Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Oct 31, 2014

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Oct 31, 2014


Q1. Name the first deputy Prime Minister of India whose birth anniversary is being observed as National Unity Day across the country on 31stOct’14?

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ANSWER: Sardar Vallabbhai Patel. On 31stOct morning, Prime Minister flagged off the grand marathon the ‘Run for Unity’ in the National capital, from Vijay Chowk to India Gate on Rajpath.




Q2. The 30th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is observed on ___.

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ANSWER: 31stOctober’14. Mrs Indira Gandhi fell to assassins bullets on this day in 1984 at her residence in New Delhi.




Q3. What is the new compensation amount announced as the Government has enhanced the compensation paid to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or naxal violence?

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ANSWER: Rs. 5 Lakh. The proposal to enhance the compensation was approved by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 30thOct’14. The victims were paid Rs 3 lakh as per provisions of the Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist, Communal or Naxal violence since 2008.




Q4. Name the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid criticized for inviting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ignoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ceremony to announce the name of his successor?

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ANSWER: Syed Ahmed Bukhari. Syed Bukhari will officially declare his 19-year-old son Shaban Bukhari as Deputy Imam at a ceremony on 22nd of next month.




Q5. What theme has been chosen for the upcoming 18th SAARC Summit to be held in Kathmandu?

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ANSWER: “Deeper integration for peace and prosperity”.




Q6. Name the country that has banned its senior government officials from higher studies in mainland China, citing national security reasons?

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ANSWER: Taiwan. The ban effective from 30thOct’14, applies to officials with access to classified information as well as ministers, mayors and country magistrates.




Q7. Name the Tunisia's secularist party that won the country's parliament elections held on 26th Oct’14?

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ANSWER: Nidaa Tounes. It has won 85 seats while the governing Islamist Ennahda party won 69 seats in the 217-seat parliament. But, neither of the two top parties had been expected to win an outright majority, so political horse-trading had already begun ahead of the announcement of the results.




Q8. Mega Event “Engineers’ Conclave- 2014” (EC-2014) is to be organized by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from October 30, 2014 to November 01, 2014 at __________.

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ANSWER: J N Tata Auditorium in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. This Conclave will have two themes, namely, “Emerging Space Applications” and “Technologies for the Hill Regions”. The objective of this event is to provide a platform to all Professional Engineers/Scientists of the country to address some of the major engineering challenges relevant to society as well as the country and to suggest suitable engineering solutions.




Q9. Who has assumed charge of Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs on 30thOct’14?

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ANSWER: Shri Arvind Mayaram. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch and belongs to Rajasthan Cadre and was holding the charge of Finance Secretary and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.




Q10. Who will be the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat w.ef. 1stNov’14?

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ANSWER: Jagatheesa Pandian. He will succeed Varesh Sinha.




Q11. In which country the 7th Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Scientific Session (APHRSS) is inaugurated by the Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari on 30thOct’14?

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ANSWER: New Delhi, India.




Q12. Who won the 2014 World’s Children Prize on 29thOct’14 after a global voting involving millions of children?

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ANSWER: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel peace Prize Winner.




Q13. Name the winners who jointly won the 2014 World’s Children Honorary Award?

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ANSWER: Indira Ranamagar and John Wood. Indira Ranamagar is a Nepali Child Rights Activist and John Wood is a former Microsoft executive John Wood.




Q14. Name the player who won the World Billiards Championship (time format) title?

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ANSWER: Pankaj Advani. He bagged a record 12th World Crown and also completed a rare 'Grand Double' post his third win in both the long and short formats in the same year. He had won the 150-up format last week after defeating Peter Gilchrist.




Q15. As per the latest Badminton World Federation women's singles rankings released on 30thOct’14, what position is achieved by India’s Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu?

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ANSWER: 5th Position (Saina Nehwal) & 10th position (P V Sindhu). Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have also re-entered the top-20 at No. 20 after earning two places.




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