Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 01, 2014
Q1. Which state has to become 29th state of India from 2nd June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Who will take oath as a Chief Minister of new Telangana state?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: K Chandrashekhar Rao. Governor ESL Narasimhan will be the Governor for both Telangana and the residual Andhra Pradesh.
Q3. Name the Congress leader who has been suspended from the party on 1stJune’14 for criticising Rahul Gandhi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bhanwar Lal Sharma, Rajasthan MLA. It may be recalled that T H Mustafa, a Congress leader from Kerala, was suspended on 29thMay’14 for the same reason.
Q4. Which country has completely banned the sale of SHISHA or smoking pipes with effect from 1stJune’14 following Anti-Tobacco campaign?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ5. Approx. what amount of money is pumped in the Indian market by the overseas investors during May’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 34,000 Crore Rupees. As per the data compiled by capital markets regulator SEBI, net investment by FIIs into Indian equities in May was 14,006 crore rupees while in the debt markets it stood at 19,772 crore rupees taking the total to 33,778 crore rupees.
Q6. Who won the IPL’2014 Championship Title?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kolkata Knight Riders, defeating Kings XI Punjab.
Q7. Name the Lok Sabha TV Chief Executive who has terminated from his service on 31stMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rajiv Mishra, CEO.