centre of Organisation Development (COD)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman of UIDAI and former CEO of Infosys Ltd.
Q9. Name the Indian tennis player who has been chosen for the Davis Cup Commitment Award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. Name the foundation which has pledged USD 50 million to support emergency efforts to contain the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Q11. Who has been honoured by World Health Organization (WHO) for Excellence in Public Health on 10thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangladesh and Timor-Leste. The newly instituted awards were presented to Saima Hossain of Bangladesh and National Malaria Control Programme of Timor-Leste in Dhaka on 10 September 2014.
Q12. Which stock exchange has been censured by SEBI for guilty of lapses in share sale of NMDC?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The censure was issued by SEBI after it found BSE guilty of lapses while conducting share sale of 39.65 crores worth 6000 rupees offered by NMDC through OFC.
