Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 19, 2014

Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 19, 2014


Q1. Name the Indian music maestro mandolin player who has passed away on 19thSep’14?

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ANSWER: U Srinivas. He was 45 years old. He was conferred with numerous awards including the Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards.




Q2. Name the foundation which has announced an aid of 7 lakh Dollars for the flood victims of Jammu & Kashmir on 19thSep’14?

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ANSWER: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.




Q3. With which foundation Government of India has agreed on a partnership to promote user friendly toilets to improve sanitation system in India?

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ANSWER: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Naidu unveiled detailed account of the government’s ‘Swachchh Bharat Mission’ under which every household in the country will have toilet facility by 2019.




Q4. Name the university in India that has reopened after 800 years and the government has sanctioned 2717 Crore rupees for a period of 10 years to develop the university?

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ANSWER: Nalanda University.




Q5. Which state has decided to open Nirbhaya Centers in all districts to provide prompt help to the victims of crime against women?

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ANSWER: Uttar Pradesh.




Q6. Name the player who has won the first medal for India at Incheon Asian Games 2014?

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ANSWER: Shweta Chaudhary. She took the Bronze in the 10-metre Air Pistol finals.




Q7. Name the part of UK that has decisively rejected independence by winning more than 50% votes polled as its citizens have decided to stay with United Kingdom?

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ANSWER: Scotland.




Q8. Name the Chinese company whose shares opened much higher than its initial price on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on 19thSep’14?

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ANSWER: AliBaba.




Q9. Which country will host the 2018 Asian Games?

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ANSWER: Indonesia.




Q10. Who has presented the Tang Prizes (Asia’s Version of the Nobels) in Taipei, Taiwan on 18thSep’14?

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ANSWER: Ma Ying-Jeou, The President of Taiwan. This award honours the outstanding contributions to the environment, human rights, medicine and Sinology.




Q11. With which bank IndiGo Airlines signed an agreement for purchasing 30 A320 aircrafts worth 2.6 billion US Dollars?

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ANSWER: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).




Q12. Who has became the first transgender television news anchor in India?

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ANSWER: Padmini Prakash.



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