Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 07, 08 2014
Q1. Name the person who has honoured by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) with the Life Time Contribution Award on 7thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ratan Tata, Tata Group Chairman.
Q2. Name the nuclear plant that becomes India's first nuclear power plant to generate 1,000 MW?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kundankulam Nuclear Plant.
Q3. Who has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 8th June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Chandra Babu Naidu.
Q4. Which country’s Chief Election Commissioner visited Election Commission of India for enhancing bilateral co-operation on 7th June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bhutan. Mr. Dasho KunzangWangdi, CEC of Bhutan.
Q5. Name the foreign minister of China who has visited India as the special envoy of the President of China on 8th June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Wang Yi. External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj had her first detailed discussions with her Chinese counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Q6. Name the two countries that will hold first bilateral talks after three decades in Geneva on 9thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United States and Iran. The two day long back to back discussions would focus on a broad gamut of issues.
Q7. Name the Tennis player who won the French open title on 8thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rafael Nadal, Spain. He won the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Q8. Name the former Indian cricket captain joined the Supreme Court’s Mudgal Committee as an expert on cricketing affairs?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ9. Name the player smashed the national record in men’s triple jump to win gold and qualify for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on the concluding day of the 54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships on 8th June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. Name the women tennis player who won the French open title on 7thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maria Sharapova, defeating Romania’s Simona Halep.
Q11. Who has announced an award in honour of Nelson Mandela on 7thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United Nation General Assembly. The award was announced to pay tribute to the achievements and contribution of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
Q12. Who has taken charge as US interim Ambassador to India on 6thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kathleen Stephens. She has replaced the former Ambassador Nancy Powell.
Q13. In which country 40th G-7 Summit 2014 was held?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Brussels. It was the first time that the European Union on hosted a G-7 Summit.
Q14. Name the material that has been developed by the research team from University of California to fight against Air Pollution?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New Titanium Oxide tiles. Coating of Titanium Dioxide mixture when applied to roof will clean up the air of surrounding area.
Q15. Name the celebrity chosen as a brand ambassador of health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan of Madhya Pradesh government on 6thJune 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ16. Who has been nominated as the United Nation High Commissioner for human rights on 6th June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordan’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
Q17. Name the province that became the first province of Canada to adopt Right-to-Die legislation on 5thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ18. Name the country that will become the 19th country to adopt Euro as a single currency from 1st January 2015?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ19. Name the Pakistan’s most popular television channel suspended on 6thJune’14 over a row with the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Geo News. In Pakistan, it was unanimously decided to immediately suspend the license of the channel for a period of 15 days besides imposing a fine of 10 million rupees ($100,000).
Q20. Who has taken the oath of office as Ukraine’s President on 6thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Petro Poroshenko.
